Musk has done it again! When Tesla unveiled its new high tech semi-truck last week, my jaw dropped in amazement. Most people can agree that its one of the coolest looking commercial vehicles ever made. Truckers weren't necessarily happy with all of its features and functionality, especially the fact that mirrors have been replaced with on-board cameras and displays.
Most observers will be impressed with the pricing if it holds, though. Tesla has listed estimated price on its Semi website for the 300- and 500-mile versions of $150,000 and $180,000 respectively, less than some pundits predicted. The fancier Founders Series, with the top specs, will cost $200,000.
The cost and environmental savings alone will have many companies hopping on board and slowly adding these to their current fleet especially when faced with the decision to replace one of their aging models.
Looking at the $180,000 model, it's still around $60,000 more than a diesel-powered semi truck. However, the Semi could cost around 20 percent less to run, Tesla estimates, putting savings over a million miles at around $250,000.
There is a significantly larger initial investment required to go electric still but when considering the long term benefits savings of around $250,000 combined with the possibility of contributing to a reduction of global warming and environmental damage (assuming electric is made from a renewable source i.e. solar or wind...) go for it!
The Tesla Semi will improve the trucker experience with an Enhanced Autopilot (automatic emergency braking, automatic lane keeping and lane departure warning) that will improve safety for drivers and other vehicles. It also features jackknife protection, sensors and cameras meant to reduce blind spots. For a truck it'll also have crazy acceleration, which could be useful for hill-climbing and other chores.
Beyond the cost savings and the potential reduction of environmental damage safety features such as enhanced autopilot and jackknife protection could be extremely valuable in reducing traffic fatalities.
What is not to like here? What do you guys think of this new commercial vehicle from Tesla? If you were a large logistics company would the benefits described above entice you to take a plunge and spend the extra cash it takes to get one of these beasts?
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Tesla electric Semi's price is surprisingly competitive - Engadget
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Elon is great, I just hope that he will get support that he deserve in his lifetime...
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Agreed! This is a solid business move by Tesla!
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Amazing detailing has made this Tesla semi - truck one of the members of the top bracket. It is indeed a truck which would give a run for money to the other contenders.
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The semi does look superb doesn't it!
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Yes it is awesome i like it.
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New tech revolution is coming! But what about those millions of truck drivers? What should they do in order to integrate in new era?
A person who'll figure out how to employ all these people would become a gazillionnaire!
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The problem with electric powered vehicles are to refill their power source taking more time, thats what I thought at the moment.. There will be no instant power like stop and change its power like instantly we do not need to wait for it...haa cheers
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I think Tesla is making great efforts to shift from petro-cars to electric cars. However, REALLY this will put oil-producing countries under threat!!
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I'm a huge fan of this man, he's such a great role model. He's such a hard-working man and derserves every single penny he owns. You can tell he's really passionate about what he's doing and cares about creating safer, more performant electric vehicles.
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I'm a fan of Ilona Mask, this is a great man, these are born once in a hundred years
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Great man indeed!
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i love this design
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The coolest thing I've seen today, would love to drive it but, doesn't seem possible back here in Pakistan :P
But, thinking critically, still the cost might effect it's sale in the market, the side mirrors fact may not effect though :P
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Just like the naysayers with bitcoin, Tesla has it's share of doubters. I have no doubt they are dead wrong. This is the obvious way to go in the future. It's the future since I wrote that last sentence, lets go!
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Elon is just a genius.......though I feel the semi autonomous trucks won't break into the market that easily. Especially with countries with very strict road regulations.
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Very beautiful vehicle.
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Wow! And once again it's impressive on how much our lives can changed through developments like these!
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Lets hope technology helps us fix many of the problems humanity has to face in this century!
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Awesome article! This gets me so excited for the future!
Here are my thought on the subject:
Although I don't have any personal stake in the trucking industry at all, I can't wait to see what this could do to the global trucking industry long-term, granted, unfortunately, we're still pretty far away from seeing much of the benefits.
From an engineering perspective I can't wait to see how electric/autonomous semis in general, combined with other new tech, will help optimize the flow of goods through and between cities and how it'll impact the flow of traffic in a lot of areas. Not to mention what kind of impact it could have on the owners/operators and how it could hopefully improve their quality of life significantly. And we've just barely scratched the surface of what the global impacts could be.
I'm imagining a bunch of autonomous (and really quiet) semi convoys all working hard and efficiently during the night with only a few humans keeping an overall eye on them. That would be pretty awesome imho.
Overall, I can't see any real long-term downsides to adopting electric semi's. There will most certainly be some growing pains and a lot of new engineering problems to solve but that's what will make it fun and interesting.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what Musk, and his team, and even other electric semi companies can do.
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