Got to drive one at work last week, you notice every noise more when there isn’t an engine making all the noise. It was fun and fast! It was fast with a full load of freight.
@mrspeigle1 Жыл бұрын
I envy you. Be a few years before they trickle out to where I run.
@westsacramentowastetrucks Жыл бұрын
@@mrspeigle1 I got incredibly lucky!
@229andymon Жыл бұрын
Can I ask what weight the load was?
@VerisimilitudeDude Жыл бұрын
@@229andymon Isn't a full load between 75,000-80,000 lbs? For most 18 wheelers that is.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
Wow!!! You're an optimist! Expecting the "social media sceptic experts" to believe someone who's actually driven the truck?? 😉👍
@salvadorcoling8403 Жыл бұрын
We need Tesla Semi here in Vancouver, Canada. Being a major port that caters to Asia and having clean electricity in this part of the Canada, clean energy transportation is a must.
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
I saw that British Columbia gets >80% of electricity from hydroelectric. Clean!
@malcolmberke4862 Жыл бұрын
Technology is rapidly expanding especially using axial electric motors. The big problem with EV trucks isn’t in coal burning to produce the electricity to run them on but the toxic chemicals used in the batteries that must be replaced and disposed of at regular intervals. CO2 actually has never been scientifically proven to cause global warming. This is only the opinion of paid political “experts”. (In the 70s it was fear of an ice age.). Climate change is linked to the cycles of the sun. It is toxicity that is far more damaging to our planet. In fact, CO2 helps to expand plant life which produces more oxygen for us. It is herbicides and pesticides sprayed on our crops that harm the environment. It is manufacturing waste and radioactive coolant water from power plants. It is chemicals in our foods and drugs prescribed that we produce as toxic waste products that are damaging. So the batteries contain Lithium and phosphate which are damaging to life far more than CO2. Until batteries are made without these chemicals, the combustion engine is still overall better for the environment. In the states, much of the electricity is still produced mostly by coal. So this technology must be improved like batteries using salt water or the like before it replaces the combustion engine. Also charging takes some time as opposed to filling a fuel tank. What if, for example, would happen if solar panels were put on the tops of the trailers?
@reneej7241 Жыл бұрын
I would like to drive one of these and see how they compare to my conventional semi.
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
I had the chance to drive a Class 6 truck (smaller than Semi, but still BIG) and I feel it was smooth - but lack of diesel engine noise makes you notice cab squeaks and rattles more.
@jeffw8218 Жыл бұрын
There was NO discussion about the COSTS involved. If Pepsi is spending more money on Tesla trucks and electricity than they otherwise would be on regular trucks + gas, then there’s nothing to discuss. The only thing that matters is how much this costs and how much Pepsi is paying.
@newunderthesun7353 Жыл бұрын
They have a Run On Less themed trucking terminal close to where I live. When the county decided to shut down the coal fired power plant 5 km away, there was no longer enough KWHs available for the terminal AND the local community. Foresight is a great thing.
@ptech88 Жыл бұрын
Where is this?
@newunderthesun7353 Жыл бұрын
@@ptech88 Illinoid
@tv-ld3wv Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@xXxjayceexXx Жыл бұрын
MCS looks like NACS and the Mega charger looks like CCS. They should trade!
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
MCS looks "clean". I have heard people suggest that Tesla will switch to it someday. Just rumors right now.
@kaydesign Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this interesting video!
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
I learned a lot going deep into the details
@cd7707a Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Tesla thought of using battery swaps for Semi. If they make the batteries modular it can be added to increase range when needed and help companies save money when driving short distances as the batteries are smaller. Also instead of paying for a larger battery owners essentially rent batteries when they use battery swap.
@timmannchicken Жыл бұрын
Agreed. There is company in Australia doing this very thing.
@kbmblizz1940 Жыл бұрын
Given currently the EV truck penetration rate is
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
Well, they just employed the industry expert who's going to manage the expansion at the Nevada factory. . They seem to be ramping the 4680 cells (which will no doubt replace the current 2170 packs in the early Semis) So, when the factory is ready, it's going to be "interesting"! . Don't forget they already have the "short range" option.. These will be everywhere before long.
@juliahello6673 Жыл бұрын
Production ramps of vehicles are not linear
@yolo_burrito Жыл бұрын
We need some drive and charge corridors. Germany is testing out overhead catenary wires that charge trucks on the road.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
Just no.
