Trucker Cory Draper has shared a closer look at Tesla’s newest Semi prototype, the white truck that appears to have been spotted earlier by The Kilowatts. The nearly 5-minute video by Draper shows the white Semi sitting on a bed, covered in dust and dirt. But from the 1080p HD video, we get a nice […]
Image via The Kilowatts Tesla stated in its Q4 2020 earnings it plans to deliver its first Semi truck in 2021. Now, according to information received by Sawyer Merritt, a close follower of the electric vehicle company, we may have details on the timeline of production. According to Merritt on Thursday, he says “For a […]
Tesla appears to have a new design for its Semi truck, as a revised and updated version of the long-haul trucker has been spotted in California, by The Kilowatts. On Monday afternoon, @klwtts said, “we spotted a new white Tesla Semi in Sacramento,” adding it was “likely headed toward Reno.” The Semi is not driving […]
Tesla’s Semi was spotted in Fremont last month, and that fleeting glimpse will have to hold onlookers over for a while. In Tesla’s Q4 earnings update Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company is putting Semi production on hold until they can begin producing high volumes of its own battery, as reported by CNBC. […]
In a recently published tweet, electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast and Twitter user Ryan Alvarez shared the discovery of a job opening at Tesla for a manufacturing project engineer in the vertical of battery cell production in Raleigh, North Carolina. *BREAKING* Tesla has a Battery Cell Production job listed on its careers page in Raleigh North Carolina. roughly […]
Tesla’s all-electric semi design is a spectacle, to be sure, but it’s unclear when exactly it will hit the road. Still, many companies have already placed orders for hundreds of the truck, so any appearances out and about wouldn’t be completely unprecedented. In a new video shared to Reddit, a Tesla Semi is seen making […]
The Tesla Semi Truck will have a range of up to 1,000 kilometres or 621 miles, according to CEO Elon Musk, speaking at the German-government-hosted European Battery Conference, taking place from November 24-27. At the 15-minute mark, Musk details what is possible with the Tesla Semi and its range, when it’s pulling a full load […]
Despite past critiques of the Tesla Semi, the progress of electric vehicle (EV) batteries has debunked some of those critiques, orders already reflecting this. And now, a new order for Tesla’s all-electric Semi has just been announced. On Wednesday, Pride Group Enterprises (PGE) announced that it would be reserving 150 Tesla electric semi-trucks, with the […]
Many critics over the past few years have stated a recurring critique of the Tesla semi, arguing that the weight of the vehicles’ batteries made them ineffective against diesel and hydrogen competitors. However, an electric vehicle (EV) expert recently debunked this idea. Senior Adviser for Electric Mobility at Eindhoven University of Technology, Auke Hoekstra, noted […]
Tesla’s 2020 shareholders meeting is well underway and the company has parked its new Cybertruck, Cyberquad, Roadster and Semi on display, at its factory in Fremont, California. Tesla showed off its Cybertruck, Cyberquad, Roadster and Semi at its Fremont factory parking lot, as seen below (image via @FutureJurvetson) Stage prep for the 2020 Annual Shareholder […]
While the electric vehicle (EV) industry is taking off with the market’s passenger cars, the electric semi-truck market is just a few years behind. In spite of this, analysts seem to think that this will change significantly within the next five years, as we prepare to see major growth in the world’s electric semi-trucks. In […]
