EV battery swap.
I usually would plan my refueling stops on my lunch and bathroom breaks and might be needing this situationally.
This was first proposed by Tesla for semis which is apt for their need for quick turn-around and limited battery range.
It's good to know there is somebody going into and this is already happening as this as this makes sense.
That would give you 200 miles in ten minutes and will continue to improve.
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Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
EV battery swap.
I usually would plan my refueling stops on my lunch and bathroom breaks and might be needing this situationally.
This was first proposed by Tesla for semis which is apt for their need for quick turn-around and limited battery range.
It's good to know there is somebody going into and this is already happening as this as this makes sense.
EV battery swap.
I usually would plan my refueling stops on my lunch and bathroom breaks and might be needing this situationally.
This was first proposed by Tesla for semis which is apt for their need for quick turn-around and limited battery range.
It's good to know there is somebody going into and this is already happening as this as this makes sense.
Wasn't Tesla working on some sort of battery swap stations years ago?
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Tvov wrote:
Wasn't Tesla working on some sort of battery swap stations years ago?
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
EV battery swap.
I usually would plan my refueling stops on my lunch and bathroom breaks and might be needing this situationally.
This was first proposed by Tesla for semis which is apt for their need for quick turn-around and limited battery range.
It's good to know there is somebody going into and this is already happening as this as this makes sense.
EV battery swap.
I usually would plan my refueling stops on my lunch and bathroom breaks and might be needing this situationally.
This was first proposed by Tesla for semis which is apt for their need for quick turn-around and limited battery range.
It's good to know there is somebody going into and this is already happening as this as this makes sense.
Wasn't Tesla working on some sort of battery swap stations years ago?
Yes, Tesla was also working on some sort of electric semi truck years ago. I haven't seen one yet. I think there's a very long thread about it somewhere on some RV forum, but it's been a long time since someone mentioned this mysterious truck....
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rjstractor wrote:
^^^ impressive video, in less than four years Tesla has gone from rolling one out on stage to driving one bobtail around a track, showing a couple of clips of one pulling a 53' van around the block, and a really cool shot of a Tesla tractor sitting on a lowboy being hauled by a diesel tractor. I'm not a marketing genius, but shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe Tesla will be a player in the class 8 trucking world by 2030, maybe not. In other news, the Freightliner eCascadia is approaching 1,000,000 miles of real world testing.
^^^ impressive video, in less than four years Tesla has gone from rolling one out on stage to driving one bobtail around a track, showing a couple of clips of one pulling a 53' van around the block, and a really cool shot of a Tesla tractor sitting on a lowboy being hauled by a diesel tractor. I'm not a marketing genius, but shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe Tesla will be a player in the class 8 trucking world by 2030, maybe not. In other news, the Freightliner eCascadia is approaching 1,000,000 miles of real world testing.
So how much cost that Freightliner truck? Whats the range? How many did they built and sold?
If its sucesful so much the better,Tesla cant do it all alone,the gigafactories take time to build,while other companies already have many,so whats the hold up ? Start building ev trucks already !
Tesla real world towing
https://youtu.be/8DCjy5P53ns
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Tesla Gigafactory Texas 12 June 2021
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I bet most Tesla Semi trucks will be built in Texas using the new 4680 batteries.
free radical wrote:
So how much cost that Freightliner truck? Whats the range? How many did they built and sold?
If its sucesful so much the better,Tesla cant do it all alone,the gigafactories take time to build,while other companies already have many,so whats the hold up ? Start building ev trucks already !
Tesla real world towing
https://youtu.be/8DCjy5P53ns
rjstractor wrote:
^^^ impressive video, in less than four years Tesla has gone from rolling one out on stage to driving one bobtail around a track, showing a couple of clips of one pulling a 53' van around the block, and a really cool shot of a Tesla tractor sitting on a lowboy being hauled by a diesel tractor. I'm not a marketing genius, but shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe Tesla will be a player in the class 8 trucking world by 2030, maybe not. In other news, the Freightliner eCascadia is approaching 1,000,000 miles of real world testing.
^^^ impressive video, in less than four years Tesla has gone from rolling one out on stage to driving one bobtail around a track, showing a couple of clips of one pulling a 53' van around the block, and a really cool shot of a Tesla tractor sitting on a lowboy being hauled by a diesel tractor. I'm not a marketing genius, but shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe Tesla will be a player in the class 8 trucking world by 2030, maybe not. In other news, the Freightliner eCascadia is approaching 1,000,000 miles of real world testing.
So how much cost that Freightliner truck? Whats the range? How many did they built and sold?
If its sucesful so much the better,Tesla cant do it all alone,the gigafactories take time to build,while other companies already have many,so whats the hold up ? Start building ev trucks already !
Tesla real world towing
https://youtu.be/8DCjy5P53ns
Click on the link I provided, it answers many of your questions. I don't know what the cost is. Production to start next year.
What's the holdup? Diesel trucks are still much cheaper to operate per mile. When electric trucks become more cost effective, and with time they will, they will dominate the market. My point to this post was, while Tesla is still showing little video clips about its small handful of prototypes after almost 4 years, another manufacturer actually has electric trucks out on the road working and ready to go into production. I hope Tesla does soon.