How Tesla Reinvented The Semi Truck!

[@joed.3231]

About the weight of the Tesla semi: Currently the 2170, not the 4680 cells are being used in the Tesla semi. The 2170 is a wet cell battery. The 4680 is a dry cell battery. When Tesla switch to the 4680, the weight will be reduced significantly.

[@ljprep6250]

A trucker buddy of mine said his semi was getting between 4-6 miles per gallon about 20 years ago. To think that a 60k# truck could get an equivalent 19.8mpg just blows me away. Way to go, Elon and friends! I can't wait to see what the overlander folks do with some of these Tesla Semis. That ought to be historical, too.

[@randgrithr7387]

What kind of trucker? Cause a modern aero sleeper-cab hauling dryvan freight gets like 8-12 mpg

[@thunderjeep08]

I think the thing alot of people forget about EVs in general is that they have the most impact in dense urban and suburban short trip applications. It's not just about range and emissions. The amount of waste heat and brake dust saved in urban driving/traffic is going to have a dramatic effect on air quality as well.

[@evacody1249]

Then they need to stop aiming it at markets where it won't work. That's the problem with Elon and Tesla they are aiming there trucks at markets that don't need or want EVs and where EVs won't work. It's for city driving just say its for city driving. Don't go on about heavy haul. Because if you only needed 5 semis you would have to get 10 or 15 to make up for the low haul power. Meaning you would also have to up the price of shipping. Elon and Tesla are trying to fix a problem by making it worse.

[@JIMMY_NEMESIS]

I think I used 2% to climb Mt Washington, and I gained 5% going back down with a ModelY with 4 passengers and almost not using the disc break, mostly regen braking a win-win

[@dennismeidiane]

Is it really possible possible though? The law of conservation energy states that you cannot create or eliminate energy. You can only transform one form of energy to another form. By going up the mountain, you are transforming electrical energy to potential energy (using battery to go up the mountain) and by going down the mountain, you do the other way around. And I haven't taken into account the friction and mechanical efficiency of your car. Therefore you cannot gain more than what you used. You said that you used 2% and gained 5%, which means you have just "created" 3%. It is either you went down further than what you started from, or there is a miss calculation on you Tesla.

[@DannyEide]

@@dennismeidianethank you

[@jpgdesign]

He probably went down even further, but still, it's impressive to see a car generate energy. Unlike traditional ICE cars that just waste potential energy.

[@cjschoenmann2258]

​@@dennismeidianeprobably a longer descent then ascent

[@dennismeidiane]

@@cjschoenmann2258 hmmm, I don't think so. The only force that is keeping the vehicle moving (while not using electrical energy from the battery) is gravity. His final position must be lower in elevation than his starting point, therefore "generating" electricity from potential energy generated from going down the mountain. What you said about longer descent, only means more friction with the road. Which means less electricity generated.

[@adamtech999]

Promising the future of Tesla. It seems like people are realizing the ideas in sci-fi movies.

[@jonathanwest6564]

At a truck driver the Tesla semi will work out great. Now the dedicated route will be the start. Driver 4-7 hours a 1/2 break is required so even a two hour break is ok. And at that point you are into a split shift. Currently it's like the 1910's for ICE vehicle road trips you got to know where the fueling stations are.

[@briankumpan9892]

Very rarely does a Truck Driver haul exactly 80,000 pounds. Now furniture haulers/household haulers, yes they haul sometimes haul over 80,000 pounds and a lot more

[@CC-iq2pe]

That makes it even more relevant that the Tesla Semi can do highway speeds and not slow down going uphill like diesel Semis.

[@poetryflynn3712]

I see this selling to major companies that aren't in the transportation industry. The transportation industry itself is too variable for this semi to work. Notice the companies buying them are companies like Pepsi - that's because the routes are a lot more ordered and predictable.

[@zytuben]

In Europe, the switch to Electric trucks is going to go so much faster. America got many many more old trucks and drivers who likes old trucks. Here in Norway we already got tons of Electric trucks.

