Ford is cutting two thirds of the 2,100 workers at its Rouge electric Vehicle Center next week. Ford will cut 1,400 of those workers in various ways. 700 will move to the Michigan Assembly Plant and the other 700 being given the option of accepting a reassignment somewhere in Southeast Michigan or taking the $50,000 …
There are more reports of greatly improved rides from the Tesla FSD 12.X. There are reports that Tesla will start a public rollout beyond employees by the end of January, 2024. Tesla FSD is rolling out in China now. Tesla FSD was almost non-existent in China up until 2024. A highly respected (and critical) OG …
Nearly 136,000 light-duty EVs were sold in September 2023 – up 67 percent from last September. After months of light-duty EV sales hovering around 10 percent, September brought us an EV market share of 11 percent for new sales. The US surpassed one million EVs sold in 2023. U.S. consumers purchasing new light-duty cars or …
The Run on Less electric truck and electric depot -truck stop event is over after 18 days. There were 22 trucks. Here we summarize what happened with all of the trucks and the complete payload, mileage and operation for the three Pepsi Tesla Semi. The three Tesla Semi trucks averaged 511 miles per day per …
Jay Leno drove the Tesla Semi and called it the biggest revolution since trucks displaced rail for most cargo. Heavy trucks are 1% of the vehicles on the road but consume 18% of the fuel. The Semi batteries are operating at 800-1000 volts. It has a low-voltage 12 volt system but they are looking at …
Pepsi has described its experience of using 21 Tesla Semi trucks for ten months and how they operated during the Run on Less trucking event. In December 2022, PepsiCo took the first delivery of the all-electric Tesla Semi trucks and as of September 1, nearly 680,000 Zero Emissions (ZE) miles have been traveled. Pepsi Confirms …
On Day 10 of the Runonless real world tests, the truck 1 Pepsi Tesla Semi drove 841 miles with one 96% recharge during the day. It drove at about 60 mph and got 841 miles from 175% charge. On Day 11, the truck 1 was driven for 853 miles and the other each for over …
Run on Less data has been collected from 22 trucks operating out of 10 fleet depots. This data and additional work has been used identify the current state of electric trucking. Mike Roeth, NACFE’s executive director, gives Key Points of Electrifying Truck Depots: * Small depots are ready for electrification now and electrification at large …
One of Tesla Semi trucks drove 1600 miles over two days. This required two different drivers on each day. Truck drivers in the US are limited to 10 hours of driving without a long break. Semi trucks need to operate long distances day after day. Tesla Semi outrange the competing electric Semi by three to …
Pepsi is deploying Tesla Semis at its Sacramento, CA location in long-haul applications with heavy loads. Trip distances are up to 450 miles on a single charge. One of the drivers indicates that they are needing less than 1.7 kWH per mile. The Tesla Semi can be charged from 5% to 90% in 20 to …
Tesla and its competitors will need to have If Tesla makes 20 of those Megapack factories it will cost $8 billion in Capex for initial construction and Tesla would be making about $400-500 billion per year in revenue from those factories around 2030. This will scale to $1 trillion per year by 2040. However, if …