Elon Musk Gives First Look At Tesla's Electric Semi
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- Published on Nov 17, 2017
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised the company's first electric semi-truck would be mind-blowing, and he delivered.
Musk took the wraps off the big rig on Thursday at Tesla's Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, and the vehicle's design was definitely what got the most attention.
The semi can go 0-60 mph in five seconds without a trailer attached.
The big rig has an impressive range of 500 miles per charge. With 80,000 pounds of cargo, it can make the same run in just 20 seconds. It can charge up to 400 miles in just 30 minutes when using a Megacharger, which is a new high-speed charger.
The interior of the vehicle is minimalistic and designed around the comfort of the driver. The driver position is placed in the center of the vehicle, instead of on the left side. This helps provide greater visibility to the driver, Musk said. The cabin is also spacious enough for the driver to stand.
Tesla will begin production of the vehicle in 2019. The company is currently taking reservations for the semi, but a deposit will set buyers back $5,000.
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Is this how Tesla delivers our cars now? Before they drove them to us which wasted miles.
Ok cool it’ll go fast up hills but what about coming down the hill. I hope it goes fast and crashes a lot so this shit gets shut down.
Looks like it will take some getting used to with the seat being in the middle. Especially backing up
Sorry, What are you going to tell your costumers about the "Damage and Mess" you made of their cargo??? after trying drag race up and down the hyways
Im sorry but elon looks evil take it or leave it
please make them quiter faster and lighter please elon musk
Had to thumb down this video only because of the constant interruptions from the fanboys in the audience.
You need service centers across the Country when you get into the commercial market.
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What if computer fails, mechanics claim throw that car away?
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More light needs to be added
I'm a truck driver and have been driving large trucks for over 20 years... They didn't design this truck for drivers. Backing up without being able to look out the window? 500 miles at 80k? What about brakedowns? Who's gonna come fix it? How will DOT inspections go? What will they be able to check? There's so many valiables that this is a long ways off from being able to work OTR.
I wanna drive one so bad
#ELONMUSK
Almost 2 years now and the semi didn't see the roads yet!!??
I haven’t seen any charging stations for these tractors. I’ll assume this video I 2 yrs old... so this has not worked. Nice show there pal
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It would be awesome for pulling a camper though...
My mini van can't even do 0-60 in 20 seconds.
love you 3000
Jerk sounds like he takes it in the ass
Looks gay as aids
I want electric bus from tesla
I run 800 miles a day, unless it charges in 30 mins it useless long haul
Plus the load you can carry is limited to the huge weight of the battery
Can it drive itself?
Most Diesel trucks have a range of over 1000 miles. I understand that is carrying 100's of gallons of fuel. Most truckers aren't gonna wanna be limited like that!
How dare he compare this pos to a supercar
This will in danger people's lives
What happens when you crash
Truck drivers worst nightmare !!!
Imagine if they created motor homes....
He reminds me Rock at 1:12
Two words..."charge time".
The future Trucks.
Song name please
They look like the future trucks In cars 3
I think this would be best for short haul trucks. For long haul, I would go with Nikola.
Who buys overpriced trucks for “short hauls”?
Tesla need to come out a smartphone.. and will be hardcore smackdown to apple and Samsung.
Lol they aren't comparing that electric truck to a powerful truck that is maybe a 3 350 hp truck you can get up to 60 in 20 sec with 80 k in a lot of diesel trucks
That truck isn't going to sell that's NOT the look most TRUCKERS want
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Seeing as you can’t spell patent, I have my doubts.
On hill how about with Pete 389 ?
You can make money with those trucks lol, your going to spend half the time charging the dang thing.
why it has just 2 wheels on the cabin? they try removing wheels to improve range, that means uphill will kill range crazy fast. batteries cant work with trucks until they are next gen solid state batteries which have not been produced yet.
i dont believe the richass owner of whatever company would go and work in public. they make way too much money to "work" with all these presentations. Or to risk their lives exposing their identity in public
What about a crash? Is it safe to pull the driver out after a crash or could damaged components cause the chassis/cab to become charged? Will there be a disconnect in the case of a crash? If you’ve ever shorted out a common 12v battery the explosion is pretty loud, I can only imagine the force and sound of a battery cell the size this one needs going off! Just a few safety questions. Amazing truck and impressive power!
I'm still waiting for Optimus Prime version.
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Very nice video.
Wow a semi you don't have to drive with a CDL idiots
I love DESILE
I will never stop driving gas vehicles
This guy is suffering from paralyzing stage fright. Sad.