[@r7cardosuarez806]

Havent seen a single electric truck in Germany yet. Not a single one.

[@jimpackard8059]

None in the UK. They make no economic sense here

[@raycharters6723]

As a small fleet owner, the Tesla semi is only good for final mile or regional runs. My trucks, on average drive about 600 miles per 11 hour shift and only takes about 15 minutes to refuel. The average load for a refrigerated trailer is about 43000 lbs for a total of 80000lbs gvw. I do not see the Tesla in the longhaul segment of the industry fir the foreseeable future due to its limitations. Also regarding fuel economy an 18-wheeler at 80000 lbs is actually more fuel efficient than most vehicles when you take the 8.5 mpg average and do a comparison to a passenger car

[@st-ex8506]

The Semi can take your 43'000 lb load AND cover your 600 miles in an 11-hour shift... no sweat! You just need a V3 or V4 Supercharger (obviously installed so as to allow access by semis, to top off the battery during mandatory pauses! Now, if you operate your trucks double-shifts, then it would require a dedicated charging infrastructure at base (so-called "Megacharger"). In Europe, the absolute legal maximum a long-haul truck can cove is 506 miles... but its more 420-450 miles in practice. So, over here, a Tesla Semi would be a no brainer, even for the longest of long-haul operations!

[@paveltolkunov9549]

💯 great product! Semis are much needed.

[@krishnapullak]

This is promising, and I am optimistic about our future.

[@JAM4111]

Very impressive report! Thanks for the almost -one-year update. Hope to see Tesla ramp up production of this beast soon! It will enjoy a great niche for now!

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[@ML-gq9fz]

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[@PCLoadLetter]

@13:00 You can use teams of drivers with Tesla Semi on very long haul runs. Just have the next driver waiting in a fully charged tractor. Unhook the depleted one, hook up a fully charged one, and press on. The driver of the depleted one can go plug it in, take a meal break, hook it up to another trailer headed in the return directions, finish off their day, and have a decent night's sleep in their own bed. And maybe get to know their kids a bit better Swapping horses every 15 miles was very much a thing for mail and time sensitive goods two centuries ago. History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

[@BigBen621]

The Fremont to Laredo network, with 8 Megachargers every 225 miles, will be set up for exactly this sort of operation.

[@philrabe910]

This is a year after the video- I just watched a new TTS video detailing how much better the semi is doing than the detractors imagined.

[@MrYamaha413]

What about using Actual trailer to store some additional batteries for longer range ? batteries can be modular so depends of actual load weight and distance can be stacked

[@BigBen621]

A Tesla Semi starting the day with a full charge, and with an additional 40% added during the mandatory 30-minute break at 8 hours, can drive as far in a day as permitted by HOS regulations and speed limits. That being the case, what's the benefit of giving up payload for batteries, to gain longer range that you can't use?

[@MartinGugino]

Raises the question. Begs the question means something else.

[@BigBen621]

Thank you! When I hear "begs the question", it's like fingernails on a chalkboard for me!

[@kundixue3]

To nickpick a bit, regenerative breaking does not add range, it preserves range. The original statement sounds like credit card reward point ad, "the more you spend, the more you save." Regular breaking lose range. Because energy has to be dispensed to get the vehicle back to original speed. While regenerative breaking store a percentage of the lost kenetic energy back to electric energy. That portion can be used to let the vehicle regain its original speed. Hence lose less range. But still losing range. You cannot add range by breaking more.

[@danielstapler4315]

If you did a trip without regen breaking you would have a certain range. If you redid that trip and used regen braking you would have a longer range ... because ... you added some range.

[@stephenbinkley]

what would work great is long distance rail with trucking shorter distance but we can dream

[@Sacto1654]

A potential big advantage of the Tesla Semis is the ability to accelerate uphill much better than any diesel semi. That could make mean a lot faster trips over mountainous passes.

