Does The Tesla Semi Live Up To The Hype?

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  @sumanthaluri8398 · 3 years ago

  They should have included feedback from actual drivers

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  @disparity.official772 · 3 years ago

  This felt more like a PepsiCo/FritoLay commercial than a 16 min Tesla infomercial 😭

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  @sarthakpatange2630 · 3 years ago

  “The longest delayed product in Teslas history!”<br>Meanwhile all the roadster preorder customers 👀

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  @matikalt1243 · 2 years ago

  PepsiCo not allowing the truck drivers to be interviewed is telling

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  @rmodjeski29 · 3 years ago

  As a driver myself, what we say, generally is how it is. You&apos;ll know right away if it&apos;s all hype and impractical or the other way around--where it&apos;s actually a decent piece of equipment. Management can upsell you something so much, but if a driver hates or loves it, you&apos;ll know it just by talking to them. We&apos;re the ones that have to spend all day driving them and operating them, not the desk jockeys. Definitely missed opportunity there

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  @joblo341 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m not a driver, but I know that in Canada drivers have government regulated daily driving time limits of 10-14 hours per day depending on specific rules you are running under. So taking a 1hr &nbsp;meal break while recharging may not be a problem. Assuming you can find an open charger when you need it. &nbsp;<br><br>There are some pretty depressing &quot;road trip&quot; videos by car owners who have to take road trips in small bites as they are guided, and mis-guided, in a wandering route between known charging stations. Where they may encounter broken chargers or wait lines.

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  @milkman2591 · 3 years ago

  Frito lay is the perfect company to have a Tesla semi, their cargo is super light.

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  @suzettehenderson9278 · 3 years ago

  I want to give a shout out to Pepsi for using raised solar panels above their parking lot. &nbsp;Yes! &nbsp;We need to see those EVERYWHERE! Put parking sprawl to work. &nbsp;@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-BVM673pDs&amp;t=374">6:14</a>

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  @charlesbutterfield3464 · 3 years ago

  I am a truck driver. We have many trucks that carry far more weight than 80,000 pounds. You solve the weight problem by adding more axles and more wheels to carry the extra weight. The largest cost is the cost of fuel. Elon Musk claims that the Tesla Semi can go 500 miles fully loaded on 1000 kilowatt hours of electricity. The wholesale cost of electricity is currently 7 cents per kilowatt hour. That is a cost of $70 to go 500 miles, fully loaded at 80,000 pounds. Currently I pay over $300 for diesel fuel to go the same distance. That is a significant fuel cost saving. That is what is important to truck drivers. That fuel cost saving makes the Tesla Semi very attractive if the purchase price is only $180,000. I paid $150,000 for my diesel truck. For the fuel cost savings that Elon Musk has promised, I will be delighted to pay $180,000 for the Tesla truck.

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  @lobstepgaming249 · 3 years ago

  Love this channel, these are the types of mini documentaries I like

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  @lunchbox6576 · 3 years ago

  I drove a truck, professionally for 24 years. I stopped 2 years ago and have never regretted that decision.

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  @Coyote.five.0 · 2 years ago

  as a driver and in the game for 23 years now , i can tell you that the guys sitting in a office chair and a desk will never know a truck drivers day to day workflow &nbsp;they can assume a lot of things just by looking but never ever ever will they nail it because they are not actually hands on. now said that i can see this truck helping us alot because this is not an overnight cabin , so its 1 day pick up and drop off truck i really like that i dont do overnighters in my diesel truck because i dont like them but this truck fits perfectly to mee if i could buy one to start my own fleet i will do ot no questions ask

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