RJDDec 2, 2022

This is probably going to be unpopular on here but today we've had the official first #Tesla Semi handed over to customers.

Not the first or only EV trucks but the only class 8 that will do 500 miles, and they have the hardware, charging infrastructure etc to back it up

Regardless of your views on Elon the world needs to stop burning diesel. Cant wait for trucks like this to replace the smog inducing toxic monsters we have already

Show threadGuy ShermanDec 2, 2022
@Rjdlandscapes pretty impressive regen there!
Show threadRJDDec 2, 2022
@guysherman I guess a lot of potential energy in an 82,000 truck!
Show threadGuy ShermanDec 2, 2022
@Rjdlandscapes yeah and I dare say there a relatively low losses to wind resistance etc, given the inertia of the truck
Show threadRJDDec 2, 2022
@guysherman looks like it went abotu 50 miles using recovered energy on the downhill
Show threadGuy Sherman
@Rjdlandscapes yeah, I was mainly just looking at where the bends in the battery% ended up at the end of each downhill, and it looks like it pretty much returns to the trend line each time, so the hills aren’t really costing any extra. I guess trucks would often be engine breaking hard in those scenarios, so it kinda makes sense.
Dec 2, 2022 at 5:40amWeb
Show threadGuy ShermanDec 2, 2022
@Rjdlandscapes probably safer too right? No hot breaks to fail etc.
Show threadRJDDec 2, 2022
@guysherman Yep a lot less heat energy into the brakes so they wont fail