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Tesla's comparison with Diesel is not being realistic.
IT assumes 7 cents KWH - while the national average is over 12 cents - and even higher in the Northeast and California.

When looking at comparisons - make sure you take the time to find out what the real cost of Diesel and Electricity is in your area.

You might have missed the part where the megachargers will sell electricity at a guaranteed 7 cent rate (wholesale rate).

Those pictures of the cab interior don't seem to show any access to a sleeper compartment, but from the outside it looks like there is one. For long haul, the sleeper area is mandatory.

Two thumbs down.

My father owned a small trucking company for 30 years, I also drove a over the road(OTR) truck for him for 5 years covering 750,000+ miles in that time. I can tell you a lot of the stuff that Elon says is bullshit. He says that the truck has a 400mile range with a then 30min recharge, then he says that a single tank in a truck will not do that distance. Truck tanks vary vastly in size dependant on what the truck is designed to do. My truck for instance had two 125gal tanks and one 100gal tank for the truck and a 75gal tank for the refrigerator on the trailer. My truck averaged 5.7 to 6.0 miles per gallon, which was not the most efficient truck of the fleet. I needed 2.5 fill-ups to cross the country and it took less that 10min to fill the 300+ gal fuel I used. He also quotes the bobtail speed of 0 to 60 time which has zero relevance since my 600hp 18speed Peterbilt would accelerate as quick as most cars when bobtailing. Trucks are not sporty in any way and are not designed for quick acceleration, they are designed for pulling power. The quoted number of 20 seconds 0to60mph with a GVW of 80,000lbs is not that much faster than any other OTR Truck. This 400mile range comes into serious question once you get into the pulls around the rockies and coming out of Oakland Ca for just two examples. There are some pulls in the US where the truck would be several gears down and pulling steady for 20 to 30 mins with the engine getting no let up. Tell me how a electric engine is going to cope with that. How will his 400mile range withstand those types of pulls. Also, trucks cope with a vast inclement weather changes through on trip, how will battery life be with 20below 0 in winter or 130+ through the desert in summer. How will the Electric engines go having to hold 80,000lbs back on a 6% downgrade for an extended period of time? I had to come down many passes in the US that exceed 8% and my big engine with engine brakes at full power struggled to retard speed. The heat generated in the brakes and engine trying to hold 80,000lbs back in tremendous, electric engines are known to fail due to excessive heat. How will his trucks differ to cope? Making a futuristic looking truck and making outlandish statements seem to generate him lots of investment capital that he has yet been able to turn into a viable/profitable business.

Sorry lerois.

People like you said the same thing about their trusty old horses when those newfangled motor-driven thingamajigs came out.

Embrace the future or get left behind.

Runninglogan1; Have I singled you out or been negative towards you?? The answer is NO!!! I was discussing Elon Musk and his statements and what they mean in the real world of the business of trucking. I have very direct and accurate information involving trucking as my family and upbringing was funded by trucking. I grew up learning the logistics industry and what one had to do to be successful in that industry. You come out and insult me and are derogatory towards me for my questions or statements involving Musk. Why???? Can one not ask questions or critique Musk's inaccurate statements???? Is the Future you want me to embrace the one where random persons you have never met insult you unless you tow the liberal line????

I'm not sure if you understand how these electric motors work. Going downhill the magnet on the motors invert and they start capturing energy while slowing down the car/truck. They are doing zero work and they are not pushing back against the weight like traditional engine braking, they are passively braking while at the same time capturing bonus energy for the battery. Heat is also not an issue, since again... the motors are not really doing any active work. Excessive heat would limit max acceleration but would not impact going braking going downhill (very cold weather does limit how much regen can go back into the battery until the battery is warm).

I am aware of how the electric engine works. What I am sure you are not aware of is how the weight in a trailer affects to prime mover in a down hill scenario. The truck will have all of this regenerative braking but the trailer will be a standard air brake trailer which will have issues in braking. When a trailers brakes start to fade is then starts to push the prime mover which in a down hill curve situation is very dangerous on the truck regardless of how good its braking is. The reason for this is the trailer is connected at a pivot point at roughly the 3/4 length point of the overall length and the trailer is also 3/4 the weight of the GVW when loaded. What happens is the over heated brakes(brakes have faded) trailer begins to push the primer mover when it tries to brake. If you have never driven a 80,000lbs truck down a 6% to 8% downgrade and started to have trailer brake fade you would not understand. It is not a insult to either of you guys but with out having experienced this you would not know the dangers in handling this scenario. On of my concerns with heat aside from braking is under long pull scenarios. Take for instance pulling out of Oakland up "truckie pass" is a 700ft above sea level to over 8000ft above sea level pull that takes a little over 30miles to achieve. In my truck I would be geared down and pulling hard for about 45min to reach the top and I was passing many lesser powered trucks along the way. How will a electric motor cope with a 45+min full power pull with no let-up? I am not opposed to electric since it is currently in its infancy, what I am opposed to is Elon making his outlandish statements.

It should be able to handle this scenario much better than a traditional motor, but time will tell. Remember this was specced in partnership with trucking companies. Tesla never would have thought about adding feature like the special glass on their own to mitigate downtime. The powertrain has about 1,042 HP and 1,200++ ft/lbs of torque at 0 RPM. Do you know of any Semi with those specs? That power can be used continuously until there is no juice left in the battery. Going downhill is a nobrainer, should be able to handle this indefinitely. Uphill, it should outperforman any other Semi and can do 65mph at a 5% grade and again can handle this until the battery gives out. Each motor is also designed to last over a million miles, and they cost about $5k each to swap out (4 motors).