Data is finally starting to come in about the Tesla Semi truck, thanks to researchers tracking its performance in the real world.
Though these results are indeed impressive, both on their own and especially in comparison to the others in the Run on Less showcase, the stats do provide some insight into problem areas as well. Specifically, the first-day results for all three of PepsiCo's Tesla Semis show that they can run out of battery pretty fast as the miles pile up.
"Takeaway is that the 350 mile truck is for real, but unknowns remain," Mullaney wrote. "Load weight wasn't published and weather was warm with low winds." There is, of course, another takeaway as well: that for once, Elon Musk may have been right, and Bill Gates wrong, when it comes to whether
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