More than four-and-a-half years have passed since the Tesla Semi truck was revealed to the world. Back then it was mooted for launch in 2019, but, um, it hasn’t. Won’t be much longer though according to Elon Musk: he says (on Twitter, of course) it’ll start shipping later this year.
And true to his word the Semi Truck will have a range of 500 miles, although there’s no word yet on just how enormous the battery will need to be in order to hit that figure.
When it was unveiled Tesla also promised 0-60mph in a hot hatch-rivalling five seconds flat, albeit without a payload. When lugging 36.3 tonnes behind it, that headline sprint will be more like 20 seconds. Phew.
Another promise was a charging rate capable of adding 400 miles of range in 30 minutes, courtesy of ‘Megachargers’ that’ll make the company’s existing Superchargers look like triple A batteries.
Anyway, here too we’re looking at a 500-mile range in top-spec Tri-motor form, with a claimed 0-60mph time of 2.9secs. A price of $69,900 was announced at the time, no doubt that will have gone up by the time the configurator goes live.
Source: autocar.co.uk
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