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Note that the author of this thread is comparing to European-style trucks. I am not a trucker so I would be interested to hear whether American-style trucks hav
by nluken 4y ago
Note that the author of this thread is comparing to European-style trucks. I am not a trucker so I would be interested to hear whether American-style trucks have similar flaws, or whether these are specific to the Tesla Semi.
- pornel 4y agoThis sounds very much like a "designed in California" problem. Who would have thought about mud, frosted mirrors, border crossings…
- anigbrowl 4y agoMaybe 'designed in the Bay Area'. If you take a look at a map you'll notice that California has significant mountain ranges and shares a border with Mexico.
- sgc 4y agoCalifornia is not all sunshine and beaches. They have been driving them over a mountain pass in the Sierra-Nevada between Reno and Fremont for years now. They are willfully ignoring problems, not unaware of them.
- jjulius 4y agoI work adjacent to truck drivers in the US and can vouch for a lot of these concerns, especially the placement of the driver in the center. Being able to easily reach out of the window easily is vital to that job.
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago> I work adjacent to truck drivers in the US... Likewise. And you're correct.
- rootusrootus 4y agoThe first American electric semi has a traditional layout, driver on the left, normal doors, normal ingress and egress. About the same as the European truck except it is not a cabover design and there is a nose in front of the windshield.