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Does The Tesla Semi Live Up To The Hype?
Five years after Elon Musk first announced the Tesla Semi, it’s finally hitting roads. CNBC visited Pepsi’s Frito-Lay facility in Modesto, California, where it is using the new electric trucks, to see whether the Semis live up to the hype.
Chapters:
2:12 Ch 1 – Tesla Semi
6:16 Ch 2 – Frito-Lay’s Tesla Semis
9:16 Ch 3 – Challenges
Produced by: Andrew Evers
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Camera: Katie Tarasov
Narration by: Erin Black
Graphics by: Alex Wood
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Does The Tesla Semi Live Up To The Hype?
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@VK4VO
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
At least design something that doesn't look like poo
@Flight-Screen
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
I'd like to see which one last the longest in life and which one is a better buy at a million miles. Many trucks hit a million and rebuild and resell. I wonder what a replacement battery for that monster is going to cost. There are a lot of different vehicles in the us and it should stay that way.
@toddvanahn4097
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
The Tesla semi is a joke…. It’s not there yet and it’s not even close to what a diesel can do cleanly and efficiently. Love Elon but #don’tbelievethehype
@billyjoejimbobjrnlm5646
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
California doesn’t have the electricity to charge all the vehicles that are going to be on the road.
@jimmygrizz9341
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Maybe this is a dumb idea, but why not put the bulk of the battery on the trailer. It could be charging while it’s docked and getting loaded. The truck could have a small 50 mile internal battery and would simply hook up to the next fully charged and loaded up trailer.
@pramslam
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Who is the guy at 2:00. He gives counterpoints but is never named.
@bansheezs
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
I wonder how much range it loses when it actually tows something… 50%?
@corvetteman13
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Gosh I’d love to never hear ballpoint pen head boy with the vest talk again
@lw5495
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Poor Nikola NKLA. No trucks sold to PepsiCo?
@Bank-E
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Did it actually break down or are you guys assuming, like usual ?
@frontcentermusician
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
How come you won't let the drivers be interviewed….Suspicious already.
@frontcentermusician
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Come on 2024 and make this nightmare go away. We are NOT ready for electric….This is so laughable.
@josueferreira8667
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Fake truck news I nevar see one
@robertsaca3512
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Unless these are being charged by nuclear, which is great, they're being charged at night with coal or something else that's dirtier than Diesel, during the day via solar panels made by slaves in China, by batteries (that were charged by solar) made with the tears of mining children -or by magic.
Either way, GTFO with the claims of zero emissions or some other unharmful magic loophole.
@ZenisterOne
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Interview the drivers
@nolanohana
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
California wouldn’t let people charge their EVs last summer because the grid couldn’t handle the load, this is another joke when it comes time to charge these trucks.
@whoisthispianist194
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Delivering sugary drinks to an obese nation in an environmentally friendly way.
@DrMixelpixel
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
There is no progress without hype and ambition. Just look at TV, mobile phones, Computers, etc. Are they as good as we would like? No, no they are not, is it a step in the right direction? Yes, yes it is. More electric vehicles will push innovation batteries will improve, new technology will come to be, that new energy technology will be usable for other devices.
@theodorehaskins3756
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
The Tesla semi truck is a beast! So if I was a young man looking to get in the trucking industry, I’d be putting my money on a Tesla semi truck and then I would start to reinvest and buy multiple trucks with the hopes that someday, I won’t even need a driver to drive them. Cheers 🥂
@justinwhite7183
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
A lot of it is Green washing, how much Co2 goes into making the aluminium Pepsi cans
Easier to stop drinking Pepsi and eating Chips
@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Nice, now I can boycott both
@btedon
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Tesla 👎🏻
@realRainz
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Another anti Tesla bs report by nobodies
@leemcmullan
December 18, 2023 at 8:09 am
Pepsi scum didn't even let the drivers speak