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re: TESLA unveils semi truck (500 mile max range, 0-60 in 5 secs, 400 miles in 30 mins charge)
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:12 am to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:12 am to TigerstuckinMS
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The day is quickly approaching where "if you can drive a truck, you've got a job my friend" is a lie.
It's going to happen but it's also decades and decades away.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:13 am to TigerstuckinMS
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If you think the end game is to have a driver in that truck, YOU'RE crazy.
this
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:14 am to Street Hawk
total garbage POS. OIL FOREVA!
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:15 am to rocket31
In fairness, to be technical the end game isn't for THAT truck to be driverless.
That's probably another truck or 3 down the road to get to truly autonomous trucks.
That's probably another truck or 3 down the road to get to truly autonomous trucks.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:15 am to lsuoilengr
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And to the dipshit that said they would take a 30 minute break in those 11 hours...you are simply dumb.
And before you retort in desperation to seem legit, just know my exwife was head of sales and marketing for a large trucking company...Im no expert, but I know differently than you think
Haaaaa
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:18 am to roguetiger15
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Can you imagine how much "dirty energy" it takes to make that truck?!
shuts the thread down with the first comment
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:21 am to shel311
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It's going to happen but it's also decades and decades away.
That's where we'll have to disagree. I don't think we're talking decades. For every day people to have self-driving cars probably will take decades because people like their cars, it's an investment they may not be able to make, etc.
I think that when it comes to long-haul trucking, though, the decision to go autonomous is a purely business decision, and I believe that autonomous long-haulers just have so much massive upside (no driver to pay, longer daily range, reduction in at-fault insurance claims, virtual elimination of the need for large numbers of mechanics to keep complex engines running if you're going electric, etc.) that when the technology is available, it's going to very quickly take over the industry.
Let me be clear that in this instance, I'm not talking about moving the load for the first mile or the last mile. I'm talking about picking up a load at the loading station in California and hauling it overland it to a receiving station in, say, Texas. The trip from the dock to the loading station and the trip from the receiving station to the customer would likely still require a short-haul trucker. The long overland hauls are what I'm talking about.
This post was edited on 11/18/17 at 10:25 am
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:22 am to Tiger HouTX
Most truckers refuel everyday (top off), because they want the points on their gas cards. At 11 hr shifts, that's like 5-6 hours of driving stretches.
You can easily do that with an hour or two recharge/lunch break in the middle. Battery life is not going to be the limiting factor here.
You can easily do that with an hour or two recharge/lunch break in the middle. Battery life is not going to be the limiting factor here.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:22 am to shel311
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In fairness, to be technical the end game isn't for THAT truck to be driverless.
That's probably another truck or 3 down the road to get to truly autonomous trucks.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Touche.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:24 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Let me be clear that in this instance, I'm not talking about moving the load for the first mile or the last mile. I'm talking about picking up a load at the loading station in California and hauling it overland it to a receiving station in, say, Texas. From the dock to the loading station and the receiving station to the customer would likely still require a short-haul trucker. The long overland hauls are what I'm talking about.
ya within 5 years. the tech is already there
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:34 am to Tiger HouTX
quote:Why? That range is better than most full tanks of gas, and you can just recharge in 30 min.
Gonna have to get the range to at least 600 miles, the legal driving limit per day.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:34 am to Street Hawk
Which one of you baws is going to be the first to hang a pair of truck nuts on the new Tesla pickup?
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:46 am to Tiger HouTX
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Gonna have to get the range to at least 600 miles, the legal driving limit per day
It’s a time constraint, not a mileage. You can do 700-750 miles easy in West Texas
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:51 am to BourreTheDog
Then those truckers aren't the target market. It's not difficult to understand this
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:53 am to BourreTheDog
Going to to need a lot of new infrastructure and maintenance on that infrastructure. Gonna' be a lot of pissed off baws out of a job that are going to vandalize that shite.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:56 am to Street Hawk
People hate on Tesla but they’re pushing new tech and being innovative which is what we need.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:57 am to HubbaBubba
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Going to to need a lot of new infrastructure and maintenance on that infrastructure.
roads will be obsolete before these take and actual part of the market share.
This is really the area TSLA has the best chance of succeeding in though. They are already being beaten to the market by the Big 3 and will be undercut on price, the real factor when buying a $30-50K item.
Too bad the bills for the failed Model 3 will come due before this truck really gets off the ground.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:58 am to HubbaBubba
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Going to to need a lot of new infrastructure and maintenance on that infrastructure. Gonna' be a lot of pissed off baws out of a job that are going to vandalize that shite.
Guess that means they should cancel their plans for the semi then
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:12 am to DavidTheGnome
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People hate on Tesla but they’re pushing new tech and being innovative...
and costing taxpayers boatloads of money
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:14 am to Street Hawk
What does it do for loading/unloading times? Some days those can take up the majority of a drivers “on duty” and driving hours
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