Electric Semi Trucks 2018

Tesla semi is an heavy duty all electric truck program at tesla led by jerome guillen tesla s former model s program director and vp of vehicle engineering before joining tesla guillen.

Electric semi trucks 2018. Planned plug in electric heavy duty semi truck models. A standard class 8 truck requires the driver to climb into the vehicle at the front of the cab the nikola one mid cab entry design allows the driver to simply and safely walk straight into the cab to access the cockpit much like an airplane. This electric semi is trucking right past tesla s while tesla talks a legacy truck giant prepares to roll out its own electric semi. Two concept vehicles were unveiled in november 2017 and production in 2021 is planned.

The company initially announced that the truck would have a 500 miles 805 km range on a full charge and with its new batteries it would be able to run for 400 miles 640 km after an 80 charge in 30 minutes. Tesla chief executive elon musk put electric heavy commercial trucks on the map in november 2017 when he unveiled the company s futuristic battery powered semi booked hundreds of orders and said. With fewer systems to maintain the tesla semi provides 200 000 in fuel savings and a two year payback period. In 2018 german automaker daimler the largest truck maker in the world announced its all electric 18 wheeler.

Electric energy costs are half those of diesel. The tesla semi is an all electric battery powered class 8 semi truck in development by tesla inc. Daimler unveils electric ecascadia semi truck to compete with tesla semi launches electric truck group. Watch the tesla semi roadster unveil november 16 2017.

The big rig has a 250 mile range and was designed for regional transportation and port service.