8.1 Van
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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.
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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.
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
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rjstractor
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^^^ 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.
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8.1 Van
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rjstractor
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Tvov wrote: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.
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.... ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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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.
Wasn't Tesla working on some sort of battery swap stations years ago?
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Tesla Will Make 350 kW Superchargers, Says Elon Musk
That would give you 200 miles in ten minutes and will continue to improve.
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Yosemite Sam1
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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.
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I promise I'll only run it in the Death Valley proving grounds.
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