I'm in a rural area dominated by Trump voters. No surprise then that electric buses were voted down here last fall. Community comments were sad. "They don't work in the cold". "A new battery is as much has a new bus?" "The Dems are forcing their electric vehicles on us!". That type of thing. Hopefully Elonia can sway the voters on the right to embrace the electric future.
Herbert Larry said on your show that he drove 1500 miles in 2 days with FSD to and from Austin. He's 78 and I can imagine how much FSD saves him in fatigue. I can't wait until it comes to Europe ! Thank you Brian for another excellent program.
They say drivers make about 100 micro-decisions per second, on average.Supervising FSD requires a tiny fraction of that (I always called it supervision BTW) and 99% of those have nothing to do with driving.
Brian, some of your viewers might not be aware that the fully charge show out of the UK is become a juggernaut. It is one of my go to UA-cam channels for overseas news Highlander.😊
Reducing the mental stress load from driving is, in my opinion, the biggest benefit of FSD. Imagine the future when EVERYONE is not getting stressed by so much driving. It will bring a HUGE benefit to physical and mental health wherever implemented on a large scale. A generational shift.
I also find I am much less bothered by what other drivers do, when I'm on FSD. It's kinda like "well, he didn't do it to me, he did it to FSD, and FSD can deal with it". I thought that might just be my personal reaction, but I've spoken with others who say the same thing. I'm predicting a dramatic reduction in road rage incidents as FSD and its counterparts makes up an increasing proportion of the cars on the road.
@@BigBen621 Yes, that's exactly it. You begin to just relax and WITNESS what is happening. It's like being chauffeured around, uninvolved with the tension-inducing activity of vigilance and decisions of driving. This is why it is worth so much, on top of the safety it will bring. With the Cybercab and FSD you'll be able to even just close your eyes, meditate, touch base with your blissful inner SELF- all while riding the streets and highways. When everyone is using FSD it will be hugely transformative to society.
After driving an EV you know how much gas sucks. My wife drives a Leaf, a pretty tame EV. The dealer gave her versa during a warrenty repair. She was shocked how slow it accelerated and commented that it felt dangerous getting on the highway bc of the slow acceleration.
i drive ID.buzz and a gas VW-UP.. and i hate the Up because it needs to drive to gas station weekly..its so annoyng to know my tank is nearly empty and i must waste time to drive to top it up... the buzz has its own 11KW station at home..
Large fleet owners should be able to buy megapacks,, use Solar/wind,cheap grid rates, to supplement/arbitrage the cost of filling up their Tesla Semi’s. The efficiency and costs of fueling the fleets are 🤯
@keithnance4209 _Large fleet owners _*_should_*_ be able to buy ..._ They *are* able to do so. This is exactly what Frito-Lay and PepsiCo have done in their plants in California.
The Tesla Semi is so efficient and cost effective that companies using it will have an extreme competitive advantage over ICE trucks and even other EV trucks. On top of that they control most of the charging infrastructure. They could literally put some companies out of business on how they allocate trucks and chargers.
Canada tested a 5 million mile battery that retains 80% of charge. Not sure how much it will cost to make, but if any industry implements it first, it would be the trucking industry.
@ The story didn’t say if Lithium is used. Sodium-ion batteries are seen as a safer and more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. There are also other lithium-ion alternatives like iron-air batteries, zinc-based batteries.
I say my Cyber truck is better in every way to my Chevy Silverado 1500 that I had for 24 years. I did have a 1941-3 Chevy pickup for several years as well.
As you mentioned using FSD keeps you focused on the road ahead. Got to say way more than I ever have. So much more it makes me a little concerned about my previous driving experience. Not just a little but a lot more. Keeps you focused no doubt about it.
Just got the hardware 3 FSD update on my HW3 2020 model Y. Holy s#$t! This is a 10 step change at least! This has taken my Y from almost un-drivable or at least un-trustable to superhuman! Super smooth, intuitive, aggressive, but safe in hurry mode, which is my M.O...... It even passed the wife test, which is saying something! I thought hardware 3 was done but now I see that it has a chance to drive UNSUPERVISED! Haven't haven't seen any videos on hardware v 12.6.1 drives but now drives are boring because they have no interventions! EXCITED ON TESLAS FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎🇨🇦
UK SMMT registrations data Dec 2024 Diesel. DOWN -27.4% Petrol. DOWN -20.9% BEV. UP + 56.8% PHEV. UP+4.6% HEV. Up +10% TREND ( year on year) Diesel. DOWN -13.6% Petrol. DOWN -4.4% BEV. UP + 21.4% PHEV. UP+18.3% HEV. Up +9.6%
I am not sure if you will mention it here, but there have been a few big wind events where a lot of semi trucks get turned over. I'm guessing it will take a twister... or more.. to knock over a Tesla Semi Truck
I am 150% in favor of e-truck in general, and of the Tesla Semi in particular, but very frankly, why would the Tesla Semi be more resistant to being knocked over by high winds? The trailer is the exact same size and weight, and the tractor also... just more aerodynamic... but it's totally marginal for side gusts!
Brian, you’re missing a little context. The mileage on the semi is at what top speed, what average speed, what terrain, and what temperature? I suspect the numbers on range are so good because they are minutes to 55 mph, while a lot of other tricks go above 65 mph. Am I wrong?
_I suspect the numbers on range are so good because they are minutes to 55 mph_ You'd be right. All Tesla Semis currently on the road are in California, where the semi truck speed limit is 55 MPH, so that's necessarily where the range demonstration was done. In states with a higher truck speed limit, either range or payload would be less.
You suspect correctly. The Tesla Semi's range at full load is 500+ miles on hilly terrain (more like 550 miles on flat), at 55 mph, which is the speed limit for trucks in California. In Europe, it is even down to 50 mph (80 km/h) in most countries, and 56 mph (90 km/h) in others, and is quite strictly enforced, so its range will be higher still. Terrain makes very little difference. The Semi can actually drive the I-70 stretch from Denver, Co to Richfield, UT... 466 miles and 14'000 ft up, 14'000 ft down... without recharging... in 9 hours... leaving diesel rigs an hour behind, because it can go faster up (because of double the power), as well as down (thanks to regenerative breaking). It can also go 65 mph... even 75 mph... but range will then suffer... that much is true. temperature has very little effect on an e-truck. it loses approximately 5% range by 0°F.... not at all like electric cars, which would lose ca. 20%.