[@iandavies4853]

Yes, won’t hold up traffic, won’t have to take a fast run-up when approaching a hill. Safer. Going downhill with 2-3 times the deceleration power of Jake / engine braking is huge boon, no more runaway, can probably go a bit faster / safer than diesel (or Nikola gravity drive). Diesel will get real obsolete real fast.

[@tettazwo9865]

Wait until, in real life, truckers will have to pay for all the added tire wear!

[@iandavies4853]

@@tettazwo9865 very soon, IRL, "truckers" won’t exist, let alone independent operators. But then maybe the "semi / tractor-trailer" form factor also obsolete. So many revolutions, not just BEV.

[@BigBen621]

​@@tettazwo9865 Yeah, with 2.5% more GCVWR than diesel semis, fully loaded Tesla Semis will have slightly more tire wear than fully loaded diesel semis. But here's a flash: diesel sleeper cabs will have added tire wear compared with diesel day cabs; are you similarly advocating against diesel sleeper cabs, due to added tire wear? Tire wear is just another operating expense, to be taken into account with all the other operating expenses when making the purchasing decision.

[@randgrithr7387]

You're being deceptive by saying only 2.5% heavier at max load. It won't be able to haul as much in weight-constrained loads because it's a whopping 26,000 lbs bobtail. So it will be better for volume-constrained loads, like Frito Lay potato chips. Assuming a load is ~8000 lbs, a dry van trailer is ~15,000 lbs and ballparking a diesel daycab weight of 15,000 lbs, it's gross weight will be ~29% greater hauling potato chips. (Not to mention with an empty trailer it weighs ~37% more!)

[@OuterSpaceDogs]

Great job.

[@OuterSpaceDogs]

Tesla Semis Pulling - 5Th wheel Motor Homes... Oh my loooord!!!

[@m1a2abramsmainbattletank58]

And once the Tesla Semi was created, Peterbilt, Kenworth and Freightliner followed suit. Along with Mack and Volvo

[@misterx280]

ICE vehicle weights don't take into consideration the fuel weight. Gasoline weighs 6.3 pounds per gallon. So a Ford F150 with a 36 gallon tank would weigh an additional 226.8 pounds with a Full tank. An ICE Semi with a diesel, which ways 7.1 pounds per gallon, that carries 300 gallons weighs 2130 pounds more fully fueled. EV's don't change weight depending on its charge level.

[@Eric-i2k]

@misterx280. You never drove a semi have you? You haven't had to deal with weight limits and time applications.🖕🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@randgrithr7387]

A better way to phrase is that EVs don't lose weight as you use up range. A comparable diesel daycab weighs 10,000+ lbs less even with full fuel tanks.

[@davidbeppler3032]

I bet if they split those long haul routes in half, they could save $500/day and for $182,500 per truck per year they will find a way.

[@iandavies4853]

400 kWh of cells about $40,000 so maybe save $8-13k per year if halved pack size. Say need extra half to one hour charging per day, 200 hrs x $30 is $6,000 in wages. They’d already use short range truck for most routes.

[@Poxenium]

It's not set in stone how long you have to drive without stopping. Spending 1-2 hours per day charging is a rounding error, less than 10% of the time.

[@thehonesttruth8808]

Especially if the charging occurs during loading and unloading for “hopper” routes or during meal times for longer hauls

[@russmartin4189]

A company can get back their cost with one year of fuel savings alone. Watch the Jay Leno video where he drives one accompanied by the guy who is head of the Semi division at Tesla.

[@jimpackard8059]

Yes, saw that video. I have never watched so much drivel in my life. Every decent question from Jay Leno was ignored.

[@28blooddog]

Yes is the answer

[@garyrooksby]

excellent

[@conantdog]

Unequalled technology and functionality. The future is here and is clear, Tesla. One of the most important factors is lack of maintenance and pay back period of the Tesla truck.

