Tesla claims that the new Megacharger will have a charging output of “more than ten times the power levels” of its Superchargers.
Those put out approximately 120 kilowatt-hours of energy, which means that the Megacharger could put out close to 1.5 MWh at peak load.
In other words, in the time span of the truck driver’s lunch break, the Tesla Semi will consume about as much electricity as the average North American home does in one month. That’s one truck, with one trailer, in one half of an hour.
Estimates are the Tesla Semi’s tractor weighs about 8,000 pounds more than a diesel-powered semi truck. (dragging a 80,000 lb battery (charged or not) around the country side does not help either).
Read some articles from people in the industry..economics don't stack up.
Need more electric trucks than diesels to perform the same task...ergo need to employ more ....profit margin impacted.
Short haul hmmm maybe....but less convincing than an EV.....but Lord know Elon needs money as he keeps blowing up rockets & polluting the atmoshere with more Co2.
