Tesla Semi Review

TESLA Semi Truck Review

Tesla Semi is the safest and most convenient fully electric truck, the prototype of which was officially unveiled on November 16, 2017 in Hawthorne (California, USA). The truck is scheduled for release in 2019. On the official website of the manufacturer, you can pre-order it by making a deposit of $ 5,000. The full cost of the novelty is $ 250,000.

Tesla Semi has 4 independent electric motors on the rear axles, which provide insane torque and acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h even with full load in 20 seconds, making this electric truck the fastest in the world both in its class and in comparison with diesel trucks.

The electric truck will be produced with two different batteries, one, as expected, will provide a power reserve of 480 km on one charge, the other will drive 800 km on one charge. The company did not provide an accurate battery capacity, however, it can be assumed that the capacity of the largest battery will be at least 1000 kWh, energy consumption - 2 kWh at 1.6 km.

Thor ET-One Truck Review

Thor E-One Truck Review

Electric truck Tesla Semi - not the first of its kind. Similar projects are available from other manufacturers, although there it is a question of trucks of class lower. Now it became known about the practically direct competitor Tesla Semi.

He was introduced by the recently formed company Thor Trucks. The model is called ET-One. It is an electric trunk tractor with a power reserve of 480 km and the ability to transport a trailer weighing up to 36 tons. The maximum speed at full load is declared to be 112 km / h.

To be more precise, the above range will be typical for the older complete set of $ 250,000. And for 150 000 dollars Thor Trucks will offer a version with a power reserve of only 160 km, but the load-carrying capacity will not change at the same time.