@yolo_burrito Жыл бұрын
@@rogerstarkey5390 Very productive conversation.
@AndrewTheRadarMan Жыл бұрын
The E-highway. They're much better than fully relying on batteries.
@sjsomething4936 Жыл бұрын
I think the embedded (in the roadway) wireless charging will end up winning out, although it is less efficient as there is transmission loss with the near-field charging. The catenary wires look awful and can limit the other types of vehicles that can use the roadway. However, the fact that charging while travelling is being worked on is something that makes me pleased. I also wonder whether any charging on the go technology will be needed as battery tech continues to improve. I hope governments aren’t investing in infrastructure that will be obsolete before too long.
@r.o7897 Жыл бұрын
I love it!
@COM70 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget South Africa, India, and New Zealand for RHD.
@larryrussell4905 Жыл бұрын
Excuse me but in the pie graph transportation was 28% and electrical generation was 25. How much of the 28 is going to HAVE to be moved to generation's 25% since the power put into the batteries does not come out of thin air but from the grid?
@juliahello6673 Жыл бұрын
EV’s are about 4-5x efficient so the answer is 5 to 7%.
@AD-yo5my Жыл бұрын
Love ❤️ Tesla
@daveoatway6126 Жыл бұрын
Very well scripted and delivery of excellent content!
@johnfitbyfaithnet Жыл бұрын
Not too long as well
@ninjaundermyskin Жыл бұрын
I'm impressed by Pepsi
@ChasL7045 ай бұрын
Put a few of those batteries under the trailer and put some drive axles on them.
@carlwalker4808 Жыл бұрын
I did asked the question on the tesla social media about trucks coming into the UK but l think you answered the question they are too big for UK's roads.
@ChasL7045 ай бұрын
Just let Tesla be the standard for the charging network.
@patrickmaloney1810 Жыл бұрын
Wraps or paint on the Tesla semis?
@teage12 Жыл бұрын
Please make sure you get W and Wh correct. W = Power Wh = Energy 1:50 the tesla megapack definitely doesn't hold 2.4 Megawatts of energy. That's just wrong. What is the capacity? That would be MWh. Or is it the power it can provide? For that, 2.4 MW would be huge.
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
Crap! I do goof up with words. Would correct it, but KZfaq makes editing videos difficult.
@teage12 Жыл бұрын
@@mikethecargeek don't worry, but now you know 😊🌺
@rogerjamespaul5528 Жыл бұрын
@@mikethecargeek Try deleting and redoing.
@brendanpells912 Жыл бұрын
When someone is prepared to give you a couple of dozen trucks, what's not to like? Might be a different story if Pepsi had to pay a commercial price for them. Oh, and have the empty axle loadings been published yet?
@strangefire2024 Жыл бұрын
at this point, the only way other car companies could beat tesla is if they can somehow kidnap some of those aliens in Area 51 and force them to share their tech.
@steven4315 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe some Chinese engineers.
@strangefire2024 Жыл бұрын
@@steven4315 chinese engineers who used to work for tesla to be exact.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
@@strangefire2024 Chinese aliens!
@youtuberpov Жыл бұрын
During presentation of Tesla Semi, i think it looks more like the CharIn megawatt charger.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
CharIN is trying to stay relevant. They've been outplayed.
@christophresmerowski1824 Жыл бұрын
Time to switch to Coca-Cola.
@jerrytuazon427 Жыл бұрын
Tesla Didn't have advertised their product the experience of the buyers soon is the best testimony😅
@Ayomikun Жыл бұрын
There are 2 versions of the Semi. Would the smaller one also not work in Europe?
@zachary456 Жыл бұрын
No it’s still to long
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
Give them time.
@christophresmerowski1824 Жыл бұрын
Trucker here. It's not about fast - it's about SAFE. The general speedlimit for tractor trailers on the US Interstate is 65mph. Have you seen videos of EV's going up in flames? Truck battery fires going to burn whole neighborhoods down. Fire departments have no knowledge, training or equipment to deal with those disasters. Watch for the headline "Tesla Truck" exploded into a ball of fire that could not be controlled by anyone. CA government is totally careless. It's coming.
@gregdean8441 Жыл бұрын
Zero sugar is crap !
@christophresmerowski1824 Жыл бұрын
VERY DISHONEST !! HOW MUCH OF THE DEADLY FOSSILE FUEL DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE TO PRODUCE ALL THAT ELECTRICITY, HMM? --- ANY IDEA ??
