Watch A Tesla Semi Truck Lay Down Rubber While Accelerating Hard
While it’s probably the least relevant stat for such a vehicle, we can’t help but be astonished at Tesla’s claim that minus trailer (or ‘bobtail’), its Semi can do 0-60mph in five seconds. Around about as fast as an E46 BMW M3, in other words.
Well, now we have our first chance to see a trailer-less Tesla lorry accelerating hard. In a 25mph zone. Naughty.
It just looks odd, doesn’t it? The prototype is seen laying down some rubber, before disappearing into the distance at a rate that doesn’t seem feasible for such a large vehicle.
Bobtail-configurated acceleration is fun to watch and all, but much more important is the vehicle’s range. That’ll start at 500 miles, and Tesla says it’ll be possible to recharge from empty to 400 miles in just 30 minutes. The caveat is these charging speeds require a ‘Megacharger’, a new kind of DC charging station which the Californian firm would need to install at destination points and/or along busy routes.
Tesla intends to put the Semi into production during 2019, but given the persistent issues the company has been experiencing with the manufacture of the Model 3, it may well end up being a little later.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Atleast Electric makes more sense here
WOAH. so still no good electric trucks until 2k20?????
The future doesnt look so bad after all
I don’t know why I expected the video to be exciting
Bloody hell!
If they can get the range Tesla is claiming, then that’s excellent. An electric lorry would make so much sense - you really need the torque there and with the high distances they are traveling, they make up for the pollution the battery production causes in no time.
Not to mention the reduced noise pollution coming from the vehicle itself.
So to get a proper range we need to buy the truck
That’s actually quite bad as when it’s hauling something which you normally don’t need to fasten down or not as much, everything will fall over.
Let’s just hope Tesla get their act together and actually produce this thing in the numbers they can sell.
Electric lorries are great, loads of tourque, no crazy gearboxes, much better acceleration and makes up for alot of pollution. But i think electricity should stick to commercial vehicles