Tesla is quoting customers $290,000 for the 500-mile Long Range version of the Tesla Semi, Electrek has learned.

The $290,000 price point represents a significant increase from the original $180,000, roughly 60% higher. However, it’s still well below the industry average for class 8 electric semi trucks. CARB data shows the average cost of a zero-emission Class 8 truck was $435,000 in 2024, meaning Tesla is undercutting competitors by about $145,000

Standard Range: 325 miles at 82,000 lbs, curb weight under 20,000 lbs
Long Range: 500 miles, curb weight 23,000 lbs, 1.2 MW peak charging

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    114·
    3 days ago

    My commentary was not specifically on Tesla but on EV trucks in general.

    In practice, no way will anything made by a grifter last the demands of real world trucking

    They sell a million cars a year. Whatever you think of them, they’re good at selling vehicles.

    Industrial trucks that use gravity to generate electrical power already rule mining and logging.

    Huh?

    Have you seen the prices of public charging?

    Only every day.

    in UK, it’s more expensive than petrol.

    only when made by a real truck company, and likely with cheaper sodium batteries that work in very cold weather.

    You don’t seem to realize that there’s a whole world and market that exists outside of wherever you live in the UK.

    • totesmygoat@piefed.caEnglish
      41·
      3 days ago

      And Tesla is getting their lunch eaten by BYD and other Chinese evs. Can’t come to Canada fast enough. Oh, ya. The 60% drop in sales since last year. Ya. We canucks don’t want cars from a Nazi.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        Turns out it’s very easy to make and sell cars when the local government pays for half of it 🤷

            • totesmygoat@piefed.caEnglish
              31·
              3 days ago

              GM and Chrysler would not exist without government bailouts after 2008. Tesla wouldn’t exist without massive funding from the government. The USA car industry has taken huge tax credits from Canada in the desperate hope of keeping a few of those jobs in Canada. That doesn’t even count the massive breaks given to the oil and gas industry. Check the price of gas in Europe vs USA. There is a reason. The American auto industry is a leach that can barely sell vehicles outside of its protected area.