It Happened! Elon Musk Explained Everything about Tesla Semi 2024 Version! SHOCK All EVs Industry!

It Happened! Elon Musk Explained Everything about Tesla Semi 2024 Version! SHOCK All EVs Industry!
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🚀 Discover the heart of the Tesla Semi-the modified Plaid tri-motor drivetrain system. From optimized gear ratios to a central computer for real-time power distribution, witness the seamless blend of power and efficiency that propels the Tesla Semi to new heights in acceleration and control.
🌐 Challenges and Opposition: Navigate through the skepticism surrounding battery-powered trucks, with insights on the hurdles faced, including the development of Megachargers.
🚗 Semi Truck Development: Gain insights into the meticulous development process, highlighting the specialized assembly and recent job postings related to Semi production.
🌙 Sleeper Cab Variant and Potential Updates: Speculate on a potential sleeper cab variant based on recent observations and statements from Tesla's Senior Designer.
🔋 4680 Battery Integration and Production Challenges: Dive into the challenges of integrating the 4680 battery into the Tesla Semi and the ongoing expansion at Giga Nevada.
🌐 Giga Nevada Expansion: Learn about Tesla's ambitious expansion plans, including facilities for Semi production and 4680 cell production.
🚚 PepsiCo's Usage and Efficiency: Explore why PepsiCo is investing in Tesla Semis and how their efficiency contributes to significant cost savings.
❄️ Winter Testing and Performance: Witness the Tesla Semi's impressive performance in challenging winter conditions, debunking concerns about its capabilities.
✈️ Uncover the rationale behind the centrally located driver's seat in the Tesla Semi. Beyond aerodynamics, delve into the future of autonomous driving and the strategic design choices that enhance visibility, safety, and the overall driving experience.
🌍 Learn how Tesla Semi is making waves in distribution centers, cutting emissions, and revolutionizing freight transport. Dive into the success story of PepsiCo's fleet and the positive feedback from drivers, highlighting the comfort and performance of the Tesla Semi.
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[@sagecoach]

Our power coop recently started supplying power to a new all-electric Amazon delivery facility in Minnesota. Now we see Rivians vans everywhere in our communities. Minnesota gets cold and will prove performance. Tesla also has enjoyed car sales for years here with many charging locations, and of course the best, our own garages. High-power truck charging will build out as the truck routes develop. Right now local distribution trucking is the low-hanging fruit most cost-effective to implement.

[@eyesuckle]

The holdup for mass production of the Semi remains a mystery. If it isn't battery production, then I don't really get it. Obviously, building a true, automated production line is a huge financial commitment, even for Tesla, and they don't want to invest in this until they're sure that they can make enough batteries to supply that production line AND that there is sufficient demand for this truck. But if the truck can truly do what Tesla says, I don't think there is a demand problem. It's got to be the battery supply issue.

[@steveb796]

Should have started with smaller local delivery trucks.

[@sandybarnes5463]

Is there some program for auto drive for the Tesla Semi? Drivers get tired, so auto drive could save lives.

[@gregbailey45]

FSD is getting close!

[@niemi5858]

Have they sorted out who's liable for a catastrophic accident when the autonomous features fail? This has to be known before any responsible person operates one on the public roadways.

[@13thbiosphere]

4 years behind anticipated schedule but better late than never

[@alexmanojlovic768]

ICE emissions aren't cleaned fully by EGR/CAT/DPFs etc Emissions "processing" started in the 70's & we're STILL waiting for non poisonous exhaust decades later. Of course the lies the oil industry put out about their fuel sources would have you believe otherwise. We'll die of throat/lung cancer before sea levels rise enough to drown us!

[@bayly1977]

Tesla motto 😂

[@amoooewoo7603]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@geraldbutler4990]

Add solar panels to the cab and trailer to add an additional power source.

[@BigBen621]

Doesn't work out, once you do the economics.

[@lourdessilva6442]

Maravilha de documentário

[@dougk5456]

I haven't heard a comparison of the weight of the diesel engine with transmission and fuel weight to the Tesla power train and battery pack.