[@jimpackard8059]

They are useless for much of the world market as they cannot carry the payload. Ask any freight company

[@dadbain]

Truck semitrailers are far more efficient than automobiles, when you consider the fuel to weight to mile ratios.

[@BigBen621]

And Tesla Semis are far more efficient than diesel semis, when you consider the energy to weight to mile ratios.

[@dadbain]

@@BigBen621 They maybe more efficient but there's yet no fueling infrastructure for them nor are they ready for primetime, ie. they aren't equipped for the long haul drivers or owner operators. But as I've previously stated I prefer BEVs over fuel cell electric which are very complex with unstable fuel and leaky storage tanks. For they both are electric vehicles. Meanwhile I'll drive my pre 2007 diesel Peterbilt or Kenworth. Hold your breath when I drive through your town. 🥴🤧😖

[@zbigniewteterycz1571]

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[@AntonioP761]

Would be nice if could report your figures in metric as well.

[@lourdessilva6442]

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[@billsElitetrucking349]

One big ... WHY ! we have 24 rigs, and i can't see any cost-effective reason to own this truck !! Not one

[@Daniel4ization]

Can the trucks go places without no body in the driver's seat like the tesla cars? And can you rent them too for many days for moving your house stuff to a new house you planning to move there? 😊

[@realAmosKoech]

me as future new Tesla and SpaceX CEO Amos Kipchumba,I can inform you that the current autonomous products Tesla currently offers are self driving and Full self driving programs(FSD)which are currently in it's early development stage.A full 'self aware' AI programs maybe available by 2030 onwards to be optimistic enough.😥. 🚗🚗🚗🚀🚀🇰🇪🇺🇲👈🤗🤗👌

[@anthonyshiels9273]

​@@realAmosKoechHello Amos Your LinkedIn profile tells me that your qualifications are neither in the rocket design nor the motor manufacturing sectors

[@lidoz]

That’s the near future. People will see driving cars manually as an insane risk and be frowned about next generation

[@realAmosKoech]

@@lidoz That's why I relied to him that it currently in it's early development stages.🇰🇪🇺🇲👌🤗

[@lidoz]

@@realAmosKoech exactly my response was actually to your post my friend

[@phoenixdickeson3868]

Can you talk about the three wheel electric car from Aptara? Donut media just did a review on it and it seems to have some quite compelling features

[@carlsmith5545]

How did tesla reinvent the semi truck? The same way they reinvented the car. With large amounts of time to sit around and charge and with lower ranges. 450 to 500 miles for range for a semi? A regular semi truck offers a range of 1,500 to 2,000 miles. Come out with an electric semi with these kinds of ranges, now you have something. Time is money and money is time.....

[@BigBen621]

There's nothing more useless than runway behind you, altitude above you, fuel you left behind, and more range in a day cab semi than can be driven legally in 11 hours on duty (605 miles in California).

[@jimpackard8059]

Client: “Can you book a truck please for full load, next week? “ . Freight Co: “yes but we now use Teslas so we will have to send two trucks as one will not carry the weight due to the battery weight. Also, we can only take half the distance as the Tesla has no sleeper cab. “

[@BigBen621]

Straw man argument. No one, anywhere, ever said that Tesla Semis could haul as much load as far as a diesel semi; of course they can't. But statistics show that the vast majority of Class 8 truck trips go out way below the 46,000± maximum payload of a typical diesel semi, with a range way below the 500 miles a Tesla Semi is capable of. For some applications, diesel semis will still be required; for the vast majority, Tesla Semis can do what diesel semis do, as soon as the charging infrastructure is built out. And much of what diesel semis can do, even charging from the existing network of 17,000+ Superchargers in the US.

[@jimpackard8059]

In Europe many trucks are below capacity as weighed by weighing stations - mid trip when some offloads completed. However, unless you haul a specific lightweight item all the time, no general freight company will buy a truck with lower capacity. The semi will only sell in small numbers as the theory is flawed. I worked in that industry and most that I know just laugh at the prospect.