@@st-ex8506 _The Semi can actually drive the I-70 stretch from Denver, Co to Richfield, UT... 466 miles and 14'000 ft up, 14'000 ft down... without recharging_ While I am well familiar with the fact that Tesla Semis' greatest advantage over diesel semis is in mountainous terrain, mostly for the reasons you stated, I was still a bit skeptical of this claim. To verify it one way or the other, I broke out the Tesla Semi physics spreadsheet I developed from original work by MotorMatchup here: ua-cam.com/video/zQDU9f4QTLk/v-deo.html. It's a fairly complex calculation, because there are eight different segments with local minima and maxima, and the calculation must be done for each segment to properly count the effect of regenerative braking. But once the work is done, it turns out that a Tesla Semi, loaded to 82,000 lbs. GCVW, driving 55 MPH up and down grade, can drive from Denver to Richfield, UT on 881.7 kWh-almost exactly the estimated 900 kWh battery capacity of the 500-mile range Tesla Semi! Because this came out so close, I'm curious what method you're using for a calculation such as this? At one point my spreadsheet was posted online in a Google Docs format, but apparently it's been taken down now.
I think the part you all and most people forget is the pulling the trailer part. My Model X wouldn’t even go into FSD when I had the trailer connected. They will get used to it, but for now…plain old driving.
Have to take exception to Herbert's claim of the economy was terrible last year. Was there some great recession? No. Some sales were down from higher interest rates, but the economy wasn't terrible. China did slow down last year but still expanded their GDP by 5%. Global car sales are also estimated to have increased by 1.5 million.
Yes, refrigerated loads would reduce the range of Diesel trucks! You make a great point. Imagine carrying an additional 1000lbs generator just to run a 500lbs AC unit to keep the food cold! That reduces the amount of cargo you can carry! The profits will fall and the company will go out of business! Clearly Diesel trucks can not haul refrigerated loads. It is impossible unless they rewrite the laws of physics.
@@davidbeppler3032 _refrigerated loads would reduce the range of Diesel trucks!_ Nice straw-=man pivot. The question was whether refrigerated loads would reduce the range of the Tesla Semi, and your answer dealt with diesel semis. In any event, your response is *FALSE.* If you do a search for "Are refrigerated trailers self contained", the response will include "The [refrigeration unit] has its own fuel supply, usually diesel, from a tank under the trailer". As such, towing refrigerated trailer does not affect the range of either a diesel or BEV semi.
The average power consumption of a 50' reefer trailer is around 8 kWh per hour, and yes, it is powered by the main battery in an e-truck. The Tesla Semi driving 55 mph uses up 94 kWh per hour. The range reduction will therefore be about 7.5% for a Semi pulling a reefer trailer, so about 38 miles. During a 10-hour night break, the trailer would draw down the battery some 9.5%. So... nothing major... especially if the truck is plugged in the whole night! Now, let's consider the costs: - Refrigerating the trailer (for frozen goods, i.e. -25°C) with electricity drawn from an e-truck's main battery would cost around $1-2 per hour. - Idling a diesel truck overnight to keep the same trailer refrigerated would consume 1.2-1.8 gallons per hour (0.5-0.6 gallon per hour more than load-free idling), and therefore costs about $4-6 per hour... so, a roughly $30-40 additional expense for a 10-hour overnight rest! If you multiply that by 300 days a year, it starts being real money!
@@st-ex8506 _yes, it is powered by the main battery in an e-truck._ That is what I like to call *FALSE,* at least for the Tesla Semi. Perhaps there are special cases of other BEV semis to allow the refrigeration unit to be powered from the main battery, but Tesla Semi isn't one of them. And since it isn't, this invalidates your entire fantasy calculation. If you can show actual verifiable evidence that Tesla Semis have a DC or AC connection for the refrigeration unit, I will apologize and withdraw my comment. Ball's in your court.
I don't think LTL trucking companies will be initial customers for the Tesla Semi. Better customers will be mainstream hub & spoke Logistics and delivery truckers that have regular predictable routes and depots that can install the required chargers, the way Pepsi has done. There are plenty of these larger firms that have the money and technical depth to integrate Tesla and save a ton of money doing it. Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Safeway, Fedex, UPS, etc
What's the cost of a diesel semi vs an EV semi? Most gas stations where diesel semis fill their tanks are not in large cities and those locations along the interstate highways and small towns don't have the capacity to recharge the batteries of those semi's.
@@davidmarkmann6098 ...and what about the cost of the vehicle, the range, the weight capacity. All significantly below that of a diesel. How does that equate to lower transportation costs? The move to EV's is a man-made want not a need. If for example the fuel for diesel's was running low, which it's not, the move to an alternate energy source could make sense to be a priority but within the USA and Canada there's is plenty of fossil fuels to last several hundred years. In addition, if we opened Alaska and offshore drilling the USA would have even more fossil fuel available.
@@dbmn7571 _what about the cost of the vehicle_ The cost has not been released, although of course potential buyers know what it is. It's obviously going to be higher than diesel semi tractors; this will either be offset by lower operating and maintenance costs, or no one will buy them. No need for you to worry your pretty little head about such things. _what about ... the range_ Diesel semis obviously have much greater range. But the Tesla Semi has enough range to drive as far in a day as permitted by HOS regulations, so all the extra range of diesels semis is wasted in the regional delivery role that most Tesla Semis will fill initially. _what about ... the weight capacity_ It is an easily-disproven myth that Tesla Semis have substantially less payload capacity than diesel semis. They have a demonstrated payload of around 22 tons, comparable to that of diesel semis. For example, here's a video of a Tesla Semi towing a flatbed trailer, accelerating rapidly (watch the speedometer) up a steep slope on Donner Pass, passing a diesel semi as if it were standing still: ua-cam.com/video/LtOqU2o81iI/v-deo.html. The flatbed is carrying 11 concrete highway barriers, which are uniquely identifiable as K-Rails, which are the CalTrans-approved version of generic "Jersey barrier" highway barriers. These are shown to have a weight of 3,900 lbs. each on the CalTrans blueprints for these barriers. 11 of these at 3,900 lbs. each plus 1,100 lbs. in tie down chains and paraphernalia, driver, tools, and other miscellaneous items totals 44,000 lbs., which is typical of a full payload in a diesel semi.
