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The EV power distribution issue is 100% solved with Solar PV near truck stops and all interstate exits, including low-cost stationary grid batteries (i.e., not Li-Ion!) balancing energy over a few days.
Not only is this 100% Clean Energy EV solution already possible, but it will also be more economical than the constant oil refining, fuel transport, diesel tanker truck delivery, and the end-to-end pollution and health damage that causes now for every single gas station in the world ... not to speak of the diesel truck exhaust everywhere!
When you implement the grid-tied PV->EV/Battery solution, all that Dirty Old Fossil Energy and its damage disappear and the world will be a far better place. Bonus: any PV willing property owner around all interstates will benefit, including via Agrivoltaics which provides farmers with simultaneous agricultural and energy profits, as well as decarbonizing their own farms.
EV's and EV Trucks are a Win-Win-Win on every level!
I agree that renewable energy is the way to go for truck stops, but they will want “grid energy” and rely on “local solar” only to the extent that the “local solar” is tied into the grid. If putting solar near truck stops is more economical than putting elsewhere, that will be great, but it makes no sense to pay a premium to do so. So (at least in the East) they will need to pay the “10s of millions” to upgrade their service from low to high voltage once their power requirement goes over 5MW. A better alternative would be swapping batteries in EVs and then recharging most of the batteries at night. But that is not very likely.