[@charlescole-p9v]

Did you expect anything but the best with a Tesla?

[@danielstapler4315]

And also did you expect it to be on time? :-)

[@jimpackard8059]

Tesla creates a lot of crappy stuff too. Like nasty plastic cabins and steering wheels without storks

[@viperswhip]

It feels like most of the issues they've had are just related to putting information on two screens.

[@MartinGugino]

Can a Tesla pull a double trailer?

[@SLee-vj4px]

anything diesel can pull, Tesla semi can pull with ease

[@r7cardosuarez806]

Nope.

[@davidsmith5584]

How many solar panels do I need to charge my Tesla Semi?

[@shuashua958]

no loss "so long as you return to the same altitude" is laughably terrible math. big fail guys.

[@69DemonHaZe69]

They can and will easily surpass their counterparts..... all they need is the trailers to be added to the mix... add batteries and motors to them as well... and then that will allow much further didstance and the amount of weight that can be carried.... only thing stoppong it is the safety laws.... but it will need and will eventually be changed to meet the true capabilities of electric vehicles... and with the safety record of tesla.... it will be inevitable 🙂

[@craigfrancis9578]

Tesla will take over the world

[@walle9797]

Think you can put the metric measurements on screen also? They’ll get more international views and subscribers..

[@swiftxxw0lf]

The Gross Weight Calculations are wrong for normal diesel semis.

[@lucidmoses]

Is the regeneration of the semi better then there cars? Or is it stuck in the 'better then nothing' category as well?

[@SyntheticSpy]

What? The cars have enough regen to basically never have to use the brakes, so they’re a lot more than “better than nothing”. The semi has extremely strong regen, to the point where brakes don’t need to be used at all when going down mountain roads while towing cargo

[@lucidmoses]

@@SyntheticSpy Oh, I'm all for regen breaking for all the reasons. But I was referring to just the energy saved. According to Tesla Marketing it is "UP TO 70%". But their real world data shows people average only 30% energy recover. Which defiantly falls into the "better then nothing" category. Why the discrepancy? Because people don't drive at full speed to a red light and then perfectly slam on the breaks, maximizing regen to come to an exact stop without engage the breaks. What is needed to get the 70%. Basically when people are panic stopping they tend to go past regen only breaking. I would also point out that your using more energy by using regen breaking then if you didn't. Costing to a stop is better as you don't use 100%. It's like getting back 100% not 30%. But yes, that's unrealistic in traffic. Now, for the semi, You seem to know the marketing points. But do you have any actual data on that?

[@shipj091]

Tesla EVs hard for elderly to get in and out of. If you have a direct line to Elon let him know an EV mobility van with a wheelchair ramp would be nice to help caregivers transport those with disabilities. There is a demand for those and he’d be the only one making them.

[@jakekisiel7399]

Does the truck drive itself?

[@wildstorm74]

No it doesn't. If the cars cant, what do think the truck can????

[@MrGMawson2438]

It's an EV wagon 👍

[@divinejusticefeelsgood]

Why dont they yse giga casting. It will reduce the weight.

[@A_Litre_of_Farva]

Actually the typical short crew 4WD F150 weighs in at around 6500 lbs (3.5 TONS)

[@dannyhartline2648]

That’s 3.25 tons but whose counting?

[@KingLarbear]

That's not 3.5 that's 3.25

[@callumcurtis15]

Less than 3 metric tons

[@Ayo22210]

Pepsi is a menis to society

[@merter7703]

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[@PrograError]

it's everywhere on YT dude...

[@MrLawman82]

Yes they are nice but by no means cleaner or greener. Let's not forget the manufacturing process.

[@4literv6]

Average semi getting 6.5mpg and driving the average 72,000 miles a year? Burns up over 70,000# in diesel fuel weight alone. Where does that fuel come from? How is it extracted, transported, refined etc. The tesla truck which uses most of the same materials as a diesel does, also doesn't burn liquid fuels.

