It seems like it will require a $5000 deposit (with a $50,000 "full deposit") and the truck will cost between $200,000 and $250,000, according to the page source.
Tesla Semi
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Re: Tesla Semi
#12WTF? It's just a countdown and a place to enter an email. Why would I want to give my email to Tesla without having any idea what this is about?
What it's about isn't exactly secret. Tesla has built an electric semi (truck). This is them unveiling it... in 15 minutes. Presumably the email is to get a notification... Edit: Turns out you actually have to enter a email... thankfully it doesn't verify anything.
Supposedly with a 300 mile range versus ~1400 miles for a typical semi truck.
I'm sure there are niche uses, but it isn't any sort of enormous breakthrough.
Edit: Product page says 300/500 range, so some option I guess: https://www.tesla.com/semi/?new
Re: Tesla Semi
#13The page source seems to include all prices, and links to at least one pdf with details on semi reservation.
"formattedDeposit" : "$1,000",
"hamsterDeposit" : "$5,000",
"hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000",
"hamsterTotal1" : "$200,000",
"hamsterTotal2" : "$250,000",
Is the listed US prices
Re: Tesla Semi
#14Unlike their cars, if they want to be successful they will need to release factory service manuals and sell parts to repair them. It's not going to be acceptable to send it to some far away service center to be repaired, at least for small outfits that heavily use all their equipment. When a critical piece of equipment is down, the mechanic is going to be working through the night hacking it together, possibly waiting on parts that are being overnighted. Diesel mechanics tend to be ridiculously intelligent and very resourceful.
Re: Tesla Semi
#15The page source seems to include all prices, and links to at least one pdf with details on semi reservation.
"formattedDeposit" : "$1,000", "hamsterDeposit" : "$5,000", "hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000", "hamsterTotal1" : "$200,000", "hamsterTotal2" : "$250,000", Is the listed US prices
Weird. This is what I'm getting:
"formattedDeposit" : "$1,500",
"hamsterDeposit" : "$7,000",
"hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000",
"hamsterTotal1" : "$261,000",
"hamsterTotal2" : "$326,000",
Re: Tesla Semi
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
What it's about isn't exactly secret. Tesla has built an electric semi (truck). This is them unveiling it... in 15 minutes. Presumably the email is to get a notification... Edit: Turns out you actually have to enter a email... thankfully it doesn't verify anything.
Supposedly with a 300 mile range versus ~1400 miles for a typical semi truck. I'm sure there are niche uses, but it isn't any sort of enormous breakthrough. Edit: Product page says 300/500 range, so some option I guess: https://www.tesla.com/semi/?new
Are you sure about that range? It seems really really bad.
Re: Tesla Semi
#17WTF? It's just a countdown and a place to enter an email. Why would I want to give my email to Tesla without having any idea what this is about?
The form is not checked, you can enter any arbitrary nonsense and it will let you through. I recommend using an @example.com address which won't be routed.
Re: Tesla Semi
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
"formattedDeposit" : "$1,000", "hamsterDeposit" : "$5,000", "hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000", "hamsterTotal1" : "$200,000", "hamsterTotal2" : "$250,000", Is the listed US prices
Weird. This is what I'm getting: "formattedDeposit" : "$1,500", "hamsterDeposit" : "$7,000", "hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000", "hamsterTotal1" : "$261,000", "hamsterTotal2" : "$326,000",
looks like that's for en_AU, or Australia.
Re: Tesla Semi
#19The page source seems to include all prices, and links to at least one pdf with details on semi reservation.
"formattedDeposit" : "$1,000", "hamsterDeposit" : "$5,000", "hamsterFullDeposit": "$50,000", "hamsterTotal1" : "$200,000", "hamsterTotal2" : "$250,000", Is the listed US prices
Curious what "hamster" means in this context.