Hm, you also need to consider that 5 trucks can have a much higher combined output than the 1 truck 5 times as high.
The storage might scale this way but not the output when demand is high.
The storage might scale this way but not the output when demand is high.
How so?
There will be a maximum drop rate that is supported by the machinery being built, and it seems reasonable, though not mandatory, that a 5x weight system will be designed to handle more generation than whatever it's 5x of.
m * g * z
where m is the mass and z is the elevation difference. It doesn't depend on the speed at which it goes down