[@SLee-vj4px]

your sound like diesel truck manufacturing is magically clean

[@Eric-i2k]

@SLee-vj4px. And you sound like mining and processing theses materials for the parts of a EV is cleaner. Ps it's not.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@4literv6]

@@Eric-i2k it definetely is vs non stop search for, move those heavy ass drill rigs into place, use energy water and chemicals to extract&pump crude oil up from the ground hey using electric motors! Use some more energy to transport it causing more pollution. Use more energy&electricity plus water and chemicals at the refineries inc cobalt just to refine that crude into burnable fuels. Use some more energy to transport it. Use more energy to pump it into your tank. All at a well-wheels efficiency of 15-30% hell ask chat gpt how many billion pounds of crude oil the world digs/drills n fracks up each day to burn in an endless cycle, hint 29,190,000,000# is the answer it just gave me. That is just the crude oil, so not counting the water(1.5-3 gallons at the refinery level alone per refined gallon of fuel. Not counting the electricity used, not counting the oil rigs daily diesel use, not counting the chemicals and their production&transportation etc. We will do a LOT less mining and cause less environmental damage by switching to evs&renewables not more like pet-trolls often claim. 👍🏻😎

[@SLee-vj4px]

@@Eric-i2k to be fair, let's say mining & drill for oil are even, making eSemi and dSemi are even, burn diesel is definitely pollute more than electricity production. if electricity generated by solar/wind, then it's getting much better.

[@joecummings1260]

You know the reason they don't release the weight? Because the POS weighs over 30.000 lbs. And you better check into the cost to install the electric service to power that charger. That number is going to be in the millions

[@4literv6]

Jay Leno video says different. 1 500 mile semi, 1 300 mile semi loaded on an 18,000# trailer grossed in the 60,000-70,000# range.

[@randgrithr7387]

More like 26,000 lbs. Still absurdly heavy for a highway daycab, but don't lie and say 30,000+.

[@fglatzel]

Putting lithium-ion batteries in a car is already dumb, but doing it in a semi truck, is even dumber.

[@calex9398]

Give us the flying car

[@OnielRichards-nh4co]

dude three is no such thing as zero emissions - stop with the nonsense we are not against EV but cut the crap

[@BigBen621]

Direct emissions are zero, but of course what you're referring to is indirect emissions at the power plant, if the Tesla Semi is charged from the grid-which they mostly are. But the reality is that switching from diesel semis to electric semis will still bring about a huge reduction in overall emissions, for two reasons. First, all states' electric grids have at least some renewable energy in the mix of sources, so at least some charging is done from renewable sources, and not coal and natural gas. And the other reason is that because electric drivetrains are far more efficient than ICE drivetrains, electric semis use about 2/3 *less* total energy than diesel semis; so even if there were *no* renewable energy in any state's grid, electric semis would still produce only 1/3 the direct and indirect emissions of diesel semis. And because there is a large proportion of renewable energy in most states' grids, the reduction in emissions is even greater; for example, in California,, where only 40% of the grid is fossil fuel-based, switching from a diesel semi to an electric semi reduces direct and indirect emissions by 88%. Of course, this is different for other states, based on their different proportions of renewable energy on the grid.

[@nicksurface3513]

Batteries are not green

[@4literv6]

@Tron-Jockey don't forget the cobalt refineries use to. 👍🏻

[@randgrithr7387]

None of those things are done with child and/or slave labor

[@dr.jallohinnovativechannel]

Question!! How secure are these charging stations (Tesla or any other company) against disastrous environmental conditions like flooding etc?

[@iandavies4853]

Question: how environmentally safe are leaking underground diesel tanks? Above ground spills? Hydrogen refill stations? Petrol or methane stations, electricity transformers / substation?

[@middleagedjabroni]

🫢🤭😅

[@miles5600]

will they make a european version of it? it's way too wide and too big for europe.

