We Nonetheless Do not Know Something In regards to the Tesla Semi

Tesla has lastly delivered an precise real-life Semi to a buyer, however there’s only one downside. And no, it isn’t the truth that it’s three years late. We nonetheless have no idea shit about it. Even though CEO Elon Musk unveiled the first manufacturing Semi to PepsiCo on Thursday, he didn’t provide up any further particulars on issues like the truck’s worth, what number of Tesla would produce, how a lot it weighed, the Autopilot know-how on board, or how a lot cargo it may haul.

As a substitute, it might appear that Musk simply provided up lame platitudes concerning the truck. Reuters studies that the CEO stated the Semi would cut back freeway emissions and outperform present diesel vehicles on each energy and security. He added that the fast-charging tech discovered within the Semi would make its manner into the Cybertruck… at any time when that will get made.

“In case you’re a trucker and also you need essentially the most badass rig on the highway, that is it,” Musk stated on the occasion.

This Semi was the primary of 100 vehicles PepsiCo purchased in 2017 with the assistance of the federal government of California. It was used to ship snacks for these attending the launch in Nevada on Thursday. Different firms like Anheuser-Busch, UPS, and Walmart even have reservations down for Semis.

Even though 5 years have handed because the Semi was first launched, we nonetheless solely have preliminary data from Tesla. The corporate has stated prior to now {that a} 300-mile vary model will value $150,000 and a 500-mile vary model will value $180,000. Now, it’s unattainable to know for positive, however when you contemplate the truth that common Tesla passenger car costs have shot up since then, it’s unlikely that the Semi will nonetheless have these costs.

In accordance with Reuters, Robyn Denholm – Tesla’s chair – stated the automaker plans to supply 100 Semis this yr. That’s a tall order since there’s lower than a month left in 2022. Nevertheless, in 2024, the corporate is aiming to construct 50,000 vehicles.

Musk has stated prior to now that the Semi has been finishing check runs between Fremont, California, and Sparks, Nevada. The five hundred-mile drive may be achieved on a single cost, in accordance with Musk, whereas the Semi and cargo weighed in at 81,000 kilos. It’s nonetheless unclear how a lot of that weight is the truck itself. An attention-grabbing observe, Reuters says Musk didn’t take questions on the finish of the occasion, which is totally different from what he’s achieved prior to now.

One senior analyst known as the entire thing, “[n]ot very spectacular.” So, I suppose we must wait even longer to study something definitive and worthwhile concerning the Tesla Semi. Certainly it gained’t take one other 5 years, proper?