A vehicle at roughly twice the cost, with load capacity reduced by 8,000 lbs per battery (two to four required) and a range roughly 1/10 of that of a current long haul diesel between charges?
IOW to move the same amount of freight as two diesel trucks 1200 miles would take three electrics, and nine or ten charging cycles of 8 hours or more.
With a co-driver the diesels could be there in 24-30 hours.
The electrics would be charging up at about 1/3 of the way there. DOT rules might permit the drivers to take the time spent charging as 'rest time', halving the necessary crew, but that does not compensate for how slowly the cargo would move. This would be especially critical in thee case of time sensitive cargoes which required controlled temperatures to arrive intact, be they pharmaceuticals or blueberries or frozen meat, which would impose extra draw on the batteries, shortening the range or reducing the cargo capacity of the truck.
That is, IF the charging infrastructure even existed.
In short, this is an idea that is not ready for prime time. Entire regions would be limited to the produce that can be grown locally, severely reducing variety and availability in a time when we are all told to "eat healthy". Pharmaceuticals could not be delivered in a timely fashion by truck, and would have to be shipped by air, impacting consumers with additional cost.