[@Tron-Jockey]

After a quick search on Google I found: Roughly 6000 lbs for the diesel engine and drivetrain and about 1100 lbs for a full 150 gallon tank of fuel. A 900 kWh Li-ion battery (NCA -260Wh/kg) pack is right around 10,000 lbs and the tri-motor setup about 600 lbs.

[@DavidCoxDallas]

"Dojo bird?" 🤣😂😅

[@KathleenBrady-bp6vj]

Definitely needs bed in back. Nice cabin 2 drivers can do a lot. Go long distance tooɓ

[@williampenfold9615]

How Much cargo is lost to offset the weight of the batteries?

[@alexmanojlovic768]

Most truck journeys are volume fully utilised, not weight. Losing some weight isn't a major drawback, plus EV semis have an increased gross weight allowance of 2,000lbs to counter the extra EV cab weight. Not really an issue for the majority of truck journeys.

[@aaronb8698]

2000 lbs but dot increased hyw weights to 82k. Theres just no production execution to boost sales and stock. Maby q4

[@peteratkinson3014]

In order to bring the Semi to common use as quick as possible, Tesla should market exclusively to firms with large trucking fleets like Safeway, Costco, Pepsico, etc., that already have established trucking outlets where chargers can be installed along traditional routes. This way, the need for custom cabs will be at a minimum, charger installation permits would easier to get for established locations, and national acceptance could be established asap. After national acceptance is established, customization and independent public sales will be quick to follow.

[@brucewrandol]

I think the companies you mentioned will flock to Tesla once they see some facts and figures. Tesla has plenty to do catching up with current orders.

[@mohiuddinahmad1792]

Long informative vedio ❤❤

[@LeiffNathanAMendoza]

True! As older people spit out about on new things are highly skeptical or just basing on the possible achievements and encountered bottlenecks . But unlike the new breeds will have many things under their sleaves and with the current available fundamentals plus their full battery range of engineering and push to achieve the greater purpose limits seems to be small now especially a.i is getting more agi.

[@gregbailey45]

What a word salad. Hurts my brain. Still trying to decipher what you actually mean.

[@brucewrandol]

Is Tesla doing any research on use of sol panels? The roof of the trailer could provide a large area for solar panels!

[@amosbatto3051]

Considering that the Semi will probably use a 900 kWh battery for 500 miles of range, it consumes 1.8 kWh per m2. The US average is 5 kWh/m2/day of solar irradiance and the best effiency on the market is 23%, so you will get about 1 kWh per m2 of solar panels. The roof of a covered trailer is typically 12 x 2.4 m, so you get about 28 KWh per day. Assuming the truck lasts 12 years, 28m2 of solar panels would generate 122,640 kWh. Assuming electricity costs the US average of $0.16, that is worth $19,622. Residential solar panels cost about $200 per m2 or $5600 for 28 m2 of solar, but Tesla will probably use expensive Maxeon solar cells like Aptera, and the cost of lamination and special hardened glass is high so I would guess $400 / m2 or $11,200 for the solar roof. It works out economically, but it isn't that great and I doubt that Tesla will bother developing it.

[@chlistens7742]

about time 8 min you mention the expansions to giga Nevada.. you were showing things that are being expanded in giga Texas though,

[@johnthomas5806]

keep the price under 100,000.00, it will be a bit easier to afford...............

[@amosbatto3051]

I suspect the price will be something like $300k for the 300 mile variant and $400k for the 500 mile variant and Tesla will still find a lot of buyers at that price because there is so much money to be saved compared to the price of diesel if you do the math.

[@enigmaak8049]

What about driver needs? Truck driver need toilet. Am I right? What tesla recommend to drivers? Tesla diaper?

