Truck Driver Destroys Tesla Semi, Calling It An Utterly Stupid Vehicle

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Now, a truck has been seen stranded along a roadside in Missouri, Missouri, seemingly broken,

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much to the amusement of detractors of Teslas efforts in the EV space, but the automaker says that in fact, it is not broken either. ere defeated by Turkey and the Netherlands.

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US electric car and battery giant Tesla unveiled its electric truck concept, Tesla Semi, on Thursday evening (US time) at the companys California Design Studio.

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Tesla announced the electric Semi back in 2017, and after two years of delays, the first examples are finally rolling out of its Austin, Texas, factory,

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Tesla is not unveiling another new EV model until 2023 at the earliest,

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but production on the Model Y has begun at a smaller volume in the new factory for the electric carmaker, Elon Musk said.

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Elon Musk said that the delay is partly because Semis incorporate battery cells that are five times larger than those found in its passenger cars,

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and the supply of batteries is still insufficient for both Tesla cars and Semis.

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Considering an all-electric Class 8 truck will have regenerative braking in its arsenal, physical vehicle brakes are likely to last for very long periods.

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