500 mile range if payload is not included.
It could well be down to 50 - 100 miles with a typical Semi payload.
“Tesla estimated range of 500 miles on a single charge, and that range can be achieved hauling a max payload of 82,000 lbs of freight”
“500 mile range if payload is not included.”
Tesla estimated range of 500 miles on a single charge, and that range can be achieved hauling a max payload of 82,000 lbs of freight/
Well, they did say that the 500 mile range was with an 82k pound load. Don’t know if that is true or not, but that’s the basis of the report.
I guess that's possible but only if it has a Stacey Abrams sized battery. LOL It says it charges in the megawatts, but, wow!, it'll probably have to have a 300mWh battery capacity. So even charging at 5mW it would take 60 hours to charge it. That's a lot of logistics to work out. Like maybe a charger at the loading docks to charge the truck while the trailer is being unloaded and loaded (since the truck is sitting still anyway for a while). And that's just charging one truck on site. If 4 or 5 trucks have to charge simultaneously, we're talking about a large capacity electrical system to get the power to that site.
Stuff like this floors me on why they think this is do-able. And I happen to like my EV car (as well as my ICE pickup).
It was a full load, 82,000 pounds.
It could well be down to 50 - 100 miles with a typical Semi payload
You are WRONG on both pints.
Did you even bother to read the start of the article at all?
Read much?
Tesla’s Semi will have a Tesla estimated range of 500 miles on a single charge, and that range can be achieved hauling a max payload of 82,000 lbs of freight (Tesla says federal regulations allow electric trucks to go 2,000 lbs above limit).
“500 mile range if payload is not included.
It could well be down to 50 - 100 miles with a typical Semi payload.
————Wrong - First Sentence-—————
Tesla’s Semi will have a Tesla estimated range of 500 miles on a single charge, and that range can be achieved hauling a max payload of 82,000 lbs of freight (Tesla says federal regulations allow electric trucks to go 2,000 lbs above limit).
This is nigh to impossible. That’s nonsense.
A 400 mile Ford F150 lightning with a 6000lb load loses 75% of it estimated miles. That uses a 2000lb battery.
A semi hauling 82k lbs will well over 20,000lbs of battery.
Hills and headwinds make a huge difference too. Batteries are the Achillies Heel and nothing but dead weight considering their low energy density.
Pay attention Boomer :)