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

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

PButler96 wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

time2roll wrote:

8.1 Van wrote:
Tesla could make ten Model Y SUVs with the same amount of batteries from one Tesla Semi and they make a 30% profit margin on the Model Y that is sold out until 2023..

Performance version is available sooner. The fuel savings vs continuing to drive that dually may pay for much of the upgrade to get it sooner.

Have you upgraded your Cybertruck reservation for dual motor?

I already did mine awhile ago.

Holding off on F150 Lightning with the report of poor towing performance where the 300 miles went down to 78 miles with a tow.

What leads you to believe the Tesla will have better range when towing than the F150? Common sense will tell you the F-150 has more room for batteries. How much is a train ticket to Poughkeepsie?

Unlike so many people who got cloudy crystal balls, I don't do foretelling beyond my skills set or pay grade.

So I usually wait and watch as I did on F150 Lightning.

And I'll do the same on Cybertruck -- if you don't mind.

I have a neighbour here on the campground pulling a trailer on his Rivian. He said he is getting 45% reduction in range with the tow.

Still I won't speculate on whether Cybertruck will be equal, less or more. I'll just wait, observe, learn and decide (although that's made up already) when someone do the tests on real life road conditions.

Fair?

Hey Sam.

A lot will have to do with the trailer you choose. We helped a fellow install his brake control in his model Y tesla. He bought some raised off road trailer with a big air conditioner on the top. Maybe 4500 pounds ish. We warned him he would get probably half the range we got pulling our teardrop. Sure enough. He had major range problems. We get like two to three times the range. But we also tow at like 90 to 95 kph max and our trailer size is matched well to the car.

Like anything else compare apples to apples. If you intend to pull a 25 foot high 11 foot tall trailer at 110 kph find someone who pulls something similar and pick his brain. In our experience frontal load, height and speed are the big factors.

We had no problem crossing the country in our combo. Everyone has different needs and wants. But careful on drawing too many conclusions from these YouTube tow offs. There are lots of folks on the Facebook ev towing forums getting 200 to 300 kilometres of range with their F150 lightnings towing their smaller trailers. Right tool, right job etc.

Safe travels.

John.