Five years later
The Tesla Semi truck should finally be delivered to the first customer on December 1. When the first driver outside of Tesla gets behind the wheel himself, we live five years after we first saw the Tesla Semi.
The Tesla “Semi,” which is simply a designation Americans use to distinguish real trucks from the “trucks” they take the kids to school, was introduced in 2017. It is a full-fledged ‘truck’, intended to transport trailers with heavy, large items from A to B. Now we’re used to seeing new models from Tesla before development actually starts, so we can’t judge them on that. However, the introduction of the Semi took a long time, longer than Tesla itself hoped and predicted.
However, CEO Elon Musk now comes up with the redeeming word: the first Tesla Semi must be delivered to a customer on December 1. That customer is Pepsi, known for the coke of the same name. Pepsi can count on a truck that sprints from 0 to 100 in 25 seconds, which is also allowed in many American states. According to Tesla, fully loaded up to 37,000 kg, it consumes less than 1.25 kWh per km and the truck then lasts about 800 (or even more) km with a full battery. That would mean that the battery should approach 1,000 kWh, or 1 mWh, although we don’t get to hear that traditionally. There will also be a version with a smaller battery and therefore a smaller range of about 480 km. On the fast charger, the battery should be charged to 70 percent full in half an hour. The Tesla Semi has three electric motors at the two rear axles and a fairly streamlined body by truck standards.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl