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Nine Cybertrucks at Fremont Factory
You may see this photo of 9 Tesla Cybertrucks at Tesla's Fremont factory and wonder what they are for. I am also wondering the same thing. Is Tesla going to do its Cybertruck unveiling at Fremont?
I don't think Tesla is going to unveil the Cybertruck at Fremont. It's going to be at Giga Texas for sure because that is the headquarters for Tesla. However, these Cybertrucks are here for a reason, and I think the reason is mostly for show.
You see, Tesla is doing marketing in a way that doesn't cost anything. This way involves other people reporting on Tesla, like myself. Tesla is simply putting out Cybertrucks where it knows people will see them, so they can take pictures and write about it.
I think Tesla is going to put these Cybertrucks in various showrooms around California because California is the number one state in the U.S. for people buying an EV. It makes sense to get the word out in this way.
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Is the Cybertruck On Schedule?
With these 9 Cybertrucks, I have to believe that the Cybertruck is on schedule for its first deliveries at the end of September. Tesla has made many changes to the Cybertruck as well.
Cybertrucks are driving around and are shown to be working - why wouldn't Tesla be on schedule with this happening?
The only way Tesla slips the delivery event date is if there is something that is discovered by Tesla to be a breaking issue, such that the Cybertruck becomes unusable or unsafe in some way. I don't see this happening, however, because Cybertrucks are being spotted driving on the roads already.
These Cybertrucks could also be used in crash and safety test by engineers at Fremont who have much more experience with that kind of thing than the ones at Giga Texas. We might see some crash test videos from Tesla soon, with the Cybertruck in it.
Lastly, Tesla could also do some testing for the engineers at Fremont to see and learn from how the Cybertruck was made so that these changes could be applied to the Model Y and Model 3 being produced at Fremont. It would be interesting to have a stainless steel Model 3 made without paint, for example.
What do you think these nine Cybertrucks are for?
NEWS: Tesla’s Fremont factory just got a delivery of 9 Cybertrucks. https://t.co/Ye1AkGqyjv pic.twitter.com/l9wtZZ0oVP
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) August 17, 2023
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Jeremy Johnson is a Tesla investor and supporter. He first invested in Tesla in 2017 after years of following Elon Musk and admiring his work ethic and intelligence. Since then, he's become a Tesla bull, covering anything about Tesla he can find, while also dabbling in other electric vehicle companies. Jeremy covers Tesla developments at Torque News. You can follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn to stay in touch and follow his Tesla news coverage on Torque News. Image Credit, Tesla, Screenshot
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Jeremy - I appreciate your…
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Jeremy - I appreciate your calcs helping us to estimate what the Tesla Semi might be capable of doing. Its estimated range seems high for 900 mWh, based on the Ford Lightning's (1 ton 130 kWh battery) actual observed range when towing a travel trailer (80 miles to 20% charge per The Fast Lane Truck's YouTube site, with the charge kept between 20-80% to allow some backup range and to avoid the delay associated with charging the last 20% from 80-100%). A highway semi won't be taken to 0%, so a 20% minimum in practice, allowing leeway for wind and rain mileage impacts, seems reasonable. Perhaps the Tesla battery can be fast-charged to 100% although actual experience with the Lightning, Rivian and Hummer seems to indicate that after 80% the charge rate is slowed by the charger to protect the battery, leading to generally unacceptable charging delays. But, let's give the Tesla Semi the benefit of the doubt and say it's battery will be operated between 20 and 100%, or 80% of its 900 kWh capacity: 720 kWh. Tesla advertising says it has a 500 mile range, so that would reduce it to a 400 mile range. That range seems unlikely to me.
Is there an expert, non-Tesla review, with the Semi towing a full payload of, say, 45,000 lbs, at the same max weight of a diesel rig over a typical Interstate run, followed by a measured recharge time to 100%? Done in both directions and at maximum allowed Interstate highway speeds of 65-70 mph?
I'm new to your site so apologize if you've already answered this question.
Thanks. -Bob