Tesla Launch of Pick-Up
Elon Musk, mentioned that Tesla is ready to launch a "kick-ass" pick up next year. My son works at Tesla and this is just a confirmation of what he told me in secret a few months ago that their lab...
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Reisender wrote:
Can’t speak for trucks or semis or anything that tows but for us the big thing that affects our range is speed. If we hang out around the speed limit or maybe keep it in the right lane with the trucks our range is always more than advertised. If we go faster by even 10 to 15 percent it drops pretty quick. Hills? Not so much. Regen is pretty effective. Towing with a semi may be different, no idea, not an engineer.
Same principles as competitive cycling and tracks. They run or bike directly at the back of another to take advantage of the front runner's breaking the air-stream.
One exciting idea, actually available now on active cruise control, is for rigs to line up one after the other to reduce drag. I forgot the numbers for the tremendous fuel-energy saving this results.
And with Tesla's precision autonomous system, this would be something of a cinch for a fleet of Tesla rigs.
