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Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by greglindahl »

RoboTeddy wrote: post #138
nwmcsween wrote: post #132

Ok as a mechanic a few million questions: * What happens when a wheel seal goes? Do I have to remove all that ridiculous plastic on #2,3 axels?? * What happens when a tire blows? Is it going to destroy all that plastic and take out a few more tires in the process? * Why all the glass? I've spend entire days replacing windshields for a 12 or so truck shop which generally come in two (drivers and passengers), the Tesla…

Re: Glass: Elon Musk demonstrated that the glass is armored (it's unclear, but that might mean it just won't break under normal trucking conditions)

He showed a video of it in action. Note that Tesla is already pretty good at glass due to their huge glass windshield-roofs on the X and 3, and the solar roof.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by dchuk »

I'm a product manager at a telematics company. I've talked to a lot of folks in the long haul trucking space, from drivers to back office folks to service managers. I'll be surprised if this truck catches on. The trucking industry has a huge urge to do everything themselves, all the big guys have full service garages in their many yards across the country. This truck seems essentially unserviceable by anyone other than Tesla, which will be a showstopper for many of the big guys at least for a while.

I will say that I'm impressed by their charging numbers if they can hit them though. Fuel is a huge concern for carriers, they reroute to save a cent on the gallon constantly. Getting enough super chargers in place will be key for these things.

Also, as a side thought: they could have had a much more impactful reveal by having one of the big carrier's trailers hitched to that thing. Makes me wonder how much they even went and talked to their potential customers, especially drivers, who are very...particular...about their machines.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by austenallred »

The new Tesla Roadster "Founders Edition" costs $250k, paid up-front, and only 1,000 are made.

In other words Tesla just put $250 million in the bank by rubbing rich peoples' egos.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by greglindahl »

gpm wrote: post #122
namuol wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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...

That is the point of convoy mode, elsewise it would cost about the same as 3 trucks minus a little drafting.

Re: Tesla Semi

#156

Post by colordrops »

frik wrote: post #144
jjcm wrote: 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 semi is quite interesting. The presentation was a bit underwhelming, Elon was very nervous and the stuttering wasn't something I expected. To me this shows how great Steve Jobs was salesman, when he did his presentations.

I guess you haven't seen many of his presentations. The stuttering in this one was on the low end in comparison.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by bobsil1 »

frik wrote: post #144
jjcm wrote: 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 semi is quite interesting. The presentation was a bit underwhelming, Elon was very nervous and the stuttering wasn't something I expected. To me this shows how great Steve Jobs was salesman, when he did his presentations.

That was good Elon. At the last Model 3 unveil he was much more nervous.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by mrep »

gpm wrote: post #122
namuol wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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...

I'm guessing the cost savings come from fuel efficiencies by drafting.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by mrep »

colordrops wrote: post #156
frik wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The semi is quite interesting. The presentation was a bit underwhelming, Elon was very nervous and the stuttering wasn't something I expected. To me this shows how great Steve Jobs was salesman, when he did his presentations.

I guess you haven't seen many of his presentations. The stuttering in this one was on the low end in comparison.

agreed. However, what elon is selling resonates with me well enough that his speech qualities don't matter to me and don't seem to matter to the crowd/most other people either.

Re: Tesla Semi

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Post by abalone »

nwmcsween wrote: post #147
colordrops wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because likely in a few years (less than 5 maybe?) these things will be driving themselves and if they get non-operational damage they'll just drive themselves to the nearest tesla maintenance center to get repaired.

Then it's dead out of the gate, almost every trucking company in existence does in house repairs due to cost.

Tesla is promising massive cost savings over traditional diesel trucks, so that might change the service equation.
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