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To: Kleon

Gess What? You have a new EV to hate.

The Tesla electric semi is now coming off the production lines and are already sold. The Tesla Electric semi is going to replace tens of thousands of diesels in many company fleets


9 posted on 06/02/2026 5:44:23 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: bert

“The Tesla electric semi is now coming off the production lines and are already sold. The Tesla Electric semi is going to replace tens of thousands of diesels in many company fleets”

Interesting...Tesla semi cost 120k more than a new Diesel. That difference will buy about 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Modern diesel trucks will get about 7-9 mpg and the motors last 600,000 miles or more. Electricity isn’t free so the break even point is hundreds of thousand of miles. Sure Tesla doesn’t need as much maintenance but if the trucks are like the cars they will go through very expensive tires quicker. Time will tell how many miles the motor / battery pack will last on the Tesla. I just don’t see how buying Tesla trucks is a slam dunk decision for Fleet Operators.

Now when the rats get back into the Whitehouse, to the detrement of taxpayers, the tax credits / rebates will be a flowing.


24 posted on 06/02/2026 6:15:46 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: bert
The Tesla electric semi is now coming off the production lines and are already sold.

So now we have to worry about large lithium batteries spontaneously combusting as well as illiterate immigrant drivers on the roads.

59 posted on 06/02/2026 11:00:57 AM PDT by spokeshave ( Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads, Curmudgeons & old Geezers)
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To: bert

“The Tesla Electric semi is going to replace tens of thousands of diesels in many company fleets.”

No, it won’t.

L


71 posted on 06/02/2026 5:41:57 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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