Elon Musk Gives First Look At Tesla's Electric Semi

Tesal is great

Elon r u ok?

Future is coming !

Truckers are creaming their pants.

In production by 2019??? Where?? I don't see any plants going up...Why not work on a natural gas engine? We have tons of that and it's clean energy...

"Pulling 80,000 pounds, max gross ....."
Musk is the master at leaving out important details if they don't fit the narrative. What is the max payload? Oh, he never says. Gee, that is THE most important data. Is the truck able to pull anything besides its own batteries? He doesn't say. Seems kind of important, doesn't it?

The trailer is for the batteries. Have the idiots applauding this any idea of the torque and power and energy consumption to haul 20 tons for 500 miles. Nope didn`t think so.

It's a tractor. A semi refers to a semi-trailer,as opposed to a full trailer. A rig is a tractor and semi,or full trailer

Here the problem. It will take at least 5 years to put out a reliable one. And another 7-8 years for mechanics to learn to fix them. Think about all the sensors. It’s going to cost a ton of money to fox

Why do all these rich assholes think their Steve Jobs

Why no one realized the potential for regenerating power thru the trailer wheels is beyond me. I guess they had to leave room for a friend to make profits from charge stations. It would likely happen as people are often stolen from by way of mans law. May it come to an end as it seems to be the very cause of it.

Your a mother trucker!

As with any semi, ANYTHING that large needs to be on a RAILROAD TRACK!

Tesla should come talk to me if he wants to have an opinion about truck driving

For all the haters commenting on Elon’s delivery, please ask yourself ‘wtf am I doing to improve the quality of life for my fellow human beings?’ If you can’t come up with anything remotely positive then quit bashing this genius and go read his bio.

So many salty old idiots in this comment section LOL. This truck will asswhoop ur udly diesel in every possible way, less parts to fail, great range (and it can charge everywhere for much cheaper than it costs to fill diesel), MUCH faster, easier to maintain (yes, easier to maintain, electric parts r less likely to fail than mechanical parts, its been proven a billion times), much safer and the list goes on. Stop being so damn afraid of the future... I bet people said it was a terrible idea to replace horses with cars, but look where we r now...

Is that possible to make it solar powered truck!??

People calling him a terrible speaker are very ignorant. It sounds like he has a stutter. It's not your fault if you're a stutterer. I've had a stutter since I was six. I'm 26 and my stutter gets to the point where I can barely talk.

So much torque at start

Musk is very nervous! Not such a great presenter.

Everyone screams like theyre gonna own one.

this is funny cause when tesla cars break down only tesla can work on them what happens when this thing breaks down sukkas

The problem with this is that the mileage is really low and the battery will be hella heavy and it needs 8 hours to charge for any company to be efficient the drivers can’t wait 8 hours for their truck to charge

What a bout going down the Rockies with a 80 000 , is going 65 mph🤣🤣🤣

Tesla marketing team got these normies dripping wet...

Great and great Musk 👏👏👏🌹

Wow 👏👏👏👌🌹

This guy is the worst at explaining i wanted to pull my hair out.and who ever gives him his info is stupid.you can deliver out in the middle of no where and back home without charging hahahahahaha my routes are around 600 miles each way and are in fact out in the middle of know where.

These semis are absolutely amazing. Loved watching this. Excellent idea that would be so cool to see on the road someday. #SoCool

How can he say that if you are driving a Tesla Truck you are making 50% more that if you had a diesel? That's a ridiculous statement just as going 0to 60 in 5 seconds is meaningful in a freight hauler. Screw Elon and his ideas that cost the taxpayers too much for nothing.

I need to accelerate all my freight as rapidly as possible 0 to 60 in five seconds great. right? The real car companies of the world are just about to show Elon where his artist conceptions can go.

if you showed someone living in 1896 a semi truck from the 1996, they'd think it was funny and strange as well. never let the status quo define what the future could hold.

smart guy bad speaker.

A pick up truck that can carry a pick-up. Truck 😂😂😂😂

Ok WTF lets just shrink the video and make it shitter and then slap tech insider on it like we did something.

When will we see a Tesla pickup truck?

Wow, that sucks

That is our future, go Elon

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aerodynamic semi truck....dem son

New mateiral ..its so cool

When Tesla comes out with a cellphone it’s gonna run electricity

Why do I smell bullshit?

Tesla car in India launching

What song was playing and didn't finished?

The world MUST go electric BUT WITH deep geothermal engery used to recharge its batteries AS current power plants wretch CO2 into the air and ocean !! (sea plankton give 70% of the air in your room right now !!! ELON HAS THE RIGHT IDEA NOW WE NEED TO ALL NOW COMPLETE THIS GREAT THOUGHT OF BANNING CO2 EMISSIONS , BANNING THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EV'S PLUS GEO THERMAL (YES LAVA POWERED BABY!) POWERPLANTS ONLY FOR ELECTRICITY !!!!!!!!!!! POPULATION CONTROL, CONSUMERISM REGULATED BY LAW - WE CAN DO THIS THING OF SAVING MANKIND YET, IF WE JUST THINK A LITTLE AND A LOT - MAN WILL HELP HIMSELF --------- AND A HUGE THANK YOU, ELONG, KEEP IT GOING, FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR FANTASTIC HISTORY-MAKING GOLF SWINGS -------- BE THE GEOTHERMAL ENGERY MAN --- !!!!!!!!!

this dude made space rockets then came back to earth and made electric cars like its nothing!

acceleration will let them hit city lights green much more often... Drivers know how to time lights,.. the a.i. will too they'll clear traffic stops faster everywhere. merging to get on the interstate etc. this will change LOTS of traffic hesitations, not just up a steep hill.

