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

time2roll wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
How does this thread appear to be immune to being shut down?
8.1 must be greasing the palms of the mods! Lol

More like greasing the thread with on topic factual information.

Quite frankly I have enjoyed the journey and would like to see it through to the end.

You won't live long enough to see a OTR Tesla Semi on LI batteries. I have explained it and done the math many times on this very thread.

Lets try this again. The Ford Lightning gets around 2 miles/kwh towing nothing. That is with a teeny tiny pickup weighing around 8K pounds.

Tusk already said his Semi was going to have a 500kwh battery in it.

Now, if the big heavy Semi can pull off lets say .5 miles/kwh (doubtful) that will give the Semi 250 mile range just driving bob tail....no trailer, no freight...just the truck. Now add a 15k pound refer trailer and load a lot of food into that.

What do you think the range will be for that Semi? 125 or 150 miles max range will not be out of the realm of possibility. Lower in cold weather. Waaaaay lower in the mountains across the USA where OTR semi's have to travel.

Tusk (and 8.1) says Semi will be delivered by the end of the year. I say nope, not going to happen ever with LI batteries.

Tusk says Semi is going to have a 621 mile range. I say nope. Not going to happen.

I will only have 4 months to wait to see if I will be correct.....AGAIN!!

In all fairness I did think that Tusk was going to push this timeline waaaaaay out like 2024 or 2026. But in true Tusk fashion, if you tell a lie, make it a whopper!!!

I will be on this thread on 1/1/2023 to see what kind of excuses the fan bois will come up with. :B