Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride set for Oct 26th !

philh wrote:

Dadoffourgirls wrote:
Hummer Edition 1 — the only version available for the first year — will have a 329-mile range, tow up to 7,500 pounds and haul up to 1,300 pounds.

I'd love to see real world towing range. I'd bet it's between 100 and 150 miles. Then what happens after you run out of juice? I shoot for at least 500 miles a day with two or three fuel stops. On this trip to FL, not a single day has gone by that we haven't gotten stuck in multi mile backups.

No idea on actual range. Wait a few months and I'm sure there will be lots of real world reports of hummers towing RV's.

Running out of juice?. Well, that just shouldn't happen assuming the software of the vehicle is working. The vehicle knows where all the charge points are. Its just a matter of telling the vehicle where you are going. The vehicle will figure out where you have to stop for charging. If there is no infrastructure on the route you would know that and you simply wouldn't do the trip. No different than a gas half ton. Charging infrastructure is excellent in some places and crappy in others. It will get better.

Getting stuck in a multi mile backup, or blizzard, or natural disaster. This is where EV's do quite well. You can sit in an EC for days with the heat or AC on. In a truck the battery would be huge. You could probably truck camp for a week in the truck with the HVAC on. I know our car uses about 8 to 12 percent over a 12 hour period when in camp mode. That is from personal experience. The 7 pin trailer connector stays active in camp mode on those vehicles with towing packages so one can send 12 volts back to the RV to keep the trailer battery up

The rivians are already in (slow) production so I'm sure there will be some real world reports out in the next 3 to 6 months.