[@douglasengle2704]

On charing the Tesla Semi: Truckers stay they'd be fairly comfortable with an 800 mile charge range. The current 500 mile range with 0.9 MWh battery X (800 miles / 500 miles) = 1.44 MWh battery. About 1.5 MWh battery with the current Tesla Semi. To fast charge that in the 5 minute on par with fueling an ICE vehicle: (60 minutes/5 minutes) X 1.5 MWh battery pack = 18 MW charger not 0.75 MW of todays Tesla Semi mega charger. Likely a HD charger around 6 MW would be good medium term. The normal full charge preferred situation will likely be overnight charging at a traditional truck stop with overnight parking spaces equipped for that purpose. The Semi might have a Semi sized internal charger able to charge off of 3-phase 480 volts, a common industrial customer feed power feed. There is no common plug connection for 3-phase 480 volts. With a plug this would be analogous to how Tesla cars are able to charge overnight now.

[@amosbatto3051]

You don't need 5 minute (12C) charging, because truck drivers legally can only drive 11 hours in a 14 hour period, so they have to stop and typically stop 30 minutes after 4-5 hours of driving. Tesla says that its Megacharger will support over one MW charging, so it is planning to increase the wattage in the future. At 1MW charging, we are talking about 38 minutes to charge 630 kWh or 350 miles of range, which should work for many shipping companies, because they are saving a lot compared to the cost of diesel. If Tesla can get the charging speed up to 2MW, so it can charge 350 miles in less than 20 minutes, it will dominate the trucking industry, because it will half the cost per mile of operating a class 8 truck in the US.

[@gregbailey45]

If you can manage to get your mind around the difference between kW and kWh, I'll consider subscribing. At least two mistakes in this presentation, so no cigar yet...

[@niemi5858]

It seems that most people that comment favorably on this driver unfriendly semi have never even sat in one let alone drive one for any appreciable amount if time. I am all for EV's but until they become more practical and their battery charging times are similar to refuelling time for an ICE vehicle they will lag behind in sales. Perhaps a low wait time battery exchange system would attract those for who time is money. On a coast to coast run, it would take an extra day and a half to charge the battery. Tesla claimed it to have “built it around the driver,” but that is just nonsense. Starting by how much space it just wastes with its central seating position. While that is the one the McLaren F1 adopted, it works better on hypercars than on trucks. The central driving position makes it more challenging to look ahead and overtake. That happens because a truck is a wide vehicle. If you are in the middle of the cabin, you are far from the edge of the lane, where you have a better view of the traffic ahead. On a two-way road, that’s also where you can see oncoming traffic. Truck drivers have to pay tolls, talk to people in gatehouses, and handle the paperwork while entering a factory or delivering anything. The Semi does not give access to a window. In fact, it has no windows that can be opened: the driver will have to get up from their seat, open the door and deal with whatever they need - even in the winter. Talking about cold weather, having the doors in the back of the cabin will force the driver to walk a bit to reach their seats. In the winter, with muddy boots, doing that will mess up the cabin interior. A truck with doors that give direct access to the driver’s seat prevents that from happening: they can take off their boots and just walk barefoot in the cabin. That would be especially useful for trucks with a bed. The Semi apparently does not offer one, which is another flaw in the electric truck’s concept. If you think it through, it also speaks a bunch about the limited use the truck will have, almost like a Class 8 last-mile truck, if that even exists. A hypothetical bed could be in the back, but it is not there because that’s where the Semi has its doors. Another option would be to put a bed above the windscreen. Even if the Semi was not conceived for long trips - as the lack of a bed suggests - people driving at night often find it useful to take a quick nap to keep driving safely. The massive screens inside the Semi are dangerous. The “tablets" are simply not designed for use in moving vehicles. Drivers need physical buttons that they can reach without taking their eyes off the road. They reflect stuff and glow too much, even in dark mode, which makes them terrible for night driving. I am also not happy about the rear-view mirrors. Thanks to the central driving position (again) and the cabin being narrower in the front, Tesla had to place them in really long arms. If they get dirty (and they eventually will), the driver will not reach them easily to clean them. Tesla seems particularly proud of: the bullet shape of the cabin, which imposes an angled windscreen. As aerodynamic as that is, it would only help snow build up on top of it. People who find it difficult to clean a passenger car's windscreen in the winter should have fun doing so on a glass surface sitting ten feet above the ground. Vertical windscreens do not have that issue. In the summer, the angled windscreen will turn the cabin into a glasshouse. So there you have a semi driver's view of this foolish waste of engineering talent.