@maxb2787 Жыл бұрын
As far as I'm aware PepsiCo only does longer hauls with Chips and other light goods. And we should mention the 750k Dollars the Gov paid Pepsi for every single one of the 21 trucks, making the whole thing financially viable in the first place. As well as the surroundings like mild to hot Californian climate, not only being ideals for electric range but also for the on site production of solar energy. Combine that with the rather short routes PepsiCo does and the whole thing makes a lot of sense. Australia on the other hand, with day long drives through the empty landscape, certainly lacks infrastructure. With a country this size, building it in said no men's land is financially insane. Not just because of the total volume of chargers, but also because of their remoteness resulting in them not being used a lot. Tesla wouldve done themselfs a favor to at least build a truck that fits on European and Asian roads.
@mikethecargeek Жыл бұрын
That is an interesting question. One scene showed one of the axles of the trailer lifter - which (I am no expert) means the load was light (big bags of chips) or it was a empty. I hope we all learn a lot! 🥸
@dclpgh Жыл бұрын
@@mikethecargeek Keep this in mind. Elon once said about their products is to prove they are equal or better than any product presently out there. I think they have done very well and i don't think they are going to stop with the Semi. I personally think that The the heavy duty trucking industry is about to have Model S moment if this thing is a sucess. Lets just hope the industry doesn't go into a 10 yr period of denial like the automotive industry did. If they do..Tesla will be the king of electric mobility in this space also.
@miguellopez3392 Жыл бұрын
Vast majority of Australia's population is in the coast so tesla semi will still work for a majority of hauled cargo.
@silvy7394 Жыл бұрын
I mean Tesla already posted a test where they fully loaded the bad boy and it got 500 miles. So it definitely can. It also makes more economic sense to drive lighter things, if they can, with the electric. Would save a lot more money if the ICE did the heavy loads more often, while the electric took care of the lighter stuff. Of course that only assumes you have a fleet of part electric, part ICE vehicles.
@strangefire2024 Жыл бұрын
Tesla was wise to start the semi with Pepsi which had ideal conditions. That is because at this stage they are new to this. Just like when Tesla started with the Roadster, it was overpriced and they were operating at a loss FOR YEARS. but as they got better and better, they were able to significantly improve and now all the industry giants are struggling to keep up with them and they are operating at a profit competitors can only dream of. The semi will go the same direction. They are still learning and ARE getting better and better. The other issue you didn't bring up is battery fires. They are addressing that too by transitioning to different battery chemistry. In due time we will see the Tesla semi eventually out perform gas and diesel powered semis in every metric.
@philterzian9162 Жыл бұрын
A megawatt is not a unit of energy. It is a unit of power. Batteries do not store power, they store energy. Have you considered having an engineer review your monologues before posting?
@leonardmarberry5332 Жыл бұрын
Will not work the truck alone is to heavy and also very limited on how far you can go on a charge.
@BigBen6217 ай бұрын
Payload is only a few percent less than a diesel semi and the range with a full load is 460 to 500 miles.
@playlistjohnnybitter Жыл бұрын
All trucks should be hybrids to do all the low speed things with lots of torque.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
K.I.S.S
@johnccargill4665 Жыл бұрын
How about the pollution during the construction of the trucks and the electricity in generating.
@rogerjamespaul5528 Жыл бұрын
You have just asked yourself a question of which has been asked and answered several times, so do what other people are doing and utilize your browser.
@supersaulflores4055 Жыл бұрын
Answer the question please.
@mrspeigle1 Жыл бұрын
@supersaulflores4055 very simple. Even assuming a 100% coal fired grid the net pollution is less than a similar sized rig. Hint: the grid is not 100% coal, renewables make up 20% of the grid nationally and close to 50% in California.
@Simon-dm8zv Жыл бұрын
@@mrspeigle1Exactly.
@jameschan2171 Жыл бұрын
I wonder what happen when the batteries catch on fire.
@davidmenasco5743 Жыл бұрын
But did you ever wonder about the hundreds of diesel trucks that catch fire every year? Or the tanker trucks that catch fire and burn down freeway overpasses? Your wondering seems very selective.
@eugenebooth2467 Жыл бұрын
@@davidmenasco5743Brand new ICE vechicles never go on fire, its after 10 years of use that the random vehicle goes up in smoke. Some EVs have a habit of going up in flames as soon as you drive it out of the show room.
