Semitrailer Sprint – Here a Tesla Semi accelerates quite violently!

Articulated lorries are big, heavy and generally tough and slow when it comes to acceleration. Tesla’s electric truck called Semi will also be big and heavy – but it should be able to get away at traffic lights almost as well as a car. This video seems to prove that impressively.

Production of the electric truck (which, strictly speaking, is not a truck at all) has recently begun, and some companies have already ordered considerable quantities, but recordings of running specimens are still rare. In this respect, this video by a Tesla fan is a stroke of luck. A driver stops a snow-white Tesla Semi with a trailer of the same kind at a roundabout and then presses the pedal hard. The articulated lorry picks up speed impressively quickly, although the route appears to be going slightly uphill. The whirring of the electric drive can be clearly heard. It is not known whether the trailer was loaded, but the deduction would be remarkable even when it was empty. No elephant race uphillFour motors provide propulsion. Tesla promises great driving performance for the Semi. With a total weight of 36 tons including trailer, it should be able to accelerate to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h) in 20 seconds. With an incline of 5 percent, a constant speed of 105 km/h should be possible, so there is hardly any need to fear kilometer-long truck overtaking manoeuvres. The drag coefficient is given as 0.36. When driving, the semitrailer should consume 2 kWh per mile, which is the equivalent of 125 kWh per 100 kilometers. The semi (semi truck is English for articulated lorry) should enable around 800 kilometers with one battery charge. There should also be a version with a range of almost 500 kilometers. Tesla quotes a price of $150,000 for the version with a 300-mile range, and the top model will cost €180,000. Tesla promises lower costs than operating conventional diesel trucks, among other things thanks to cheap electricity at its special fast-charging stations in the USA and easier maintenance. Among those interested are logistics services such as Fedex, DHL and UPS as well as the supermarket giant Walmart. Orders from Pepsi were also confirmed.
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