re: Tesla Semi production starts; Pepsi to get first electric trucks

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Long range hauling.

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This Pepsi deal isn't about long range hauling.

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The amount of battery it would need to haul heavy items isn’t feasible. The trucks will be way too big and inefficient. Source: I’m a battery engineer for renewables who owns a tesla

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That's not what Tesla is doing, so what about what Tesla is doing will not work?

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most long haul trucks have 300 gallons of fuel that allows over 2,000 miles between needing fuel.

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That number is completely irrelevant because no OTR driver (unless it is a team) can do 2,000 miles without a long stop. The upper end is usually around 1,000 miles because they can't work more than 14 hours a day.

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The amount of battery it would need to haul heavy items isn’t feasible. The trucks will be way too big and inefficient. Source: I’m a battery engineer for renewables who owns a tesla

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That's not what Tesla is doing, so what about what Tesla is doing will not work?

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You think a semi-trailer full of Pepsi isn’t heavy?

Also, I know you EV guys are cultish in your devotion to them, but you’re going to sit there and argue with a battery engineer because he said something that doesn’t fit the narrative?

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Maybe it's "cultish" or maybe we just know the details of the story and not the stuff you're saying that is incorrect and not at all what Pepsi is doing/hauling.

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So you’re saying:

1. You know more about this subject than a battery engineer

2. A semi-truckload of Pepsi is in fact, not heavy.

You’re willing to die on those two hills, correct?

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1. You know more about this subject than a battery engineer

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Not the right question. YOU are saying that 1 poster knows more than Tesla and Pepsi, why do you believe that to be so?

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2. A semi-truckload of Pepsi is in fact, not heavy.

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AGAIN, that is not what Tesla is doing. What part of that are you not understanding?

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You’re willing to die on those two hills, correct?

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No, I'm not willing to die on the hill of something only you said that has nothing to do with what is actually happening.

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You think a semi-trailer full of Pepsi isn’t heavy?

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What Pepsi is planning to haul in them is a cube out load, not a weight limited load.

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He has more credibility than someone who’s obviously emotionally driven on the subject.

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Not the right comparison again, and I noticed you're dodging my questions.

You think he has more credibility than workers of Tesla & Pepsi, why do you think that?

Also, can you provide just 1 example of an emotional take I've had? This certainly isn't one, you keep spouting things you're flatly incorrect about, so if anyone is showing emotion that would be you.

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What exactly do you think they plan to do with these trucks?

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It's adorable that you think Pepsi Co ONLY makes cans and bottles of Pepsi

Answer to your question, not Pepsi like you keep saying.

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What exactly do you think they plan to do with these trucks? Do you think they plan to drive them around empty as a sort of rolling billboard? Or do you think they will actually haul product from point A to B? If it’s the later, then they’ll be pulling somewhere north of 65,000 12 oz cans of product weighing probably between 50,000 - 60,000 lbs.

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Still going about hauling cans of Pepsis...why are you doing that? They're not hauling Pepsis. Why are you so stuck on something factually incorrect?

I was going off the OP. I’m busy and don’t have time to break off into an article. I thought since Pepsi was buying the trucks, they’d be hauling Pepsi. Call me crazy.

No one drinks Pepsi anyway

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And how long does it take to charge? This will not work for long haul truckers

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Should we also throw out our toddlers because they aren't fully functioning adults? It only gets better, it never gets worse.

I feel like that's what people fail to understand.

maybe on day one something is stumbling around like a retarded toddler, but you're not limited to the day one performance - you're enabled by the best performance it's capable of in real time and it keeps getting better.