Tesla delivers there first semi

Groover wrote:

free radical wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Here's video put out by Tesla for a fully loaded 500 mile run. I do find it interesting there's no passenger seat.

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I find it interesting what is "fully loaded." Is it fully loaded with Mike's my pillow pillows? Is it fully loaded to gross max weight? Is it fully loaded to volume? Is 10,000 lbs net fully loaded?

Words matter...

I find it interesting the route was never mentioned. I get pretty good fuel mileage when I measure my mileage at the top of the Ike grade going down hill. Now going up the Ike...

Words matter...

Ah but does your fuel tank refils on the way down !?

Tesla bateries do get recharged going downhill. Can you say free energy? I knew you could :B

Heres the full delivery vid.
Somewhere around 16 min is the good stuff

https://youtu.be/LtOqU2o81iI

The energy recovered is better than free. Due to the energy being recovered the brakes rarely get used. The expectation is that a fully loaded Tesla semi can go down any interstate highway hills without speeding up and without touching the brakes. The brakes should last the life of the vehicle.

One thing that does not seem to be getting mentioned is that the Tesla semi went up the Grapevine hill at or over 60mph. I think that a lot of us will appreciate it when we can make a trip without getting stuck behind semis cranking up a hill at 45mph. But we probably won't give it a second thought either.

Yah. The regen is nice. I’m not sure what the semi is like but with our little electric SUV trailer combo we can descend a 13 percent grade and not need brakes. Kinda cool. Of course that semi combo is 8 or 9 times heavier than our little combo. It will be interesting to hear how the drivers like it.