In Denmark we had TONS of ‘German’ EVs with under 10K kilometers on them imported in 2023 (and earlier). Several Germans bought more than one car per year and drove them a minimal number of kilometers before selling them …. Basically the incentive structure in Germany was put together WRONG imho
3:55 WOW 😮. That's 17.1mil less tail pipe fumes less in the world 🎉 less oil tankers moving fuel around the world. In 3 to 5 years, they will become second-hand to displace more gas cars 🚗.
9:24 yes, you understand. Tesla semi will take over as quickly as they can build charging stations because drivers LOVE them. You can’t grow a business faster than 10x per year due to manufacturing space, suppliers, and training people limits but that is how fast Tesla is scaling. This is amazing as most startup books and others will tell you, you can’t grow faster than double each year. Tesla is 5 times faster than
I have ridden a steam locomotive fairly recently. They are operated in many places worldwide, often maintained by volunteers and offering rides for novelty and to experience history. So they are not used for commercial freight or passenger service, but did not go away completely. Same for horses, they are still ridden for sport and recreation. The same will be true for IC engine cars, I predict, so don’t expect there ever to be a “last” one sold.
Lots of OTA truckers are screaming they will never drive a Tesla Semi. News Flash for them, they will and they will love them. Imagine getting paid to do half the work and allowed to drive for double or triple the hours! That is the new reality. More safety, faster, more miles, more comfort, less fuel, more money!
Honestly, the camera 'falling' actually did you a favor. Take a good look at the composition at the end of the video and notice your eyes are NOW one third the way down in the shot. This is correct composition. If you desire more 'headroom', back the camera away from you and ensure your eyes are still one-thid the way down from the top. Good show. Thanks for the info!
It's just how the numbers have been reported since forever. It didn't matter when all manufacturers were on the same model, but now with a handful of direct sale companies, it's a little harder to compare.
I showed my 80 year old step dad a Whole Mars FSD video. He wants to test drive a Model Y with FSD. I told him not to get to excited as FSD is 8k. He responded, “Sounds fair to me”.
Let’s be honest, FSD will replace truck drivers. That’s the whole point! To reduce the cost of transportation. If you believe in robotaxi then you should also know driverless freight is also coming. Most of freight mileage is from the freeway, which is much less complex than in the busy city streets. I believe they should build out swap stations first outside the cities where drivers can take over and take the trucks to their final destinations for those complex final destinations to be on the safe side until FSD exceeds good human driving level. They can also schedule driverless trucks to go in the cities at slow/off-peak hours like late at night, etc….
"One day" it will. There's going to be a LOT of 1) Testing as a "Driver Aid" Then progression through 2) "Supervised full FSD" 3) Testing with a "Driven/ Supervised LEAD truck" and a single "Autonomous *Following* Truck" 4) "Driven/ Supervised LEAD truck" and an "Autonomous Convoy" I suspect "4" may be as far as it goes, bearing in mind the need to monitor vehicle condition "real time", "Unusual events" (tyres, etc) and En-Route charging.
We need a report on EV's sold to customers not to dealers. It is now 2025 and we should know how many EV's are in customers driveways not how many that are sitting on a dealers lot. We can do better. FYI to get the $7500 off CT at point of sale it must be a 2025. You can get the $7500 off on a 2024 via a lease.
How could EV sales not increase? An increase in their numbers is mandatory rising to 100% in 5 years in some countries. That doesn't mean it's a good idea or what people want.
Not EVs but the infrastructure powering them -- the grid. Tesla's megapacks and powerwalls are spectacularly effective on the grid. They make it operate more efficiently and prevent waste by diminishing heat spikes on the grid where electricity evaporates as heat. Plus, the Cybertruck has a vehicle to home feature which may mean that homes in sunny areas can get off the grid altogether. I'll be testing that one out.
I was watching your camera slip as I was monitoring the performance of my face tracking camera that I just got running. As long as it can detect my face (not great yet) my face stays centered and my dress habits private.
Cybertruck production is going to be canceled not joking 🙃. 50% of works have shifted to model Y production and another round of layoffs incoming. They don’t have other cheaper models/production ready/available yet so ???? Layoff ??? The two wheel drive small battery is unable to be produced at least in short term and if they remove rear steer and air ride leather etc. they could make a cheaper model but they have nothing to put in places it could be 6 months before we see a two wheel drive 240 mile range battery 🪫!!!!!
We knew not to expect growth at least 18-months ago. If you weren't aware of that, I have fantastic news for you: you've found a channel that can get you better information!
@ … and without a renewed Model Y just around the corner, 2024 sales would have been significantly higher, and sales growth positive. But that’s nitpicking, and of zero long-term importance!
Last year Telsa took a simi to the European electric truck show and found that their simi will not work in Europe as it is too long to comply with European truck standards. SO, I am betting Tesla has someone redesigning a new EU simi as we speak. !
Think that through and tell me if you really believe what you just said. They had to drag them across the ocean to figure out if they'd work? They held a press conference. They'll work. They've already built EU spec models in Nevada.
All EV manufacturers are ignoring the 2 most important car markets,..... The sub 30K market and the sub 20K market. (Many Americans never buy a car over 20K in their entire lives)
Those markets are well served by 2nd hand vehicles. There are no sub-$20k new cars in the US. There might be one or two trims that still theoretically exist, but dealers seldom put them into inventory.
I wonder if Tesla will build out restaurants, shower facilities, services like TA and Love's provide as they build out the semi charging infrastructure.
Information I get from drivers driving cyber truck the driving is much better and so easy getting use to it then the old ice trucks is like day or night day light better in cyberpunk also not easy going back into ice after sitting in a Cadillac.
EVs need an answer to the gas can option for ICE vehicles where you add more gas when you run out of charge/gas/energy. Why isn't there a way to hook up an emergy battery to get home or get help?
@zenzengaming9651 _Why isn't there a way to hook up an emergy battery to get home or get help?_ There is. While I was on a cruise with my son's borrowed Tesla Model 3 parked at San Pedro, the main battery ran itself down trying to charge the 12V battery which had failed. I could see this was occurring from as far away as the Panama Canal on the Tesla app; and when we arrived back in port, there was a battery van waiting to give us enough charge to get to a nearby Supercharger to charge for the rest of the trip home.
I have a Tesla with FSD And I am also a truck driver across country. I do not like the nagging system on my FSD I definitely will hate the nagging system on FSD On a semi truck nagging me for 600 miles plus a day. So correct and speek for yourself, YOU will love FSD for truck drivers. And it will be another way of companies to strike Drivers pay, Or flat out cut pay Because FSD do most of the driving.
