Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola

Technology@lemmy.world – 54 points – 9 months ago

Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola::PepsiCo's Tesla fleet completed more miles in a day and faster charging than the competition

Tesla may have won out on this test because its Pepsi drivers were more focused on long-distance distribution, while other manufacturers represented were making more frequent regional stops. For example, the longest mileage day for the Tesla Semi incorporated just five stops, while the Nikola made 13 deliveries and one of the eCascadias did 10.

That’s a pretty big caveat to put halfway through the article.

"Also the whole basis of the comparison was deeply flawed."

Hold on, what? I thought Nikola ended after their giant fraud?

They only do downhill deliveries now

They got bought by GM for pennies

It's honestly impressive that they've kept going

Just about anything will beat Nikola with their no brakes roll downhill expo.

Recuperation on a truck is a no-brainer. At least I hope it is.

My comment was a slight on their first demonstration. They didn't have any driveline hooked up and basically rolled a rebadged chasis downhill to impress investors. Nikola is a scam company

Oh, OK. Somehow that's very funny. Investors are a dumb bunch sometimes.

You’re telling me that all this (waves vaguely at capitalism) is just a confidence game, and basically a house of cards?

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That's only the case for cargos that are volume limited, not weight limited. That's why Frito-Lay is an early adopter. For most freight, the extra weight of the batteries reduces the legal amount of cargo they can carry. The loss of carrying capacity costs a lot more than the fuel savings for long haul trucking.

Local delivery trucks should be the first ones to electrify. They have a lot more stop and go and have fairly consistent routes.

So we have two companies who have taken the name of Nikola Tesla, but neither have done anything for his family.

Nikola doesn't come from Nikola Tesla, but from Nikola Salazar, a famous Croatian-Mexican con artist from early 20th century. Source: I just made it up

You had me in the first half!