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Tesla unveil Semi, new Roadster, & also teased a "pickup truck"
Anyone watch the unveil last night?
The numbers on the semi destroyed what anyone thought possible. - 0-60 in 5 sec - 0-60 in 20 sec under max gross payload of 80k lbs - 65mph up 5% grade under max lied, compared to 45mph for ICE semi - 500 mile range - 400 miles of additional range after 30 min charge - Guaranteed 7¢/kWh fuel cost(solar) compared to volatile oil - Nuclear explosion proof glass(apparently cracked windshield takes semi off road) - 1 million mile guarantee it won't breakdown - Will never need a brake change - "Impossible" to jacknife - Beats semis on economics day 1 - In convoy mode, beats rail on economics 300 miles of range: $150,000 500 miles of range: $180,000 Founders series: $200,000 https://youtu.be/CBTQnmUolas The Roadster was a complete surprise, and the numbers given destroy any production car you can think of, even a Koenisegg. - 0-60 in 1.9 sec (this is faster than most Formula 1 cars) - 0-100 in 4.2 - 1/4 mile in 8.9 sec - 250+ mph top speed - 621 mile range (That's Kansas City to Denver without fueling) - 10,000 nm torque and that's the base model. Starting at $200k and Founders series at $250k. Destroys million dollar cars. Also teased a rendering image of a consumer pickup truck with a normal truck in the bed. https://youtu.be/5n9xafjynJA Last edited by aturnis; 11-23-2017 at 02:02 AM.. |
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05-30-2018, 04:29 PM | #242 | |
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05-30-2018, 04:33 PM | #243 |
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I had a friend just buy a P85D last week. He took me for my first ride in a Tesla.
That was the first time I’ve ever been in a car that made everything else I’ve ever been in feel like it’s 100 years old. It was crazy, everything is familiar but they designed all of it to be/look/feel like something unfamiliar too. If someone told you it came from 25-30 years in the future and you’d never heard of them before you’d believe it. |
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05-30-2018, 06:05 PM | #244 | |
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Makes me wonder how the issue wasn't detected and the patch applied prior to releasing the units and what else is being missed or passed on. |
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05-30-2018, 07:15 PM | #245 | |
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Couple years ago I dropped 300 large on a lightly used sprayer that had to go back to the shop for 2 days before I sprayed the first acre to un**** a bunch of updates and shit. |
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05-30-2018, 07:56 PM | #246 |
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It's not just Deere. I NEVER update right after they release new software. About the second time that shit cost me hours and hours of down time I said **** that and left it up to other people to be their test subjects.
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05-30-2018, 08:33 PM | #247 |
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05-31-2018, 06:03 PM | #248 |
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06-26-2018, 08:16 PM | #249 |
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Looks like Elon's turning his creative attention toward the pickup truck. It's gotta be at least 4-5 years out, but this is an interesting feature to think about.
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06-26-2018, 08:59 PM | #250 | |
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EDIT: The suspension thing is absolutely necessary. I have no idea why they don't use air suspensions in pickups right ****ing now. (They should) |
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06-26-2018, 09:32 PM | #251 | |
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06-26-2018, 11:42 PM | #252 | |
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We have this job on a trailer, which is what he'd want to be attaching to a truck. https://www.millerwelds.com/-/media/...4/c/ed4-75.pdf I think what this is saying is 24 V @ 350 A. And if my math (The conversion calculator LOL) is right, that's 7.8 KW. So say you're welding 45 minutes out of an hour, and you work 10 hours, that would be almost 60 KW, so depending on how long the drive is, that would take a good portion of the battery. |
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06-27-2018, 08:04 AM | #253 | |
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06-27-2018, 09:19 AM | #254 | |
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Mind you, I'm making the assumption that a 100 KWh battery is the minimum of what it will come with (based on other specs Elon is tweeting). That probably means we're talking about a $100k+ vehicle. So it isn't exactly going to be the vehicle of choice for your average good ol' boy. |
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06-27-2018, 09:58 AM | #255 |
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Anyone here work in outside sales? Drive a company car? ...I've been tossing around the idea of a Fleet Co that leases only Tesla Vehicles with the Self Driving feature. For professional organizations moving from car allowance to fleet cars is already an established bottom line mover, imagine how much more efficient electric cars would be. But the big win is in how much more efficient your salesforce would be. Sales people are constantly juggling whether they should be on the road, phone, or computer. With this technology they can be on all three at once!
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