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Over the last centuries there were a number of truck and bus manufacturers who tried the single/middle seat design. It was never a seller for any of those. If

Over the last centuries there were a number of truck and bus manufacturers who tried the single/middle seat design. It was never a seller for any of those. If you take someone with you, you don't want to sit him/her to sit behind you. You want them to sit next to you. If you are on the road in the city, you have often colleagues with you, like in a moving company and alike. Such trucks are used in construction work where things damage easily because someone else crashes in your truck. No assistant in your truck will prevent that. Honestly, it seems they may have talked to some friends or their delivery companies, but not with companies from the industry.

dnzm 9y ago
Could it be that this semi just isn't meant for those in-city hauls, but more for the longer-range highway hauls?
- PinguTS 9y ago
  Because of economics of scale, you design one versatile truck chassis. That can then be easily modified like longer vs. shorter for the super structure, the driver cabin is modified in size so that you have a sleeping possibility or not and all those things. Just take a look, the very same long haul truck is also used by the construction workers. Only the the cabin is a little bit shorter.
  - eloisant 9y ago
    That's true when you're big already like Iveco or Caterpillar, but when you're trying to enter a new market it makes sense to cater to a specific subset of the market.
- celim307 9y ago
  I would say no because they currently have no sleeper cabin in their design
  - cm2187 9y ago
    And I don't see where they can hang the traditional playboy calendar.
    - Yetanfou 9y ago
      On one of those big screens of course, even that calendar has to go with the times after all.
drusepth 9y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the next version included more seats (rearranged towards the cabin center because the driver no longer has to drive), or zero seats (because the driver* no longer has to drive). Definitely feels like an intentional step towards "don't worry, Tesla will be driving these for you soon anyway".
EADGBE 9y ago
Don't forget the OTR truckers who frequently like to bring a large companion pet with them, too.

dnzm 9y ago

Could it be that this semi just isn't meant for those in-city hauls, but more for the longer-range highway hauls?

PinguTS 9y ago
Because of economics of scale, you design one versatile truck chassis. That can then be easily modified like longer vs. shorter for the super structure, the driver cabin is modified in size so that you have a sleeping possibility or not and all those things. Just take a look, the very same long haul truck is also used by the construction workers. Only the the cabin is a little bit shorter.
- eloisant 9y ago
  That's true when you're big already like Iveco or Caterpillar, but when you're trying to enter a new market it makes sense to cater to a specific subset of the market.
celim307 9y ago
I would say no because they currently have no sleeper cabin in their design
- cm2187 9y ago
  And I don't see where they can hang the traditional playboy calendar.
  - Yetanfou 9y ago
    On one of those big screens of course, even that calendar has to go with the times after all.

drusepth 9y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the next version included more seats (rearranged towards the cabin center because the driver no longer has to drive), or zero seats (because the driver* no longer has to drive). Definitely feels like an intentional step towards "don't worry, Tesla will be driving these for you soon anyway".

EADGBE 9y ago

Don't forget the OTR truckers who frequently like to bring a large companion pet with them, too.