Tesla Semi mass production has officially begun. Long Range • Range: ~500 miles • 4680 cells • Fully electric steering assist (vs hydraulic before) • Uses beefed up Cybertruck actuators • 48 volt architecture • Powertrain: 3 independent motors on rear axles • Drive Power: Up to 800 kW • Curb Weight: 23,000 lbs • …
Forbes Senior Editor Alan Ohnsman repeats his mistake that electricity prices have tripled. He compared Tesla electricity price guarantee around wholesale and industrial electricity and then switched to residential electricity prices. He also claimed that Tesla would sell the Semi for $400,000 when the announced prices were $260,000 for the 325 mile range and $290,000 …
The First Tesla V4 cabinet Supercharger are now live. They have 0.5 MW, 3X power density and 2X stalls per cabinet. It takes AC power in and uses 16 trays of power electronics and gives DC power out. This is the tech that will make 1.2MW charging for Semi, and 0.5 MW charging for cars, …
There is an intermediate step before fully automated self-driving (FSD) trucking and that is automated truck platooning, where multiple Tesla Semi trucks follow a lead vehicle with only one driver for a whole fleet. This is enabled by advanced FSD software available in 2025. This would be significant scale starting in late 2026, leveraging Tesla’s …
Tesla has applied to get government support for a series of 9 megacharging stations from California to Texas. Tesla-Owned or Operated Megacharging Installations These are primarily at Tesla’s Gigafactories for testing and production support: Giga Nevada (Sparks, NV): Early Megachargers installed as far back as 2021 for Semi prototyping and testing. Expanded for ongoing operations. …
There is a 119 page report of the Run on Less Electric depot 2023 event. Tesla Semi operated by Pepsi had 1600 miles driven over 2 days in 2023 in real world tests with Pepsi and several 1000+ mile days in 24 hours. In the 2 years after, Tesla and Pepsi have improved megacharging and …
Everyone is missing the potential profitability and stock impact of Tesla’s Semi truck equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD), transforming it into a robotruck. FSD is making solid progress in Austin and FSD 14 will be released in September with 10X the parameters. Test pilot production has started for Tesla Semi as the factory in Nevada …
Today, Tesla has the V4 Cabinet which solves fast 500kW for cars and 1.2MW for Semi. This is HUGE. It solves getting Tesla Semi charging out to thousands of locations quickly. This is needed so that 50,000 Semi per year will be able charge and enable nationwide electric trucking. Tesla Supercharging first opening in 2012 …
Tesla is building the high-volume Semi truck factory with new, efficient techniques in partnership with BZI. This is from the great video and X coverage from Hinrichs Zanegler. The footings are about 95-97% complete. The overall factory is about 30% complete. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with …
Tesla Semi Program Manager Dan Priestley gave a keynote address and Tesla Semi update at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany on Tuesday. The Pepsi drivers who use the new electric Tesla Semi say that do not want to go back to driving diesel trucks. Tesla has deployed megawatt charging that will charge the …
Tesla FSD is making huge progress on a weekly basis. Like all AI products like Open ChatGPT and the chess and Go AI programs this will continue. Those looking at the nearterm are looking at take rates or percentage of Tesla buyers who buy Tesla FSD. Those looking out are looking at Robotaxi but I …