Replies to post #11864 on Tesla Inc (TSLA)

[pack10]

Its actually listed as a class 8 highway tractor. Class 8 is a weight classification assigned according to amount of weight the unit can haul.

Lets address the 800# gorilla in the room. The lithium shortage.

The model 3 has 40# of lithium in the vehicle. What does /will a class 8 highway tractor require?

Unknown. Tesla/ others won't release that number, wonder why?

If their is a shortage, as the previous article suggests then that means the laws of supply and damage take over and who knows what that new truck will cost to produce. Anyone buying this new truck, or putting in an order could get a real shock when production actually starts and the cost could balloon over 200k each. Just my opinion, but differently something to keep an eye on.

[Porgie Tirebiter]

Sorry, I was a mechanic for 25 years and a picky one at that.

The term "semi" refers to the engine, a low compression diesel which depends on a hot spot or glow plug to ignite the fuel-air mixture. Hence the term semi-diesel.

A semi-diesel can be used to power over the road tractors pulling trailers - in addition to many other applications. In fact the tractors don't necessarily have to be semi-powered, but yeah, lay persons will still call them "semis".

What Tesla is proposing to build is more properly termed a "tractor".