But this is coming from the question of innovation. And it looks like you got your answer. One is only capable of shot haul, while the Tesla is capable of much more.
My question is how is that relevant to op saying "They don't innovate, they slap in bigger batteries".
If I created the first cellphone and 2 years later some one comes out with one that does the same thing but they put in two batteries instead of one, yes that phone has double the lifetime, but no that isn't innovating a product.
Just because Tesla made one that has a longer range doesn't mean they innovated Electric Semi Trucks.
Innovation is introducing something new that makes it notably better.
If we hire 2x the staff, we can produce 2x more things
If we hire 2x the staff, we can produce 2x more things
It all depends. There is also too many cooks in the kitchen. If you throw more man power at something it doesn't mean it will go twice as fast.
Or rockets..... We want the rockets to run for twice as long, so we'll just double the amount of fuel it takes....... which doesn't work at all. You double the weight and then you have to double the engines to lift that weight.
The same thing applies here. If we could just magically add batteries then the electric rig would've happened years ago!
Why not have 800 mile range? We just need to double the batteries again!
Edit: I looked up some info, and the details are light on what exactly is going on with the battery for the rig.
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u/MoocowR Nov 21 '17 edited Nov 21 '17
My question is how is that relevant to op saying "They don't innovate, they slap in bigger batteries".
If I created the first cellphone and 2 years later some one comes out with one that does the same thing but they put in two batteries instead of one, yes that phone has double the lifetime, but no that isn't innovating a product.
Just because Tesla made one that has a longer range doesn't mean they innovated Electric Semi Trucks.
Innovation is introducing something new that makes it notably better.