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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But what about hauling heavy?????????
And thoose “Ultra Chargers” are going to wear the batteries like crazy.
Cool but Id rather light em up with a turbo diesel V8 or strait 6 screaming away
Tbh it kind of looks like the driver saw the person recording and then floored it to get it on camera for as short of a time as possible.
It sounds like a supercharger without engine.
These will be useless in Canada…
Especially if these trucks will be used on the Coquihalla Highway, which is pretty much one huge rolling hill…or anywhere in BC, maybe. Perhaps in the Prairies…?
500 mile range in while bobtailing maybe. But what about towing many tonnes of stuff that range will plummit.
As far as I’m aware its 500 miles while fully loaded.
Impresive
500miles? How far can a “normal” truck go then
For some reason I pulled up the volume expecting some noise…
… I feel kinda stupid now…
Ive been saving up for an e46 m3, but it looks like the tesla semi is what i should be saving up for instead.