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Does 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

Does 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 ago
at 5min mark of the full video linked below, the presenter says those miles were done at "American gross vehicle weight limits
- sushid 2y ago
  That doesn’t really answer the question. At most, it just confirms that they ensured compliance with the legally mandated carrying capacity limit.
  - snapetom 2y ago
    This 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 ago
      If 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 ago
      It'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 ago
    They said “at” which specifies that they were carrying the maximum allowable load/it was fully loaded.
    - snypher 2y ago
      I think the question is, at say 80k lbs max weight, how much of that was payload and how much was vehicle?
    - nikau 2y ago
      Tesla also said the cybertruck can win a 1/4 mile drag race that turned out to be a 1/8 mile drag race and even dubious at that.
Log_out_ 2y ago
There is always styrofoam insulation transport if the calories are to heavy.

ethagknight 2y ago

at 5min mark of the full video linked below, the presenter says those miles were done at "American gross vehicle weight limits

sushid 2y ago
That doesn’t really answer the question. At most, it just confirms that they ensured compliance with the legally mandated carrying capacity limit.
- snapetom 2y ago
  This 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 ago
    If 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 ago
    It'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 ago
  They said “at” which specifies that they were carrying the maximum allowable load/it was fully loaded.
  - snypher 2y ago
    I think the question is, at say 80k lbs max weight, how much of that was payload and how much was vehicle?
  - nikau 2y ago
    Tesla also said the cybertruck can win a 1/4 mile drag race that turned out to be a 1/8 mile drag race and even dubious at that.

Log_out_ 2y ago

There is always styrofoam insulation transport if the calories are to heavy.