Pepsi & Frito Lay Are Still Waiting For Their 100 Tesla Semi Trucks
Pepsi & Frito-Lay have been waiting for their 100 Tesla semis for nearly five years– is it finally time?
Tesla Megachargers
Tesla Semi Megachargers Fully Installed At Giga Nevada
All four Tesla Semi Megachargers are fully installed at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada. Sawyer Merritt shared photos of the completed installation on Twitter and noted that the Megachargers will be able to charge at the rate of 1.5MW. He also added that around 210 Megapacks, worth around $291 million, were … [continued]
Tesla Semi Truck Spotted Charging At Megacharger At Giga Nevada
Twitter user @hwfeinstein shared photos earlier today of a white Tesla Semi truck charging at the Megacharger at Giga Nevada. The truck had a semi trailer attached to it while it was charging and it could be either a prototype we’ve seen before or perhaps one of the ones Pepsi … [continued]
FritoLay’s Tesla Semi Megacharger Installation Will Charge Up To 100 Tesla Semis
FritoLay is reportedly installing the first Tesla Semi “Megacharger” at its delivery center in Modesto, California. The charging stations are being installed as part of the current facility’s expansion and will service up to 100 Tesla Semi trucks. Currently, the company already has twelve 62.5 kilowatt ChargePoint stations for its … [continued]
Reports: Tesla Plans To Start Building 5 Semi Trucks A Week
Tesla is building a low-volume Tesla Semi production line, and once it’s complete, Tesla reportedly plans to produce 5 Tesla Semi electric trucks on a weekly basis, reports Yahoo! Finance. The article noted that the low-volume production line is being built in a new building in the industrial park where … [continued]
Tesla’s V3 Superchargers Lay The Foundation For The Megacharging Network
Tesla took a few minutes while it had the world’s attention at the unveiling of its Model Y to flesh out its plans for its Supercharger network. Version 3 of the network will see 250 kilowatt (kW) chargers rolled out as the new standard around the world.
26 Cameras On The Tesla Semi (Videos)
Recently, a few lucky Tesla enthusiasts spotted and filmed the Tesla Semi in Colorado revealing some intimate details about the electric hauler.
Tesla Semi Stops Off At UPS, JB Hunt, Other Key Customers In Cross-Country Tour
The Tesla Semi took to the streets over the last few days, visiting key customers across the nation, including UPS and JB Hunt along with the requisite stops at the California Highway Patrol checkpoints along the way.
Energy Needed To Charge Tesla Semi Could Power 3,200 UK Homes For 1 Hour, Analyst…
John Feddersen is the director of Aurora Energy Research, an international market intelligence and research agency. He told the Financial Times recently that the power needed to recharge one Tesla Semi in 30 minutes, as touted by Elon Musk at the introduction of the electric Class 8 truck on November 16, would power up to 3,200 typical UK homes for one hour. His calculations are based on hauling a fully loaded cargo trailer for 500 miles — the maximum range of the Tesla Semi according to Musk, a task he says would consume 1600 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Tesla Semi — 8 Charger Holes, 800 kWh Battery? Tesla Megacharger — 1.6 Megawatts?
KManAuto is a well known chronicler of everything Tesla on his popular YouTube channel. He was on hand at the Tesla Semi extravaganza yesterday (along with our own Kyle Field) and shot some video that includes a first look at the charging port for Tesla’s groundbreaking Class 8 heavy hauler. What he found was that it has room for an 8 pin connector — four times as many as the normal Tesla Supercharger uses for its passenger cars.
