Tesla will begin delivering the first Semi electric tow trucks to corporate customers this week in a special ceremony, and Elon Musk took the opportunity to spark interest on the topic, inform the day before, that the company’s full-time test drivers managed to overcome 805 km on a loaded car without recharging.
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Thus, Tesla confirms in practice the characteristics of the electric truck declared at the time of the announcement in 2017. It is capable, with a full load, which increases the mass of the vehicle up to 36 tons, to travel distances up to 805 km. This year, as Musk explained earlier, the company will start providing customers with a Tesla Semi modification with a maximum range of 805 km, while in the future, customers will be able to purchase a car with a range of no more than 483 km.
Theoretically, a driver can cover a distance of 805 km without stopping, but the rules for driving vehicles in the United States require him to take breaks every eight hours to rest. If there is a charging station nearby, it will be possible to restore autonomy during a stop. The cost of the car has not yet been specified, but five years ago, during the presentation, Elon Musk spoke a lot about the fact that the operation of electric trucks is much more profitable than diesel ones. The energy market has been feverish lately, and time may have made its own adjustments in those calculations, but the logistics sector will no longer abandon the path of switching to environmentally friendly types of energy.
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