500 miles ? thats probably less than 8 hrs a day work schedule when legally truckers are allowed 11hrs a day to drive. companies are not gonna like that. unless they have a fully charged semi waiting for you after 500 miles now the driver has to get all his stuff out put it in the next truck Log in to the computer in the truck, it will take him almost 1 hr to make the transfer, truck or battery transfer. Not good ... Less time on the road per day =more time on the road for drivers = no home time. good for the environment in a way not good for commercial goods. Fruit from california will take longer to get to east coast , what about Refrigerated Trailers?? they run on diesel fuel .. longer reefer hours , so more diesel $$$$ spent plus , battery stations for trucks $$$$ lets see how it goes. nice trucks though ...
Right. But Elon Said 500 mile range so my comment is based on what He Said.
That's already changed. I can tell you that the production version maybe double to almost triple the 500 mile range. Tesla recently purchased Maxwell batteries and if look at their propieteiry dry battery technology coupled with their super capacitor technology you will see what impact Maxwell will have on future vehicles produced.
No more parked regens yeah
I know what happens in the future.
Especially on the mountains area
How will it go in Indian roads?
Do you have data collection instruments Tesla. The project is as follows: Degradation and risk cost estimate and analysis of using Diesel SUVs and dilapidated Buses this summer election of rallying billions Indian using real scientific data collection points for most ecofriendly PM in the world. Can you employ on short notice.
People dissing his speaking need to understand he speaks a language of intelligence common folk don’t understand so he has to dumb down everything.
My dad would love this
There wasn’t one truck driver in the audience
people are calling the truck ugly, by not knowing the fact that we as humans have got used to that old diesel engine look of trucks.
They didn't make their truck's face like that purposely. It has a drag coefficient of 0.36 as compared to Bugatti's 0.38.
Just use your brains, dumbs !
Wow... Hope to have one of these one day
Is Elon on the Autism scale?
Crap ,just like the shitty automatics they have out here , bunch of experimental crap , maybe in 50yrs more ill believe it ,tesla is so desperate to sell their crap way ahead before it's perfected .......
Don't believe until I see it in hand .....
Bunch of BS...how many years has this guy driven a semi...he should say 80% of LOCAL routes might b 250 or less...why is he talking about 0 to 60, it's not a drag race... I don't think shippers would b very happy when u get 2 your destination & all their products are scattered on the floor of the trailer
This was the day after I broke my arm :(
Good bye. Diesel. Mechanics .
Good bye oil change brake change filters and many more. Finally
Have you thought about all the people who can lose their job
Sir Elon musk's sir please develop Tesla trucks manufacturer plant in India and Tesla electric cars manufacture plant in India. Sir India always loves Tesla electric cars and trucks USA
Sir Elon musk's sir please develop Tesla trucks manufacturer plant in India and Tesla electric cars manufacture plant in India. Sir India always loves Tesla electric cars and trucks USA
Sir Elon musk's sir please develop Tesla trucks manufacturer plant in India and Tesla electric cars manufacture plant in India. Sir India always loves Tesla electric cars and trucks USA
Sir Elon musk's sir please develop Tesla trucks manufacturer plant in India and Tesla electric cars manufacture plant in India. Sir India always loves Tesla electric cars and trucks USA
Automatically truck us coming. Good bye rude truck driver ppl..we don't need you😏😣😁😁😀no more they going to kill ppl in road. Thank robot to clear all of those road killer driver
Tesla has a semi?
So much enthusiasm for basically a train. Guys the electric train exists at least since the 30s of the twentieth century.Is this innovation? a locomotive with tires, just because it has a computer on board is innovative? Come on, it has only a futuristic design.
Elon musk is killing the game...he just needs to buy a speaker I dont say it to knock on him but its defitnley improve his presentations. He has a great mind and product.
All lies
I'm a truckers. Most long haul truckers go far beyond 500 miles a day. And besides that I'd never be caught driving something that looms like that. Good luck finding truckers who are gonna be willing to drive that thing
I am waiting on ford to semi trucks again, sorry.
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By the way that people shouting, laughing in the audience is so exagerated and annoying. Are they really truck owners? Or anything to do with transport bussiness??
I wish he could speak better but this is his only defect I guess, no one is perfect.
Tesla should build a battery powered train
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Each wheel has an engine... that make for one smooth ride
What is with the aspect ratio?
What idiot cropped the video?
Bad Ass Motherfucking Performance lol
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Hello?
This is totally unneeded truck
It also has stealth technology so it can't be seen on enemy radar.
idea that work
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Imagine the range of half the cargo was just more batteries