Electric vehicles are really, really heavy, and the trucking industry wants to transport more of them at once. What could go wrong?
may not ring any bells, but you know them when you see them. Also called “auto haulers,” “car carriers,” and “stingers,” thousands of these vehicles rumble along interstates, lugging cars in the open air.
Auto haulers—I’ll go with that—are a mainstay of the U.S. transportation system, responsible for picking up cars from ports, rail stations, or factories and delivering them to dealerships. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, with many capable of securing up to nine vehicles.The companies that manage auto haulers want to fill every slot when they load them up, but that is becoming difficult.
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