Cohen: Electric trucks cost up to $500k versus $150k-$250k for diesel
Eyal Cohen · Cracking the code on autonomous trucking · May 7, 2026 · at 29:00
Eyal Cohen, founder and CEO of Humble Robotics, compares the high capital cost of electric heavy-duty trucks in the US against standard diesel tractors.
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“They've been, the electric trucks themselves have been fairly expensive in some cases, four or 500,000 dollars. A truck today, a tractor today is Somewhere between one 52 50 depending on the on, on what you're buying.”
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