Posted on 12/02/2022 7:48:39 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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).
When just using the Semi without an attached trailer, Tesla says the Semi drives like a regular car, and is quite fast given its electric powertrain. "It looks like an elephant running around like cheetah,” Musk joked.
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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”
Snow/ice on the pavement?
“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/
and a truck that likely weighs significantly more than a traditional semi due to the batteries.….
less freight being transported
Charging….to be done where? Loves, Pilot, QT….let’s be generous and say that the charging takes an hour. Anyone ever been to a truck stop? You could be waiting hours to get a charger.
DOT reg’s allow 11hrs of driving in a 14hr day, with a mandatory 30min break after 8hrs. No telling how long it’ll take to get stuff delivered.
And no telling what the cost of the charging equipment will cost.
I think it’s paint on an airport old runway............
Biden's pals in Kalifornia are MANDATING them.
Government f’ing things up again.
Why can an EV haul more than diesel legally?
Newsom can give these to black slaves in CA for delivery.
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).
That isn’t 82,000lbs of freight.
That is the total weight of the tractor, trailer and freight. Think around 40k lbs of freight, five or take. Maybe a little more.
If the weight off the tractor goes up, then you’re hauling less freight.
One downside, Semis pay highway taxes based on weight.
“Why can an EV haul more than diesel legally?”
Because the only way “green” works is if you beat up the roads with heavier EVs and spew millions of tons more tire dust across the nation than you get from diesel-powered trucks.
At least for now, these Tesla trucks are not intended for long haul use.
They're intended for fleet use on local/regional runs between established warehouses and/or factories, where recharging facilities will be purpose built by the truck owners.
The first batch of Tesla Semis are going to Pepsico who intend to use them for runs between bottling plants and local distribution warehouses.
One of many downsides.
Looking forward to seeing how Pepsi does with theirs. Traffic climate. The amount of money needed to upgrade their electrical capacity to charge all the vehicles.
Going to be interesting.
But I’m thinking that no matter how bad a decision it could be, they’ll hold out as long as they can before scrapping them and going back to diesels
It was a full load, 82,000 pounds.
Never ceases to amaze me how the EV fan boos come out to defend this crap.
Wonder what Pepsi is paying to upgrade to be able to charge these things. Ain’t going to be cheap.
But hey, it’s Cali and they don’t have rolling blackouts, brownouts nor ask EV owners not to charge their vehicles at certain times.
Always funny to read…..my EV is perfect because I only drive 30 mile a day.
These trucks don’t do that.
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