@thegotlandisfarmer8774 Жыл бұрын
Its mebe good but that do not change that it looks so darn ugly truck to look at so it’s a nope for me sadly
@starpergaming2688 Жыл бұрын
I'm not against clean and efficient ways of transportation, but. You forgot (as usual) mention that all those trucks is not a zero emissions. To produce such truck you produce a whole lot of pollution. green house and toxic waste. As for now. Also there is you forgot to mention the pressure on infrastructure will be caused by growing numbers of such vehicles. There is simply not enough charging systems and energy that will feed them. Also... And for me it's more of a riddle as I'm not an expert. There is question with disposal of both batteries and trucks. As batteries will run out, how will you recycle those? And a truck itself. Probably will not end up with simple battery replacement rather than whole truck would be replaced. Which means the end of current "buy truck to pay the loan and sell it used to get at least some profit" scheme used by every truck company exists today on the planet. Not only that. Owner operators also will go extinct because of it. Or will be forced to use old trucks for ever. Which as for me is pretty ok. So... There is bunch of problems that need to be addressed before making claim that it's oh so great because you "all so pro " Let's save the mother earth" type of guy.
@markjonz Жыл бұрын
To cover all those topics would take a much longer vdo and it's unfair to criticise him for not going over all that. Nobody is saying these issues don't exist, but progress is being made on all fronts and of course it's going to take time. The LFP batteries in the Mercedes BEV truck will last 1 million miles and the batteries can then be reused for energy storage (a less demanding duty cycle), and yes the batteries can be effectively recycled recovering most of the elements. It's all a work in progress but one that's necessary.
@starpergaming2688 Жыл бұрын
@@markjonz those batteries already lasted million miles? Or it's a suggestion? And yes you absolutely must cover every aspect. Because modern people way too doll.
@Simon-dm8zv Жыл бұрын
@@starpergaming2688LFP batteries have proven themselves very well over the years in other vehicles. 1 million miles is not unlikely at all.
@starpergaming2688 Жыл бұрын
@@Simon-dm8zv we'll see
@Pernection Жыл бұрын
No such thing as a semi truck
@jeffdumpster1470 Жыл бұрын
They still run on coal.
@Simon-dm8zv Жыл бұрын
Yes, sometimes and sometimes not. Still far cleaner than diesel.
@davidmoody7450 Жыл бұрын
Wait, so your tell me with all this bs Def we have to put in our truck so they can "run cleaner." Your tell me it's bs bc it's still creats smog an harmful to breath.
@c123bthunderpig Жыл бұрын
Yea it will catch fire and burn up twice as fast.
@Simon-dm8zv Жыл бұрын
Very rare though.
@c123bthunderpig Жыл бұрын
@@Simon-dm8zv true however the sinking of the Titanic was a very rare event - killed 1517 people
@BigBen6217 ай бұрын
@@c123bthunderpig And yet we didn't stop using ships, did we?
@delmarfriedrichs6870 Жыл бұрын
Till it starts on fire
@miguellopez3392 Жыл бұрын
It's not made by GM.
@trivialinsignific Жыл бұрын
pepsi is sounding woke.... you guys got took - youll see, give it a couple months -
@ptech88 Жыл бұрын
What does that mean? Do you even know what woke means?
@trivialinsignific Жыл бұрын
i guess im a little confused with the meaning of the word, being its used so often, thankfully you had the time to correct me. what i meant to convey was, "to act as if you are already validated, and to expect to be treated as such". when most certainly you are not. @@ptech88
@divlles Жыл бұрын
If you think it's going to have regenerative braking on the downhill at that seat portion think again it's not this clip it's from the model X towing a trailer on that same pass going downhill they had to keep their foot on the pedal for gas the entire time or it would slow down too much same thing is going to happen with the Tesla semi it's not going to be much more of an eco-friendly design for green energy when you consider the fact of what's making the actual power when you consider most he's going to charge at night when solar is not available if using their eight short-range trucks that they're claiming are getting 1.7 KW a mile they have eight of the short-range trucks that's over eight hundred kilowatts for all eight vehicles that have gone one mile now take that and times that by 100 he's going to be charging at night which means it's not going to be so eco-friendly energy kzfaq.infoUgkxig07nDbw5eG8pfcnu0pIzXh5Bhule95r
@davecramer9725 Жыл бұрын
You will never see owner operators buy them ugly as hell trucks