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Even for short haul trucks, though, there remains a capital investment problem. “If you buy a fleet of trucks, you’re hoping to use them for three or four years and then sell them to recoup part of your investment to buy a new fleet,” said Guinn. “The problem with EVs is that the upfront cost of these vehicles is so high that the old investment model no longer works. You're not dealing with engines anymore. You're dealing with rare earth minerals and extremely expensive lithium batteries.” Adding to the problem: EVs do not last as long as tra- ditional vehicles, which might be usable for 15 or 20 years by a number of owners. In effect, buying EVs that are twice the price of regular trucks amounts to transferring saved fuel costs to the be- ginning price of the new equipment. Guinn said that what we might end up with is a kind of “vehicle as a service” model where leasing companies provide such trucks to end users.
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