It's a little frustrating to see most comments being about passenger cars when the video is about trucks. Trucks are a market largely unrelated to passenger cars. OTOH this means that one cannot help the other but on the other, it cannot hinder it either.
@FutureAzA I specifically talk about the comments! I'm not talking about the video! I'm talking about... the comment section not being about the video! (Not _your_ comments, the commenters' comments)
3:42 this chart isn’t good for Tesla. It finally shows the Chinese cars are coming. Even if Tesla’s can drive themselves, people need a cheap car. I’m assuming the Chinese growth is from sub $10k EVs and not because CATL is withholding battery stock. The Chinese can control everyone by batteries, the rest of the car is easy to make. Glad Tesla can make their own battery
Respectfully, I think that you could have devoted some time on the competition. Had I not known that DAF and Volvo and really everyone and their mother are building electric trucks (and they're already on the road) I would have been left with the impression that Tesla has no competition at all.
I've made videos about the variety of trucks on the market, and even interviewed representatives for a handful of them. Trucks, busses, delivery vans, e-mobility, you name it. You can't expect every video to cover every facet. That would take hours, and cover a lot of ground that's already been thoroughly covered.
One thing the US should do is imitate us in the UK in many things. Culturally, people here imitate the worst of you all the time. What do you expect from a Murdoch paper?
Experienced European e-trucks driver can't wait to have the privilege to be the first ones to drive the Tesla Semi over here! Professional drivers with experience with electric trucks just don't want to ever go back to diesel rigs! They would laugh at the drivers who think otherwise without having EVER driven an e-truck! It is so much true that some trucking companies are making their electric fleet a hiring advantage!
People are not so smart. If I sell 100 beans this year and then sell another 100 next year, I would have made 100% growth. If I sell another 100 the next year my growth would only be 50% at that point. If I sell 100 again the year after then my growth would only be 33%.
And when you start with "100% EV Market Share" it doesn't matter how many you sell next year. If the competition sells even one, your market share declines. I see it as the share of all auto sales, not just EV.
EV sales in the UK are very much on the up Last months numbers: EV sales up 57% Petrol car sales down 21% Diesel car sales down 27% (source SMMT) It's all over for ICE. It doesn't matter how much misinformation is spread ICE will be extinct in a few years. That's mandated in the UK, it's not opinion.
The overall slump in electric car sales in Germany saw battery-powered vehicles lose market share relative to traditional combustion engines and hybrid cars. Electric cars made up 13.5 percent of sales in 2024, down from 18.4 percent in the previous year. A crash of 27%. Jan 6, 2025
Registrations of battery-electric cars declined by 9.5% to 130,757 units in November 2024. This drop was primarily driven by a significant decrease in registrations in Germany (-21.8%) and France (-24.4%). It resulted in a year-to-date market volume 5.4% lower than the same period last year, with the total market share now at 13.4%. Hybrid-electric registrations increased by 18.5% in November, with market share rising to 33.2%, up from 27.5% last November, exceeding petrol car registrations for the third consecutive month. (This damn car uses gas most of time and is currently the best seller in the EU car market :) much to lib------aral's chagrin
EV sales globally have increased by 10x in just 5 years. The global market for petrol / diesel has shrunk by 20% in the past 2.5 years. Every country will have some better years than others during that spell. The global trend is the increase of BEV sales and the decrease of ICE car sales
Yeah I think CyberTruck will fall to the S and X levels. They might still get to top 5 but no where near projections and more of a novelty unless it drop to $50k. Like the pod but needs more balance, too fanboy.
@1001Balance _Semi is under investigation._ So? Numerous accidents involving Tesla Autopilot, and to a much lesser extent FSD, have been investigated by NHTSA, with Tesla being exonerated in almost every case. Ask yourself why, if Tesla Semis and other Teslas are so dangerous, they're still allowed to operate? The obvious reason is that while some accidents do occur involving Tesla Semis, or Teslas on FSD or Autopilot, they avoid far more accidents than they cause, and so continued use means the roads are safer than they would be otherwise.
@ then why is tesla leading the crash stats per 100 miles. Driving a tesla has a 3.7 times higher risk to crash than another car. I understand why musk lobbies to get rid of mandatory reporting, instead of building a safer car which would be more expensive.
@ just google “car crash statistics per brand” multiple sites report the same data. Nr one is tesla 23.54 accidents per 1000 drivers. Then RAM 22.76 per 1000 drivers, then Subaru with 20.9 per 1000 drivers. Please share me your data source. Happy to look into that. The 3.7 comes from another study.
Guys,you do great work ! I know this is out of your control and a delicate subject for all Tesla fans/ investors [ me included ] but can anyone get through to Elon his very public politics [ emphasis on PUBLIC ] is the main cause of a sales stagnation of Tesla vehicles. I know people who were potential customers who are now turned off; I'm sure you do too. This is a European problem also.
@@BongoWongoOG That in no way removes the possibility (likelihood?) that sales *may* have been higher without "consideration of circumstances and actions"? It's a valid point.
@FutureAzA says the stated intentions of governments, NGO's and corporations trying to force this technology on consumers. I think the underlying realities are beginning to tell. No amount of subsidising will make the unfeasible feasible.
Sorry fanboys but your numbers dont add up. If the worlds biggest car market is up by 44% yet worldwide growth is only 25% there has to be a lot more decreases worldwide than Europe's 3%!
@@FutureAzAEV sales worldwide in 23 was 14 million and in 24 it was 17 million so yes 3 million growth but in China in 23 sales were 8 million and in 24 it was 11 million. So there is your 3 million growth worldwide just in China the rest of the worlds growth is negligible.
Tesla should add the paint and interior options on the Model X for FREE if you buy FSD. This would increase FSD take rate and also increase sales of the Model X. Buy getting the paint and interior options for FREE it keeps the price eligible for the $7500 tax cut.
You guys sound like religious nuts. Energy density is the obstacle. Everything in life is shipped. Cargo ships, planes, trains and non-semi hauling is not practical. Those things will not be electric for many generations. Cars are a small source of fossil fuel use. Add to these energy production. Um, yeah. I own a cybertruck for the FSD software not because it's electric.
Cars are the majority of fossil fuel use. If you really love your dino burner, you should be urging everyone to get on EVs so the demand for your precious 'splody juice craters and the cost comes down.
