Tesla has delivered its first electric semi trailer tractors.

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[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

500 miles range at 80,000 pounts payload is bonkers. The video of it passing a diesel on an incline is too.

I know there's not enough minerals to make batteries for everybody to have electrics, but this is possibly a game changer until we run out of battery materials, and the batteries are only getting better. Do this with hydrogen fuel cells or w/e. the platform is the big deal, battery tech will come and go!

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

There are already electric big trucks out there, but not like this. See also https://electrek.co/2022/11/29/penske-ecascadia-semi-trucks/#more-268877

[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This will fail.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

sorry to burst your bubble but electric trucks are already a thing and have been for ages, just this is the newest and best and they'll sell a million of them