Tesla only mentioned a total weight of 82,000 lb. (electric trucks are allowed an extra 2,000 lb.) during the event, but it never confirmed the weight of the Tesla Semi or load capacity. It would ...

Only after talking about the truck's speed did Musk mention its range. It can go up to 500 miles with a full load at highway speeds, he said. The lack of a big diesel engine allowed Tesla to make ...

Tesla expects that the price and specs will enable a cost of operation of $1.26 per mile, which should result in Tesla Semi providing $200,000+ in fuel savings and a two-year payback period.

Elon Musk has hinted at the new Tesla semi truck for months, ... Despite the advances in cleaner diesel engines, the trucking industry contributes 1.6 metric tons of CO2 per year globally.

“Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride tentatively scheduled for Oct 26th in Hawthorne,” Musk tweeted to his 12.6 ... a leading maker of diesel and natural gas engines for commercial trucks, ...

Tesla revealed its Semi, a Class 8 electric truck, at the company’s Sparks, Nevada factory. Image Credits: Tesla Back in 2017, Tesla said Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance ...

Tesla is set to unveil its Class 8 semi truck prototype Thursday night at its Hawthorne, California facility. While perhaps not as critical to the automaker as its new mass-market Model 3, the ...

HAWTHORNE — Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night sprung a surprise on the world, using the launch of a new electric semi-truck to announce what he said will be the world’s fastest production ...

Tesla first announced its plans to enter the Class 8 truck market with electric commercial vehicles in the fall of 2017, with a splashy debut for early validation Semi models at Tesla CEO’s ...

It’s here: the semi truck that we’ve all been waiting for. Tesla just unveiled its new electric 500-mile-range Semi Truck, which could revolutionize the transportation world. Semi trailer ...

Scooping Tesla, the market-leading diesel engine manufacturer Cummins unveiled a 100-mile Class 7 electric concept truck named AEOS in August, but so far there are no plans to commercialize it.

The Tesla truck with its four wheels powered by their own engine would also reduce incidents of jackknifing ... Companies who are early adopters of Tesla Semi trucks enjoy free publicity due to ...