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Re: Tesla Semi

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The live stream is moving on to the roadster now. Says 1/4 mile is 8.9 seconds, which is just nuts for a car you can buy off the lot. I'm guessing insurance might be high on that car.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster/

Ahh. $250k, so insurance isn't really an issue if you can buy it in the first place.

Re: Tesla Semi

#122
post #115
post #104

Details for those that couldn't watch the live stream: -500 mile range on a full charge. On empty 30 min of charging will get you 400 miles. -Lower drag coefficient than a bugatti veyron -They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods. -2019 availability -Lane centering + other features (jack knife prevention) -1,000,000 mile guarantee ---------------- Also they surprised announced a new roadster…

> They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods. Note: This only applies to "Convoy mode" where 3 or more vehicles draft off each other.

Also not clear to me if they assumed they could get away with only 1 driver in that mode...

Re: Tesla Semi

#123
When you have hundreds of thousands of customers with paid reservations waiting for Model 3s, why on Earth would you spend resources launching another product line? It’s madness.

Re: Tesla Semi

#124
post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like they using Akamai. a23-56-119-116.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com Fail, using an old version of NGINX 1.10.2 and no HTTP/2 support enabled.

Keep that HTTP2 garbage away!

What did HTTP2 hold you and your family at gunpoint?

Re: Tesla Semi

#125
post #110

The live stream is moving on to the roadster now. Says 1/4 mile is 8.9 seconds, which is just nuts for a car you can buy off the lot. I'm guessing insurance might be high on that car.

1.9s 0-60. 250mph+ top speed. holy*!

Re: Tesla Semi

#126
post #104

Details for those that couldn't watch the live stream: -500 mile range on a full charge. On empty 30 min of charging will get you 400 miles. -Lower drag coefficient than a bugatti veyron -They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods. -2019 availability -Lane centering + other features (jack knife prevention) -1,000,000 mile guarantee ---------------- Also they surprised announced a new roadster…

Some other specs:

Acceleration 0-60 mph with 80k lbs - 20 sec

Speed up a 5% Grade - 65 mph

Powertrain - 4 Independent Motors on Rear Axles

Energy Consumption - Less than 2 kWh / mile

Re: Tesla Semi

#127

How are they doing this without triggering a browser prompt to allow my location to be sent by browser? The result for me was very accurate. Why wouldn't all the ecommerce sites use this method? I keep denying their prompts to access my location otherwise. https://location.teslamotors.com/geoip/v1.0.3/city/

Probably the same technology all the singles in your area are using to target you.

Re: Tesla Semi

#128
post #104

Details for those that couldn't watch the live stream: -500 mile range on a full charge. On empty 30 min of charging will get you 400 miles. -Lower drag coefficient than a bugatti veyron -They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods. -2019 availability -Lane centering + other features (jack knife prevention) -1,000,000 mile guarantee ---------------- Also they surprised announced a new roadster…

The roadster also has 10,000Nm of torque and a top speed over 400km/h. In the old measure that's 7,375 ft-lbs and 250mph+.

Those numbers are simply insane, for anyone who doesn't know torque figures. A Dodge Challenger Hellcat makes 650 ft-lbs for comparison.

Re: Tesla Semi

#129

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.

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Re: Tesla Semi

#130
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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, with Semi's isn't a big thing going to be about self driving, therefore not needing such experienced drivers? I'm not saying have a kid on there, but what angle do they have if not for self-driving? Poor range, unrepairability?

The comment you are replying to is about repair, not about the drivers. Did you maybe mean to reply to a different comment?

>Diesel mechanics tend to be ridiculously intelligent and very resourceful.

I was just saying about maybe the driver being in the picture isn't something Tesla is going for. A prime argument Tesla has was about eventually eliminating the need for so many drivers. "If not that, then what else?" was what I wanted to say.

EDIT: They seem to have a range of 500 miles. Which is 1/3 the range of normal diesel semi's.

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