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Here's A Tesla Semi In The Wild
Here's A Tesla Semi In The Wild-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:38

Tesla has taken hundreds of orders for a new all-electric semi truck that, , it’ll have in production by 2019. With right now, that’s surely a tall order to fill—but for now, there’s at least this brief sighting in California.

The 7-second clip was uploaded on YouTube last week, and it shows a matte black prototype cruising around the city of Santa Clara.

When Tesla revealed the truck a few months back, the two prototypes it showed off lacked side mirrors—but as you can tell, some have since been installed, almost certainly to make the vehicle legal for testing.

A fun point here is the whoosh of the tractor as it drives past the camera. It really is quiet.

of the truck to have a 300 mile range, while a costlier version could handle 500 miles. The vehicle has a carbon fiber cab, a centrally-mounted driving position, a 0-60 mph time of five seconds, and comes equipped with Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot suite.

To date, from massive corporations like Walmart and PepsiCo. Optimistic as ever, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk promised a 2019 delivery date for the trucks.

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