You have not watched other Tesla Semi videos. They explain in detail that Pepsi is hauling chips not soda with the Tesla Semi. That makes a huge difference! Chip bags are 50% air. I am not joking. I watched a video explaining exactly that comment. Said nothing about the weight of the load, just that chips weigh less than soda, so the Tesla Semis are not able to haul as much as other class 8 trucks.
@davidbeppler3032 _Pepsi is hauling chips not soda with the Tesla Semi._ That's what I like to call *FALSE.* Tesla semis do haul cubed-out chips from the Frito-Lay plants, because chips are their product and their product needs to be delivered. But they also haul weighed-out loads of soft drinks from the PepsiCo plant in Sacramento, as far as Bakersfield, 280 miles away. This was demonstrated dozens of times during the Run On Less tests in the fall of 2023, which you or anyone can verify for themselves. Tesla has released the weight of the 300 mile and 500 mile versions of the Tesla Semi, and the 500 mile version allows essentially the same payload as a diesel semi, around 44,000 lbs. Please spew your FUD elsewhere.
@@gpsfinancial6988 _most Semis carry loads that are well below the weight limits._ This is true. But the Tesla Semi still has a payload of around 44,000 lbs., comparable to diesel semis subject to the 80,000 GCVW limit on interstate highways.
@@BigBen621 I thought the Tesla Semis rated payload was higher. There is an extra 2000 lbs allowed for EV Semis. The Tesla battery etc would weight about 11,000 lbs. A diesel engine, full tank, cooling and exhaust would be about 6,000 lbs, so perhaps when carrying very heavy payloads there would be sometimes when a Tesla Semi topped out before a diesel.
@@gpsfinancial6988 _I thought the Tesla Semis rated payload was higher._ Well, there's no "rated payload"-the payload depends on many factors. And the weights of individual components aren't known well enough to allow an accurate comparison between the Tesla Semi and diesel semis. But Dan Priestly, head of the Tesla Semi program, recently announced that the weight of the 500-mile version is "
Autonomous FSD Semi (or Robovan) + Optimus robots to load and unload cargo and also handle Semi charging tasks will totally disrupt current delivery modalities.
The Tesla Semi: 1 Million Mile Guarantee on the Battery, Motor & Drivetrain with potential to 5M. 1000V 1.2MW DC Charging, 500Kw Wireless, 500-600 Miles per charge with 1000+ possible, Regenerative breaking on every wheel, In Wheel Motors, Regen on the Trailer. Battery on the Trailer, Solar on the Trailer, Autonomous, Caravans, Can drive in a Warehouse to charge. Wireless chargers could be portable in or around a Warehouse. Optimus Co-pilot Bots move the goods into the Semi. Semi gets to drop off location. Optimus helper drops off goods. repeat.
Local school board member here. In the last year we have received two electric busses. The drivers and the kids prefer the electric busses.
All kids, who are the future, prefer electric anything :) They all know.
That's great. Stop poisoning them with diesel fumes.
I'm in a rural area dominated by Trump voters. No surprise then that electric buses were voted down here last fall. Community comments were sad. "They don't work in the cold". "A new battery is as much has a new bus?" "The Dems are forcing their electric vehicles on us!". That type of thing. Hopefully Elonia can sway the voters on the right to embrace the electric future.
@ Sad but true.
@@njivgnm They just liked the money
Herbert Larry said on your show that he drove 1500 miles in 2 days with FSD to and from Austin. He's 78 and I can imagine how much FSD saves him in fatigue. I can't wait until it comes to Europe ! Thank you Brian for another excellent program.
They say drivers make about 100 micro-decisions per second, on average.Supervising FSD requires a tiny fraction of that (I always called it supervision BTW) and 99% of those have nothing to do with driving.
Sooo many prospective customers for the Tesla Semi.
- Knight-Swift Transport - 19,000 tractors
- PepsiCo, Inc - 11,079 tractors
- FedEx - 10,900
- Wal-Mart - 9,280 tractors
- Sysco Corp - 8,632 tractors
Brian, some of your viewers might not be aware that the fully charge show out of the UK is become a juggernaut. It is one of my go to UA-cam channels for overseas news Highlander.😊
Does hang on to some "Bias" concerning certain subjects......
Reducing the mental stress load from driving is, in my opinion, the biggest benefit of FSD. Imagine the future when EVERYONE is not getting stressed by so much driving. It will bring a HUGE benefit to physical and mental health wherever implemented on a large scale. A generational shift.
I also find I am much less bothered by what other drivers do, when I'm on FSD. It's kinda like "well, he didn't do it to me, he did it to FSD, and FSD can deal with it". I thought that might just be my personal reaction, but I've spoken with others who say the same thing. I'm predicting a dramatic reduction in road rage incidents as FSD and its counterparts makes up an increasing proportion of the cars on the road.
@@BigBen621 Yes, that's exactly it. You begin to just relax and WITNESS what is happening. It's like being chauffeured around, uninvolved with the tension-inducing activity of vigilance and decisions of driving. This is why it is worth so much, on top of the safety it will bring. With the Cybercab and FSD you'll be able to even just close your eyes, meditate, touch base with your blissful inner SELF- all while riding the streets and highways. When everyone is using FSD it will be hugely transformative to society.
FSD will make the roads safer. That means less deaths from driving.
@@AUNEEKUZIRNAIMyou can do that now….. on a public bus. 😂
After driving an EV you know how much gas sucks.
My wife drives a Leaf, a pretty tame EV. The dealer gave her versa during a warrenty repair. She was shocked how slow it accelerated and commented that it felt dangerous getting on the highway bc of the slow acceleration.
i drive ID.buzz and a gas VW-UP.. and i hate the Up because it needs to drive to gas station weekly..its so annoyng to know my tank is nearly empty and i must waste time to drive to top it up... the buzz has its own 11KW station at home..
EV Sales Skyrocket Worldwide? (Skyrocketing part is HEV with a damn ICE, not your lame BEV)😁
Great video 📹 May as well prepare your response to the haters on Cybertruck sales... 😮😅
Large fleet owners should be able to buy megapacks,, use Solar/wind,cheap grid rates, to supplement/arbitrage the cost of filling up their Tesla Semi’s. The efficiency and costs of fueling the fleets are 🤯
@keithnance4209 _Large fleet owners _*_should_*_ be able to buy ..._
They *are* able to do so. This is exactly what Frito-Lay and PepsiCo have done in their plants in California.
