I've been eagerly awaiting the Tesla Semi since the first article that I wrote for CleanTechnica four and a half years ago, and I've been eagerly revisiting my notes from when I wrote that first
. While production of the Tesla Semi has started significantly later than what I was hoping for , it is now here and ready.
Before we get to modern comparisons, though, let’s look back at a couple of other things. In 2018, the President of Transportation at DHL Supply Chain, Jim Monkmeyer, stated he believed the Tesla Semi could be paid back in.
Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, the money savings will be considerable. If you don’t follow oil costs at all, gasoline has had a pretty wild ride over the past year but has settled in around $3.50 a gallon lately. As I type this,on November 11, 2022 was $3.546. On the other hand, diesel has had a bunch of headlines lately worrying that it may be running low, with pricing considerably more than gas.
If that’s all correct, it puts the Tesla Semi somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 more than the most efficient new Class 8 semi that you can get. In the worst case, with those figures, fuel savings will be able to overcome the higher upfront cost in just over four years. But wait! At least in the US,. That means, if pricing holds, a new Tesla Semi and a Freightliner Cascadia Evolution diesel semi will be equal in cost at purchase, and save a lot of money in operation.
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