They took our jobd

I don't understand why everyone keeps griping and belittling this company and it's profit margins? Seriously, it's environmentally friendly, safer, and more fuel efficient... Because it literally requires no fuel... Who cares about "How it looks." when it will literally save future generations. Honestly, humanity is starting to piss me off. Worried more about the latest celebrity tabloid or anti pimple cream, than their own survival.

Truckers need reliability not 0 to 60 in 5 seconds!
Teslas dont have a good reputation for reliability!

*the new euro truck simulator 2 mod pack*

I want to be a TESLA DRIVER NOW!!!

Nailed it!

School buses should be next!

Stop destroying the environment by using giant batteries... pls... -.-

That is just crazy good, so love this guy's mind!!!!!!

That is soooooo crazy, I thought it was a simulation at first......wow!!!!!

Ugly pile of shite...!!!!!

He never stated who independently tested these performances??

Jesus loves you.

It can accelerate and get to the repair shop faster than any other truck and then wait weeks to be repaired. Will it be equipped with flamethrowers too?

That's what trucking is really all about, execration, really Elon, the owners of these trucks want or need their drivers to execrate 20 times faster than a normal truck. What will that add to the carbon foot print at the other end of the power cable, call a coal burning power company. Green my ass. Just think, everything that trucks haul can be execrated at a rate 20 times faster than by real trucks. So all your packages and goods back in the standard box trailer will be slammed around , for what reason? Just to get the crowd of millennials to clap and cheer.

Useless the amount of energy for that truck to charged will he enough for atleast 4 or 5 houses less efficient and wastes more energy than any car

Blame Exxon Mobil. Blame Richard Nixon. Don’t blame Tesla and Norway.

full hard on

I dont think it would work.... 20k some pounds on a battery charge.... now Ill admit Idk how these electric vehicles work, but wouldnt it be the same if you put 50 or so pounds of pressure on your battery drill? More weight and pressure added, the more juice is used

He's just a mouthpiece for the real owners

Looks like those IRobot Trucks

Why does he studder so much?

Where are you going to find the ONE MEGAWATT HOUR you need to charge each truck every day? That is a field of 200,000 watts worth of solar panels FOR EACH AND EVERY TRUCK. Fleet of 5 trucks? That will require 1,000,000 watts of solar panels. That's like 1.5 MILLON dollars just to buy the panels. Then you are going to need about another MILLON BUCKS worth of batteries. Then you have to pay someone to install it, plus all the other required equipment and who knows what the chargers will cost. All that to fuel five Class-8 trucks???

Elon Musk is a genius, but he is not Steve Jobs on the mic.
He needs a front man, someone who can cut a promo.

Um... Um... Um...

The best charging option for these huge batteries would be to simply swap them out at official stations. Have a forklift pull the old one out, slap in a charged pack and Bob's your uncle.
I'd guess that normal charging time for this big of a vehicle would take days.

FACT: The Tesla Semi in convoy mode will beat Rail on Price, this is a gamechanger for Logistics Companys.

make him President, America. coz he's what the world need now !!!

Listen to how he pronounce Bugatti Chiron 5.50

are they automatic

Elon is from the future...but I get this feeling the powers that be will have him killed...he's shaking industries that are big one makers

Ugly ass truck

This is a lie!!!!

Are they the trucks from I robot?

none of these weirdo disciples in the audience are truckers

stop hollering people you sound like children cheering the teletubbies.

MY MOUTH WAS OPEN THE WHOLE VIDEO BECAUSE THATS HOW COOL IT IS!

This is the Future already. *Shivers to think Robots and Whatever Technological can kill Humanity*

3:50 did Elon fart?

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They need to extend the 500 mile range or have more and faster charging stations before its viable. Sure that's good for drivers who do local stuff and are home every night. But if you are out over the road you can drive 600-700 miles a day.

tesla sucks

Cant beat the sound of a diesel.

Jesus Christ did the person who designed this even know anything about semis?
There are SO many things wrong with it

No trucker is going to buy this overpriced piece of crap that breaks down after driving 200000 miles
A 1997 freightliner will last longer than that

Wow

Goood

SOLAR WE NEED SOLAR

ice road truckers is gonna be interesting by 2020

At what temperature is the specifications from? I hope they at least used the same temperature for the different performance tests.

It outperforms the diesel truck or any type of the trucks what's a likelihood of a truck company willing to pay arm and a leg for Tesla truck.

Tesla truck design looks terrible.