The Tesla Semi is so efficient and cost effective that companies using it will have an extreme competitive advantage over ICE trucks and even other EV trucks. On top of that they control most of the charging infrastructure. They could literally put some companies out of business on how they allocate trucks and chargers.
Really?
@@paulswanenburg7445 really!
Canada tested a 5 million mile battery that retains 80% of charge. Not sure how much it will cost to make, but if any industry implements it first, it would be the trucking industry.
It will cost the lives of children in forced labour in lithium mines.
@ The story didn’t say if Lithium is used. Sodium-ion batteries are seen as a safer and more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. There are also other lithium-ion alternatives like iron-air batteries, zinc-based batteries.
I say my Cyber truck is better in every way to my Chevy Silverado 1500 that I had for 24 years. I did have a 1941-3 Chevy pickup for several years as well.
As you mentioned using FSD keeps you focused on the road ahead. Got to say way more than I ever have. So much more it makes me a little concerned about my previous driving experience. Not just a little but a lot more. Keeps you focused no doubt about it.
Hey Brian, great show!🎉 People always look at me like I've got 2 heads. Cheers from Zaphod Beeblebrox! 😂
Just got the hardware 3 FSD update on my HW3 2020 model Y. Holy s#$t! This is a 10 step change at least! This has taken my Y from almost un-drivable or at least un-trustable to superhuman! Super smooth, intuitive, aggressive, but safe in hurry mode, which is my M.O...... It even passed the wife test, which is saying something! I thought hardware 3 was done but now I see that it has a chance to drive UNSUPERVISED! Haven't haven't seen any videos on hardware v 12.6.1 drives but now drives are boring because they have no interventions! EXCITED ON TESLAS FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎🇨🇦
UK SMMT registrations data Dec 2024
Diesel. DOWN -27.4%
Petrol. DOWN -20.9%
BEV. UP + 56.8%
PHEV. UP+4.6%
HEV. Up +10%
TREND ( year on year)
Diesel. DOWN -13.6%
Petrol. DOWN -4.4%
BEV. UP + 21.4%
PHEV. UP+18.3%
HEV. Up +9.6%
I am not sure if you will mention it here, but there have been a few big wind events where a lot of semi trucks get turned over. I'm guessing it will take a twister... or more.. to knock over a Tesla Semi Truck
Interesting consideration, though I'd guess it's the trailer that's likely to flip first.
I am 150% in favor of e-truck in general, and of the Tesla Semi in particular, but very frankly, why would the Tesla Semi be more resistant to being knocked over by high winds? The trailer is the exact same size and weight, and the tractor also... just more aerodynamic... but it's totally marginal for side gusts!
🤗 THANKS BRIAN AND HERBERT FOR SHARING THE GOOD NEWS ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Brian, you’re missing a little context. The mileage on the semi is at what top speed, what average speed, what terrain, and what temperature?
I suspect the numbers on range are so good because they are minutes to 55 mph, while a lot of other tricks go above 65 mph. Am I wrong?
_I suspect the numbers on range are so good because they are minutes to 55 mph_
You'd be right. All Tesla Semis currently on the road are in California, where the semi truck speed limit is 55 MPH, so that's necessarily where the range demonstration was done. In states with a higher truck speed limit, either range or payload would be less.
You suspect correctly. The Tesla Semi's range at full load is 500+ miles on hilly terrain (more like 550 miles on flat), at 55 mph, which is the speed limit for trucks in California. In Europe, it is even down to 50 mph (80 km/h) in most countries, and 56 mph (90 km/h) in others, and is quite strictly enforced, so its range will be higher still.
Terrain makes very little difference. The Semi can actually drive the I-70 stretch from Denver, Co to Richfield, UT... 466 miles and 14'000 ft up, 14'000 ft down... without recharging... in 9 hours... leaving diesel rigs an hour behind, because it can go faster up (because of double the power), as well as down (thanks to regenerative breaking).
It can also go 65 mph... even 75 mph... but range will then suffer... that much is true.
temperature has very little effect on an e-truck. it loses approximately 5% range by 0°F.... not at all like electric cars, which would lose ca. 20%.
@ great explanation! Thanks :)
@@st-ex8506 _The Semi can actually drive the I-70 stretch from Denver, Co to Richfield, UT... 466 miles and 14'000 ft up, 14'000 ft down... without recharging_
While I am well familiar with the fact that Tesla Semis' greatest advantage over diesel semis is in mountainous terrain, mostly for the reasons you stated, I was still a bit skeptical of this claim. To verify it one way or the other, I broke out the Tesla Semi physics spreadsheet I developed from original work by MotorMatchup here: ua-cam.com/video/zQDU9f4QTLk/v-deo.html. It's a fairly complex calculation, because there are eight different segments with local minima and maxima, and the calculation must be done for each segment to properly count the effect of regenerative braking. But once the work is done, it turns out that a Tesla Semi, loaded to 82,000 lbs. GCVW, driving 55 MPH up and down grade, can drive from Denver to Richfield, UT on 881.7 kWh-almost exactly the estimated 900 kWh battery capacity of the 500-mile range Tesla Semi!
Because this came out so close, I'm curious what method you're using for a calculation such as this? At one point my spreadsheet was posted online in a Google Docs format, but apparently it's been taken down now.
Thanks Brian!
I think the part you all and most people forget is the pulling the trailer part. My Model X wouldn’t even go into FSD when I had the trailer connected. They will get used to it, but for now…plain old driving.
Have to take exception to Herbert's claim of the economy was terrible last year. Was there some great recession? No. Some sales were down from higher interest rates, but the economy wasn't terrible. China did slow down last year but still expanded their GDP by 5%. Global car sales are also estimated to have increased by 1.5 million.
What about heavy refrigerated loads?? Will they be powered b the truck battery? and reduce range??
Looks like they currently consume 3-5 gallons of diesel an hour, so they're pretty thirsty indeed.
Yes, refrigerated loads would reduce the range of Diesel trucks! You make a great point. Imagine carrying an additional 1000lbs generator just to run a 500lbs AC unit to keep the food cold! That reduces the amount of cargo you can carry! The profits will fall and the company will go out of business! Clearly Diesel trucks can not haul refrigerated loads. It is impossible unless they rewrite the laws of physics.
@@davidbeppler3032 _refrigerated loads would reduce the range of Diesel trucks!_
Nice straw-=man pivot. The question was whether refrigerated loads would reduce the range of the Tesla Semi, and your answer dealt with diesel semis. In any event, your response is *FALSE.* If you do a search for "Are refrigerated trailers self contained", the response will include "The [refrigeration unit] has its own fuel supply, usually diesel, from a tank under the trailer". As such, towing refrigerated trailer does not affect the range of either a diesel or BEV semi.
