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A Tesla Semi has already traveled 250k miles in 1.5 years
- guerby 2y agofull video: https://twitter.com/TheEVuniverse/status/1836068971990102429 https://twitter.com/TheEVuniverse/status/1836068971990102429
- Glant 2y agoYouTube copy of the video https://youtu.be/52HFCr-I9HA https://youtu.be/52HFCr-I9HA
- everfrustrated 2y agoAnd follow up with Pepsi in a Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm6e7RmPB4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm6e7RmPB4Y
- addicted 2y agoDoes this address whether the payload was basically PepsiCo shipping bags of chips which are the lowest density items they have and was definitely what they had limited the Tesla semis to at least in the beginning?
- ethagknight 2y agoat 5min mark of the full video linked below, the presenter says those miles were done at "American gross vehicle weight limits
- sushid 2y agoThat doesn’t really answer the question. At most, it just confirms that they ensured compliance with the legally mandated carrying capacity limit.
- snapetom 2y agoThis exactly. However, they did say there was "no compromise in payload." If they can get those numbers at full payload, that would be impressive. Current generation of trucks can max pull half of the minimum weight of a shipping container. That's a huge headache for everyone in shipping from the trucking company to the terminals to the ships.
- mywittyname 2y agoIf they aren't providing hard numbers, then we should infer that to mean the figure is on the low side and failed to meet expectations. Nobody is vague about a home run. OTOH, "there was no compromise in the number of swings the batter took" sounds an awful lot like a strike out.
- stubybubs 2y agoIt's now been years and they still haven't said what it hauls. Just that cargo and semi combined are at the limit for gross vehicle weight. Should be very easy to say the semi weighs X and it hauls Y. That they're not saying it after years is really suspicious. Give us all the numbers.
- dyauspitr 2y agoThey said “at” which specifies that they were carrying the maximum allowable load/it was fully loaded.
- Log_out_ 2y agoThere is always styrofoam insulation transport if the calories are to heavy.
- test6554 2y agoThat’s an average of ~19 miles per hour continuously.
- genocidicbunny 2y agoOr about 60mph for 8 hours a day, which is not an unreasonable average speed for a semi truck if you factor in the first and last miles.
- hyggetrold 2y agoBut how much did it pull?
- EricE 2y agoGreat - more 24+ hour shutdowns for highways in the future...
- EricE 2y agoYeah, for all the downvoters - twice in as many months: https://x.com/LasVegasLocally/status/1836248754695082316 https://x.com/LasVegasLocally/status/1836248754695082316
- janalsncm 2y agoI want to know more about the economics of it. How much does this Tesla semi cost, and how much does a regular class 8 semi cost? A back of the envelope calculation says you save a dollar for every 3.1 miles the Tesla semi drives, given current diesel prices and electric prices. But idk if these would have the same prices for electricity or not. If Tesla was smart they’d build out fast charging stations for semis to guarantee a low price. I guess the other question is distance. If they truly get 1000 miles of range that’s 15 hours of driving which I assume is enough but I know nothing about trucking. It is probably lower if they tow a heavier load.
- m463 2y agoI wonder if tesla self-driving figures into the truck equation, or if it will appear in diesel trucks soon.
- janalsncm 2y agoWhy should it? Self driving is vaporware until it isn’t. Once it exists it changes the cost benefit analysis for the future, not the past. People need to stop buying things that don’t exist yet. Same goes for “AI-ready” iPhone 16s. Either I can use the AI or I can’t. Once I can, I will consider buying it.
- lm28469 2y agoIt was in uber's equation 10 years ago and we all know how it's going lol
- more_corn 2y agoAnd caught on fire three times
- m463 2y ago~ 450 miles per day
- jjk166 2y agoAbout 8 hours of driving per day at 60 miles an hour
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoTesla has done the same as they did with the Cybertruck. In the time they've spent faffing around with this, other companies in nations that aren't ruled by fossil oligarchs have built Semis that look just like other semis but with electric motors and put them into production for a range of tasks. > By September 2024 Volvo electric customer trucks in 45 countries had covered more than 100 million kilometers From a YouTube video they posted yesterday, likely as a response to this. Tesla claim 7 million miles (11 million Km).