Tesla has started production of its electric Semi, which has a range of up to 500 miles per charge and the ability to recharge to 70% in a half-hour.
FILE-Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk steps out of the new"Semi" electric Truck during the unveiling for buyers and journalists on November 16, 2017 in Hawthorne, California. its first production Semi trucks on Thursday night to PepsiCo for use at its California facilities.
The truck arrives with many of the specifications originally promised, however, including a range of 500 miles per charge fully loaded. Tesla showed a video of a truck operating at its maximum combined weight of 82,000 pounds accelerating up a 6% grade at highway speeds and a time-lapse of one that weighed 81,000 pounds completing a 500-mile trip from Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, to San Diego on a single charge. Electric Semis are allowed to operate at, rather than the traditional maximum of 80,000 pounds to accommodate the added weight of their batteries.
For comparison, a Tesla Model S Plaid's battery has a capacity of 100 kilowatt-hours. The weight of the battery and the Semi itself were not disclosed, so its cargo carrying capacity compared to a diesel semi remains unknown to the public. Competing electric tractors from Freightliner, Volvo and Nikola all have shorter ranges, but smaller batteries.
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