Discuss: DHL Takes Delivery of Tesla Semi; Completes 390 Mile Route on Single Charge — Fully Loaded

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DHL takes delivery of the Tesla Semi after trials show 1.72 kWh/mile efficiency with a 75k lb load.… Read More

DHL Takes Delivery of Tesla Semi; Completes 390 Mile Route on Single Charge — Fully Loaded

DHL takes delivery of the Tesla Semi after trials show 1.72 kWh/mile efficiency with a 75k lb load.

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[PrescottAZRichard]

This isn’t the world I do biz in, but it sounds great. I suspect it will be a LONG time before these things go fully autonomous so drivers shouldn’t have much to worry about for 5 or so years.

 

[Procal]

This isn’t the world I do biz in, but it sounds great. I suspect it will be a LONG time before these things go fully autonomous so drivers shouldn’t have much to worry about for 5 or so years.

Honestly, I'd be more worried about the charging infrastructure. Think about just how much power these things will suck up, especially if there are multiple of them at one location. You can't reasonably get that kind of power to many locations without MASSIVE investments and building out power infrastructure in those areas. I honestly see these more as last mile hauling or local deliveries more so than long haul cross-country type deliveries. Not because they can't go cross-country, but because I simply don't think there is a viable way to charge them along the way that wouldn't take hours until more robust charging is available for them. This feels very much like the early days of EVs back in 2010-2012 when Tesla was just starting out.

 

[PrescottAZRichard]

That makes sense. Still, these are big companies with fewer variables than public charging so SOMEONE should be smart enough to figure out how to do that right. Or IF it can be done right now. I bet you’re right in being concerned about charging for the Semi, just figuring out how that works takes up someone’s time. Maybe Tesla helps with that side of things? I could see that, heck any electric semi company prolly SHOULD be doing that to get their products accepted. Tesla certainly has the edge there, right?
I don’t think EV semis are gonna take off in a way to threaten our grid just yet, just like EVs haven’t. As wonderful as that would be .

 

[Procal]

That makes sense. Still, these are big companies with fewer variables than public charging so SOMEONE should be smart enough to figure out how to do that right. Or IF it can be done right now. I bet you’re right in being concerned about charging for the Semi, just figuring out how that works takes up someone’s time. Maybe Tesla helps with that side of things? I could see that, heck any electric semi company prolly SHOULD be doing that to get their products accepted. Tesla certainly has the edge there, right?
I don’t think EV semis are gonna take off in a way to threaten our grid just yet, just like EVs haven’t. As wonderful as that would be .

I agree, we still have a ways to go. I'm just looking towards the eventual issues that will probably start to stack up as they become more popular. Not only that, but I'm assuming that there isn't much demand for them yet if they haven't already started adding more charging stops for them.