elidodge@msn.com wrote:
What kind of pay load can that Tesla truck haul ? Wonder what the Tesla tractor trailers empty wt. is ? Can you inmagin a truck stop with charging terminals at all parking spots ? I wonder how big a charging cord it will take? With 50 trucks charging at the same time could need a power generating station next door. Do you think it can load 25 tons ?
Bobby
Tesla semi can pull a full 80,000 pound GCWR legal load. Today it uses multiple charging cords to charge multiple packs in parallel so the load is not really any greater than a few Model S or X vehicles charging at the same time (120kW peak per cord). The megacharger that is being developed for the semi is apparently 1.6MW peak so equivalent to a 2200HP electric motor or a small fraction of an electric arc furnace used for steel smelting.