[@normanbuchanan9710]

very well stated .

[@ggrthemostgodless8713]

5:00 Human drivers are done, it is too much, too many needs to be fulfilled... we all can see Optimus driving these things and MAYBEEEEE have the last mile drive by humans, but even then, not fully, since FSD will do most of the "thinking". If human drivers want all that confort, and want there wives with them all along I guess, they need to stay home and let the machines do their jobs, and not complain when they get fired. Most of the actual time in driving a truck is just sitting there, AWARE FOR SURE, barely moving the steering wheel on the highways. We already have a problem with too much comfort, we ALREADY have to create situations where we WILLINGLY have to make physical efforts and create stress for health like gyms and mountain climbing, etc... So if Optimus snd such can do a better job for 95% of what driving a truck takes... well!! All repetitive jobs will eventually be done by robots, and good riddance, as customer care with humans with bad attitudes, truck drivers with bad wives and frustrated do a lot of road rage accidents [yes it has happened to me a few times on road]... we will barely notice the difference if human drivers are gone... involving their poetics and sabotaging social networks like the Canada "strike" and the recent New York refusal of deliveries... F-that.

[@jeremytaylor3532]

A lot of municipalities are blocking companies from installing charging for electric semis. Their old grid structures have not been properly upgraded for over 50 years or more and they are just barely hanging on at maxed out electrical levels. When a trucking firm says they would like to install chargers equal to the entire load of the town. The municipalities just laugh and say no way Jose. This is going to force Tesla to come up with a different strategy for large charger infrastructure. Tesla might offer assistance to reconductor old transmission corridors effectively doubling load. Also Tesla could develop better grid control computer algorithms which would allow higher loads at critical times. There are enough solar and wind projects awaiting final approval and connections to the grid, to replace all fossil fuel generation in the US. However many counties are refusing to allow renewable energy. Due to negative experiences when they had no energy storage and created power at inconvenient times. Causing the grid to keep all of the old plants on standby for days with no sun or wind. Meaning very expensive hydro. And excess electricity being sold at a loss when there was excess capacity.

[@seaplaneguy1]

The fuel of the future is Electro Ethanol made from RE or nuclear. Cost at plant is 3 cents/kwh for fuel. It costs 20 times less to make fuel than to charge battery via a 100% RE grid. The State of Alaska did a study that showed it costs 10x to send RE over a grid from the Aleutian Island than to just make fuel and ship it. RE MUST get OFF the grid to actually work. That requires fuel making, which in turn begs for new combustion tech at 75% vs 42% for old Diesels. New Semi tractor will be 9,500 LB, 1,200 HP continuous, 2400 HP short duration (for passing) and have a 4500 mile range (10x Tesla) at 65 mph on gasoline and 3150 on Ethanol (E100) (300 gallons). That means RE fuel (Electro ethanol) can be put on interstates strategically to run all trucks on RE. Loves and Flying J/Pilot can have Ethanol for trucks... No big deal, no added costs.

[@gregbailey45]

No vested interest? How about citing the research. I don't believe you yet.

[@douglachman7330]

This was a re issued pod ast from a while back. Waste of time.

[@gregbailey45]

I'm inclined to agree.

[@watchthe1369]

Hybrid biodiesel electric is the best solution for RIGHT NOW, It would actually be carbon neutral and require a lot less battery. The lighter the tractor, the more you can put in the trailer hybrids need far less battery and are probably lighter. Biodiesel has far less toxic exhaust, and is efficient in a generator setup. Electric trucks are very good for local delivery and smog abatement. Delivering from the break bulk terminal to the supermarket has lots of traffic, ruining ICE efficiencies with the stops and goes. The electric bypasses that.

