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

rjstractor wrote:


If I had a million dollars, I'd do the same thing, and keep on truckin' until it was all gone! Trucking is a brutal industry now, and even though an electric truck isn't being hammered by fuel costs right now, a Tesla or other class 8 truck is so unproductive in a long haul application they don't stand a chance. If they ain't turnin' they ain't earnin'! A 400 mile run followed by a long charge (infrastructure for charging OTR electric trucks isn't a thing yet) isn't going to make any money. Short haul they would be great, but most short haul gigs for an owner/operator are hauling containers, and if you've seen the trucks hauling cans around here, you know they're at the bottom of the food chain.

Am surprised myself as some who want to join him in partnership have college degree like him. Seems just sick and tired of office politics and suffocating on their desk jobs (lol).

Must be temporary with the current truck/driver shortage, but one operator/owner friend said that he can now be choosy with the load and now just accepting West Coast routes and can be home 3 to 4 times a week. A bit of news to me since a former church mate owner/operator was saying that the more juicy or profitable routes are reserved to the company owned trucks and he, together with operators like him, are left with the trash left over destinations.


Yup, Tesla semis would be ideal for regional short-hauls. Sorry, am not familiar with trucking terminologies.