{"id":37422,"date":"2022-12-02T12:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37422"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:04:16","slug":"1138021_500-mile-tesla-semi-starts-delivery-features-1-megawatt-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37422","title":{"rendered":"500-mile Tesla Semi starts delivery, features 1-megawatt charging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla late on Thursday started customer deliveries of its semi-trailer truck, which is dubbed the Semi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first customer was Pepsi, which placed an order for 100 of the Class 8 trucks following the debut in 2017. Budweiser and Walmart are among the other customers for the fully electric semi truck which features a central driving position, just like the McLaren F1 supercar.<\/p>\n

The start of deliveries took place at a special event held at Tesla’s plant in Reno, Nevada, where CEO Elon Musk confirmed a few more specs for the Semi. Tesla also presented a time-lapse video showing a Semi allegedly driving 500 miles on a single charge with a gross weight of 81,000 pounds. Tesla did not disclose the weight of the cargo load.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The version of the Semi in the video featured a tri-motor powertrain, with a single motor at one rear axle for driving under low-load situations and two more motors at a second rear axle for acceleration. Tesla said the power is three times that of any comparable diesel truck on the market.<\/p>\n

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Tesla Semi driving 500 miles, fully loaded, on a single charge pic.twitter.com\/iZzomLcwZF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tesla (@Tesla) December 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tesla’s performance figures include 0-60 mph acceleration in 20 seconds and the ability to accelerate on gradients up to 5%. Those figures are with the Semi’s maximum 82,000-pound gross weight. Without a load, Tesla said the Semi can sprint to 60 mph in just 5.0 seconds.<\/p>\n

Tesla also said the Semi can travel a mile using less than 2 kwh of electricity.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Semi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tesla hasn’t said how big the battery is but the company has previously stated that a 70% charge in 30 minutes is possible using a new one-megawatt charger (1,000 kw) designed for the Semi. Musk said at the Reno event that the megawatt charger will also be compatible with the upcoming Cybertruck pickup truck<\/a>. Tesla plans to roll out the megawatt chargers at its Supercharger stations in the coming year.<\/p>\n

Production of the Semi is handled at Tesla’s plant in Austin, Texas. The plant is also where Tesla builds the Model Y crossover, and in 2023 is slated to start production of the Cybertruck.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Semi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Production of the Semi was originally due to start in 2019 but the date was pushed back as Tesla prioritized Model Y production in Austin in the face of limited availability of battery cells and other supply-chain issues. Since then, established truck manufacturers like Daimler Trucks<\/a> and Volvo Trucks<\/a> have already launched electric trucks, including Class 8 trucks.<\/p>\n

Tesla started accepting reservations for the Semi in May and started requesting a $20,000 deposit in August, at which point reservations were closed. The trucks were originally priced at $150,000 for a 300-mile model and $180,000 for a 500-mile model. It’s possible Tesla will increase prices when reservations open again, as has happened with\u00a0a number of electric vehicles<\/a> in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla late on Thursday started customer deliveries of its semi-trailer truck, which is dubbed the Semi. The first customer was Pepsi, which placed an order for 100 of the Class 8 trucks following the debut in 2017. Budweiser and Walmart are among the other customers for the fully electric semi truck which features a central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}