[@amosbatto3051]

Biodiesel costs more than diesel, and a BEV truck costs about half the price per mile of a diesel truck, so I don't see how biodiesel will ever be competitive. If Tesla can get its Megachargers to charge at 2MW it will be able to charge 350 miles of range in 19 minutes, which should be fast enough for most truckers, so I think most trucking companies will skip the hybrids and go straight to battery electric trucks once a network of Megachargers or MCS stations is built. The real question is how long that will take.

[@gregtroublemaker1862]

the EV semis are already going to be delayed by long charging times, but whoever thinks commercial trucks are going to wait in line behind a 4 Wheelers to charge is crazy. Truckers already have a federal clock ticking away so they wouldn't be likely to give up more. I wouldn't entertain the purchase of one of these trucks unless I was gareented that i wouldn't be waiting in line to change up behind a car.

[@amosbatto3051]

No truck with a 900 kWh battery is going to bother with 250 kW charging at Supercharger V3, because it would take too long and the charging stalls are designed for semi parking. Tesla is planning special Megachargers with 1+ MW charging for the Semi.

[@ceesheemskerk2397]

Nothing new

[@RobertMenefee]

Does the sleeper cab mean that Tesla is less confident about perfecting total autonomous driving? Were the semi to be totally autonomous, there would be no need for the big sleeper space for a driver.

[@amosbatto3051]

Autonomous trucks are probably not going to be legal on US roads before 2030, so Tesla needs something that it can sell now.

[@brusso456]

just add a diesel electric generator (range extender)

[@pwrrpw319]

15 minutes in & I've had enough of this endless useless dribble !!!, nothing we didn't already know ! !!! useless waste of time.

[@gregbailey45]

The word is actually 'drivel', not " dribble".

[@daveblock]

It’s a gimmick. Three mega chargers require a $2M mega pack. By the time a trucking spends $10’s of millions in charging stations, pays millions to build a new grid there is more cost for EV’s than diesel.

[@amosbatto3051]

Depends on the number of trucks that a company is running. A trucking company in California is going to pay to pay about pbuilding of Megachargers with Megapacks to charge them will probably

[@bayly1977]

Just stop. At this point your just embarrassing yourself

[@seaplaneguy1]

This EV insanity will end soon enough. New combustion tech makes all this obsolete. Making fuel from RE or nuclear will be 10 to 20 times less costs than charging on a 100% RE grid. The RE grid + battery is 200 times more CO2 than the fuel. There is NO point to EVs if CO2 is the point. The future is in the air with air cargo. 240 MPH at 4 mpg on fuel that costs $1/gal from solar thermal or $3/gal gasoline. 1/4=25 cents/mile. 3/4 = 75 cents/mile fuel, no road tax. On ground this combustion tech in semi will be 2.25 kwh/mile vs Tesla at 2. It will carry 55k LB, not 45k. 55/45=1.22x more cargo. But fuel is 3 cents/kwh and electricity is 60 cents/kwh, or 20 times more. 2/2.25 x 20 x 1.22= 21.73 times more for EV, plus all the costs of truck (4x). Road tax will drive cargo to the air. Road tax now is around 8 cents/mile for a Diesel semi at 80,000 LB (6.625 MPG). It should be 80 cents/mile for 80,000 LB semi to pay for roads. A car should be 4 cents/mile for 4000 LB car. Basically, 1 cents/mile/1000 LB is what the road tax should be... An EV at 2 kwh/mile (Tesla semi claim) x 60 cent/kwkh for 100% RE grid is $1.2/mile for electricity. Add in 80 cents/mile road tax. Total is $2/mile for electricity and road tax. in air cost ratio is 200 cents/mile /25 cents/mile x 1.222 =9.78 = ~10x. The cost of driver is 1/5th for pilot too... EVs are silly obsolete because they can't go to the air and their battery is heavy (10,000 LB more weight for tractor). The $6 mil/charger is insane. Again, make fuel at plant, don't charge a stupid battery. Won't work.

