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posted by janrinok on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the keep-on-truckin' dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

When Elon Musk released his' Master Plan Part 2' for Tesla last year, he surprised a lot of people in the industry when he announced that the automaker will soon venture in the semi-truck business.

[...] Musk announced several new vehicle programs when he released his' Master Plan Part 2': a minibus, a pickup truck, and a semi truck. Those were added to the already known Model 3 and Model Y programs.

Since Tesla already has over 400,000 reservations for the Model 3, Musk is emphasizing that the automaker is focusing its resources on the vehicle before going into those new programs.

When questioned about Tesla losing its focus after the announcement that they are already working on the new vehicles last year, Musk said that "early development work" is not taking a lot of resources away from Model 3. Tooling and getting to production is where things get expensive.

Based on Musk's comment, we would expect Tesla Semi to still be in "early development work" as the company is still working on bringing the Model 3 to production in the coming months.

Source: https://electrek.co/2017/02/05/tesla-semi-electric-truck-elon-musk/


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:52AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:52AM (#464426) Journal

    "Before the rule changes"

    Exactly. I've mentioned a couple times that I drove truck, myself. I didn't exactly observe the hours of service rules, and often exceeded "legal" limits. But, today, the trucks are all computerized, and they tattle on you. If you're legal, you often get waved by the weigh stations. If you're over hours or speeding or whatever, you get the red light, go through the station, get ticketed and shut down. Onboard tattletales have put an end to most of the outlawry that I took for granted.

    I think it safe to say that the majority of truck drivers today seldom drive more than 500 miles in a day - many of them drive considerably less. Local drivers may well drive more miles than over-the-road drivers today, because they aren't monitored so closely.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:53AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:53AM (#464427) Journal

    "local drivers" for certain values of "local". It's surprising how the rules can be bent, sometimes.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:38AM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:38AM (#464450) Journal

    Good.