The average power consumption of a 50' reefer trailer is around 8 kWh per hour, and yes, it is powered by the main battery in an e-truck. The Tesla Semi driving 55 mph uses up 94 kWh per hour. The range reduction will therefore be about 7.5% for a Semi pulling a reefer trailer, so about 38 miles. During a 10-hour night break, the trailer would draw down the battery some 9.5%.
So... nothing major... especially if the truck is plugged in the whole night!
Now, let's consider the costs:
- Refrigerating the trailer (for frozen goods, i.e. -25°C) with electricity drawn from an e-truck's main battery would cost around $1-2 per hour.
- Idling a diesel truck overnight to keep the same trailer refrigerated would consume 1.2-1.8 gallons per hour (0.5-0.6 gallon per hour more than load-free idling), and therefore costs about $4-6 per hour... so, a roughly $30-40 additional expense for a 10-hour overnight rest! If you multiply that by 300 days a year, it starts being real money!
@@st-ex8506 _yes, it is powered by the main battery in an e-truck._
That is what I like to call *FALSE,* at least for the Tesla Semi. Perhaps there are special cases of other BEV semis to allow the refrigeration unit to be powered from the main battery, but Tesla Semi isn't one of them. And since it isn't, this invalidates your entire fantasy calculation. If you can show actual verifiable evidence that Tesla Semis have a DC or AC connection for the refrigeration unit, I will apologize and withdraw my comment. Ball's in your court.
I don't think LTL trucking companies will be initial customers for the Tesla Semi. Better customers will be mainstream hub & spoke Logistics and delivery truckers that have regular predictable routes and depots that can install the required chargers, the way Pepsi has done. There are plenty of these larger firms that have the money and technical depth to integrate Tesla and save a ton of money doing it. Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Safeway, Fedex, UPS, etc
What's the cost of a diesel semi vs an EV semi?
Most gas stations where diesel semis fill their tanks are not in large cities and those locations along the interstate highways and small towns don't have the capacity to recharge the batteries of those semi's.
True. Initially they will only work on depot runs.
@@davidmarkmann6098 ...and what about the cost of the vehicle, the range, the weight capacity. All significantly below that of a diesel. How does that equate to lower transportation costs? The move to EV's is a man-made want not a need. If for example the fuel for diesel's was running low, which it's not, the move to an alternate energy source could make sense to be a priority but within the USA and Canada there's is plenty of fossil fuels to last several hundred years. In addition, if we opened Alaska and offshore drilling the USA would have even more fossil fuel available.
@@dbmn7571 _what about the cost of the vehicle_
The cost has not been released, although of course potential buyers know what it is. It's obviously going to be higher than diesel semi tractors; this will either be offset by lower operating and maintenance costs, or no one will buy them. No need for you to worry your pretty little head about such things.
_what about ... the range_
Diesel semis obviously have much greater range. But the Tesla Semi has enough range to drive as far in a day as permitted by HOS regulations, so all the extra range of diesels semis is wasted in the regional delivery role that most Tesla Semis will fill initially.
_what about ... the weight capacity_
It is an easily-disproven myth that Tesla Semis have substantially less payload capacity than diesel semis. They have a demonstrated payload of around 22 tons, comparable to that of diesel semis. For example, here's a video of a Tesla Semi towing a flatbed trailer, accelerating rapidly (watch the speedometer) up a steep slope on Donner Pass, passing a diesel semi as if it were standing still: ua-cam.com/video/LtOqU2o81iI/v-deo.html.
The flatbed is carrying 11 concrete highway barriers, which are uniquely identifiable as K-Rails, which are the CalTrans-approved version of generic "Jersey barrier" highway barriers. These are shown to have a weight of 3,900 lbs. each on the CalTrans blueprints for these barriers. 11 of these at 3,900 lbs. each plus 1,100 lbs. in tie down chains and paraphernalia, driver, tools, and other miscellaneous items totals 44,000 lbs., which is typical of a full payload in a diesel semi.
8:05 - hoping for 2.0 Kw/h, 1.73 beats it by 12-13 percentage POINTS (or about 6.5%). Of COURSE we understand, but WE don’t pick nits …
Tesla should have another trim-midsize Cybertruck for both domestic & international, too.
I'd like to see a two door. 4 door won't fit in my garage. 😅😅😅
Love my FSD! Thanks gentlemen.
only 1 point i would like to make on ev sales is that Teslas "sales" are actually to the end consumer, whereas everyone is to the dealers
In Denmark we had TONS of ‘German’ EVs with under 10K kilometers on them imported in 2023 (and earlier). Several Germans bought more than one car per year and drove them a minimal number of kilometers before selling them …. Basically the incentive structure in Germany was put together WRONG imho
... like pretty much EVERYTHING the German government has been doing in the last few years!
Higher and higher!
3:55 WOW 😮. That's 17.1mil less tail pipe fumes less in the world 🎉 less oil tankers moving fuel around the world. In 3 to 5 years, they will become second-hand to displace more gas cars 🚗.
9:24 yes, you understand. Tesla semi will take over as quickly as they can build charging stations because drivers LOVE them. You can’t grow a business faster than 10x per year due to manufacturing space, suppliers, and training people limits but that is how fast Tesla is scaling. This is amazing as most startup books and others will tell you, you can’t grow faster than double each year. Tesla is 5 times faster than
I have ridden a steam locomotive fairly recently. They are operated in many places worldwide, often maintained by volunteers and offering rides for novelty and to experience history. So they are not used for commercial freight or passenger service, but did not go away completely. Same for horses, they are still ridden for sport and recreation. The same will be true for IC engine cars, I predict, so don’t expect there ever to be a “last” one sold.
I didn't see Tesla announcements for FSD fully supported on Semi. Can you provide the support for it being released this year or was that speculation?
Anyone know why there are 2 year old Teslas for sale in the UK with only 10 to 20 miles on the clock
where? I've been looking for one on the Tesla UK website, not seen any under 20K miles
Showroom car maybe?
@ There is 21 of them on the autotrader site ?
Kodak, Blackberry, Nokia. If it takes a prybar to get the driver out of the seat, speaks volumes.