[@gregbailey45]

Absolute b.s. Your ideas defy physics.

[@johnlehew8192]

EVs are in the steepest part of the S adoption curve right now. Will be at 50% of the market in 2025 perhaps at 65%. The insanity is just getting started!

[@seaplaneguy1]

EVs are a dead end. 100s of reasons. New combustion tech makes EVs obsolete. @@johnlehew8192

[@seaplaneguy1]

No, just letting you know what is coming. Yes I am a Mechanical Engineer. All doable. @@gregbailey45

[@amosbatto3051]

A synthetic fuel truck will require roughly 7 times more energy per mile to operate than a battery electric truck and cost about 10 times more per mile. There are huge ineffiencies in making of e-fuels and the only way it makes sense is if the electricity is free. You lose 70% of the energy just converting from electricity to H2. Then, you have to spend energy pulling CO2 out of the air, and then combine the H2 and CO2 to create C12H23. An eFuel truck is only 13% energy efficient, according to Concawe (Jan 2020) Role of e-fuels in the European transport system.

[@joshb4286]

It really pisses me off that no one is really talking about the tesla semi truck and its true potential for the future of our economy....these trucks will change everything in our economy. Its crazy to me that this semi is barely included into the stock analysis

[@hokeywolf3416]

Buy more

[@Superliegebeest0]

Where and how u gonna charge them? Sure I also believe it would outperform a diesel. But how and where do u get the electricity from?

[@hokeywolf3416]

@Superliegebeest0 - big Trucking companies with day runs would charge at their home base. Easy. Cross country or long haulers would have to be solved next.

[@Superliegebeest0]

@@hokeywolf3416 I don't think u know what kind of supercharger connection u need to charge ten truck at the same time. And that's only you. Now ur neighbour's would like to do that also at the same time as you. So does the garbage trucks the Amazon warehouse all the people that live in town ect.

[@alexmanojlovic768]

​@@Superliegebeest0yes. You're so right!! Perhaps you'd like to push Hydrogen power, as a viable alternative?? H² needs TWICE the electricity to produce enough H² to travel the SAME distance as an EV!!.... "There's not enough electricity to power the EV revolution. Lets go Hydrogen"... 😅😂🤣 At least H2 refuels quicker, eh??....

[@nikhilbhatt24]

hey there! what's your email for a business email?

[@stevenpoint822]

The Entire Electric Vehicle Concept is Bullshit! In States Like North and South Dakota and Minnesota, When it Snows, The EV Batteries CANNOT Function in the Extreme Cold - In California, When There Are the PG & E Blackouts, NO ONE CAN CHARGE the Batteries - In Some of the Western States the Battery Packs are Overheating and Starting the Car of Fire, and a Fire Chief Said in a Tv on Scene Interview With a Tesla Burning in the Background, That The Electric Batteries CANNOT be Put Out by the Fire Trucks Water! In Tennessee, The License Plate Sticker Has Gone From $18.00 For Normal Cars to $140.00 For Hybrids and $270.00 For Electric Vehicles - in Miami Florida, STATE FARM Insurance WILL NOT COVER Collision Expenses ... A Man Had His EV Hit Where the Plug Was Located, State Farm Gave This Man a List of {5} Authorized Repair Shops ... Of the {5} NONE OF THEM Had the Knowledge or Expertise to Work on an Electric Vehicle ... He Took it to the Dealer He Bought the Vehicle from and STATE FARM DENIED the Claim! Whenever There Are Mechanical Issues, NO REGULAR REPAIR Shop Has the Tools, The Electronic Machines Needed to Hook Up to the EV and Diagnose an Issue - And Florida Again, Duke Energy is Raising the Cost of Your Electric Bills by 17% in 2024 to Cover the Excessive Usage by the Electric Vehicles! ... Total BULLSHIT

[@gregbailey45]

And, of course diesel CANNOT freeze!