[@gjssjg]

Gimic is gimmick

[@KingLarbear]

The problem will be servicing the trucks once they need maintenance. Tesla is horrible at fixing cars that are broken.

[@jerryinmon2731]

To the extent that's true it would be a big problem but considering the natural durability of electric power trains and Tesla's rapid improvements in other areas it's only a matter of time that will be worked out. And with Tesla having some of the highest brand loyalty in the industry it doesn't seem to be a major problem.

[@billymellon9481]

Maintenance free cept for the battery n brake n pads n tires-- N i think they said battery covered for like a million miles same for everything else mainframe drive train n pads almost never need replacing cuz of braking regen

[@awebuser5914]

So many errors... Try spelling correctly in your headings, the F150 Lightning weighs 6,500lbs+ (empty), and so many other errors, it's almost impossible to take the video seriously.

[@litestuffllc7249]

Only 50 Tesla Semi "gamechangers" exist and everything they say is a lie. Can it carry a load similar to a diesel? No the battery weighs too much. Oh did they tell you Semi needs a $200k charger w a million dollar megapack to charge it? Oh no .. slipped their mind. Did they tell you it goes 500 miles - empty or down a steep hill. A Rivian R1T w battery 12% Semi's size can only go 120 miles towing 1/20th the load - 500miles? Full load - of lies.

[@jerryinmon2731]

Then you and all the Tesla haters have nothing to worry about then. But considering Elon's history of totally disrupting entire industries it's not a good idea to bet against Tesla or any Musk company. The fact is being a Luddite doesn't usually pay off in the long run.

[@4literv6]

Lookup the run on less event for real world released data. Over 80% of the loads grossed over 70,000# The tesla semi using slip seating drivers at 65mph covered over 1,076 miles in 1 day. Covered over 400+miles loaded without charging.

[@BigBen621]

​@4literv6 4liter, where did you find load data? I'm on the Run On Less Results site, but don't see the promised load data. Thanks!

[@SyntheticSpy]

@@BigBen621I don’t know if the site directly gives load data, but run on less made a statement that all loads during the test were around 70,000 for the Tesla semi

[@r7cardosuarez806]

Its all just a big advertising campaign, as usual. Based on lies

[@tettazwo9865]

🤣

[@daciefusjones8128]

listen here hoss, I'll wait for the electric Peterbilt to come out. Pete's have always been beautiful so I'll stay with mine.

[@randgrithr7387]

Edison Motors, check em out. They built a hybrid prototype for heavy duty & offroad applications. Electric axles, lightweight battery, & a diesel generator. Part of their business plan is to sell retrofit kits for old trucks in a few years. You'll be able to have an electric Pete that doesn't suck.

[@jasonmarkwell8593]

LOVE how you showed tales from the crypt BIDEN signing whatever they stick in front of him. Maybe his resignation next time. EV trucks would be a great add to current diesel fleets. Though sorry nobody is pushing out those heavy hauler classics for many more decades. When brute muscle calls, the diesel is king. Take that EV up a bunch of logging switch backs or places like Siberia and see how long they last. 😆

[@judah1276]

The tesla semi will never work economically

[@SyntheticSpy]

It’s already working economically for Pepsi. Go look up the results of the run on less event. A lot of good summaries here on youtube

[@Eric-i2k]

@SyntheticSpy. Funny I've driven to at least 25 states and I've had yet seen a Tesla semi.🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@csjrogerson2377]

Seems odd to reinvent a truck that was years late and is still produced in small numbers. Must have been crap to start with!!!

[@realAmosKoech]

The future of trucking industry is here and developing.I as future new billionaire/Trillionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Amos Kipchumba (privately owned-2050),I can say we are heading to the right way as humanity towards a more sustainable future.We are in near future will develop both fully electric and hybrid-electric, Hydrogen, Nuclear powered vehicles.I am very excited about the future.🇰🇪🇺🇲🚗🚗🚀🚀👈🤗🤗🤗💪💪🤩🤩🤑🤑👌💪 ,