Re:Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
by Teever on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:58AM
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> It may not completely offset the battery weight, but electric class 8 trucks have an additional 2000 pounds of GVWR allowed.
I wonder if they did a calculation to determine if this course of action will actually save more carbon emissions than it will cause in the form of road destruction and the need for refinishing them from the increased weight.
I would say the biggest headache for Tesla in the semi space is that they were not first to market and there are multiple competitors shipping trucks now. And while Tesla has decent battery production, CATL makes way more and is evolving the technology much faster. Everyone else will just use those batteries. Maybe Tesla will too, if they keep trying to make the Semi a viable product.