Lots of OTA truckers are screaming they will never drive a Tesla Semi. News Flash for them, they will and they will love them. Imagine getting paid to do half the work and allowed to drive for double or triple the hours! That is the new reality. More safety, faster, more miles, more comfort, less fuel, more money!
Also Beardsley Electric, Detroit Electric, and all 20th century EV brand names
While @Electrek was able to feature an actual Tesla Semi decked out in SAIA company colors, the TCD article failed in this regard; 😥
Honestly, the camera 'falling' actually did you a favor. Take a good look at the composition at the end of the video and notice your eyes are NOW one third the way down in the shot. This is correct composition. If you desire more 'headroom', back the camera away from you and ensure your eyes are still one-thid the way down from the top.
Good show. Thanks for the info!
Gonna buy me a bigger office? ;)
Jupiter ist zu wenig Fortschritt oder sind da viele versteckte Funktionen? FSD inklusive?
It's already the best selling car model in the world, and it just got better. That's a victory anyhow you look at it.
@@FutureAzA I ride it myself but it's difficult to stay at the front if you don't stay with it. The others don't sleep.
Why don’t we see registration numbers for the US market so we aren’t misled by dealer sales?
It's just how the numbers have been reported since forever. It didn't matter when all manufacturers were on the same model, but now with a handful of direct sale companies, it's a little harder to compare.
I showed my 80 year old step dad a Whole Mars FSD video. He wants to test drive a Model Y with FSD. I told him not to get to excited as FSD is 8k. He responded, “Sounds fair to me”.
Let’s be honest, FSD will replace truck drivers. That’s the whole point! To reduce the cost of transportation. If you believe in robotaxi then you should also know driverless freight is also coming. Most of freight mileage is from the freeway, which is much less complex than in the busy city streets. I believe they should build out swap stations first outside the cities where drivers can take over and take the trucks to their final destinations for those complex final destinations to be on the safe side until FSD exceeds good human driving level. They can also schedule driverless trucks to go in the cities at slow/off-peak hours like late at night, etc….
"One day" it will.
There's going to be a LOT of
1) Testing as a "Driver Aid"
Then progression through
2) "Supervised full FSD"
3) Testing with a "Driven/ Supervised LEAD truck" and a single "Autonomous *Following* Truck"
4) "Driven/ Supervised LEAD truck" and an "Autonomous Convoy"
I suspect "4" may be as far as it goes, bearing in mind the need to monitor vehicle condition "real time", "Unusual events" (tyres, etc) and En-Route charging.
@@rogerstarkey5390We could be surprised by the speed of implementation, given the next Administration & rate of FSD improvement...
Just try this in Europe! Small roads etc, but lots of semi trucks and most busses are electric now
We need a report on EV's sold to customers not to dealers. It is now 2025 and we should know how many EV's are in customers driveways not how many that are sitting on a dealers lot. We can do better. FYI to get the $7500 off CT at point of sale it must be a 2025. You can get the $7500 off on a 2024 via a lease.
How could EV sales not increase? An increase in their numbers is mandatory rising to 100% in 5 years in some countries.
That doesn't mean it's a good idea or what people want.
It doesn't automatically, even though it IS a good idea, and most EV buyers say they would never go back.
brian has the chevy in the levy…
Very dry.
You need to address your headlines as well! 😂😊😂
Not EVs but the infrastructure powering them -- the grid. Tesla's megapacks and powerwalls are spectacularly effective on the grid. They make it operate more efficiently and prevent waste by diminishing heat spikes on the grid where electricity evaporates as heat. Plus, the Cybertruck has a vehicle to home feature which may mean that homes in sunny areas can get off the grid altogether. I'll be testing that one out.
American EV sales would be huge with a free and open market.
What does that mean? Without the oil and gas subsidies, or if we didn't allow polluters to externalize the cost of their harms?
@@FutureAzA Tariffs on foreign vehicles keeps out the low cost vehicles that would really boost sales.
I can't wait until they start to say things like I don't like your hat. That would be too funny.
I was watching your camera slip as I was monitoring the performance of my face tracking camera that I just got running. As long as it can detect my face (not great yet) my face stays centered and my dress habits private.
Your videos always calm me down and let me sleep well at night :) OF COURSE Telsa is fine! It's only not fine for people who short it :) haha
Perfect!
Cybertruck production is going to be canceled not joking 🙃. 50% of works have shifted to model Y production and another round of layoffs incoming. They don’t have other cheaper models/production ready/available yet so ???? Layoff ??? The two wheel drive small battery is unable to be produced at least in short term and if they remove rear steer and air ride leather etc. they could make a cheaper model but they have nothing to put in places it could be 6 months before we see a two wheel drive 240 mile range battery 🪫!!!!!
Might also fire 🔥 people and stop 🛑 production for 6 months until the have a cheaper model to produce
Tesla sale fall compared to 2023.
yeah.... the whole of 1%! And cars are not Tesla's only business, so its overall sales grew!
We knew not to expect growth at least 18-months ago. If you weren't aware of that, I have fantastic news for you: you've found a channel that can get you better information!
@ Without 2023 backlog 2024 sale number would even be lower.
@ … and without a renewed Model Y just around the corner, 2024 sales would have been significantly higher, and sales growth positive.
But that’s nitpicking, and of zero long-term importance!
@ I don t think Tesla share will be significantly higher with only two models offering. And i except them to have hard time this year.
Just like the movie,"don't look up"
Last year Telsa took a simi to the European electric truck show and found that their
simi will not work in Europe as it is too long to comply with European truck
standards. SO, I am betting Tesla has someone redesigning a new EU simi as we
speak.
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Think that through and tell me if you really believe what you just said. They had to drag them across the ocean to figure out if they'd work?
They held a press conference. They'll work. They've already built EU spec models in Nevada.
All EV manufacturers are ignoring the 2 most important car markets,..... The sub 30K market and the sub 20K market. (Many Americans never buy a car over 20K in their entire lives)
Those markets are well served by 2nd hand vehicles. There are no sub-$20k new cars in the US. There might be one or two trims that still theoretically exist, but dealers seldom put them into inventory.
I wonder if Tesla will build out restaurants, shower facilities, services like TA and Love's provide as they build out the semi charging infrastructure.
I don't think they need to.
No Pants? Kevin O'Leary style?
😂
Oh dear!
Information I get from drivers driving cyber truck the driving is much better and so easy getting use to it then the old ice trucks is like day or night day light better in cyberpunk also not easy going back into ice after sitting in a Cadillac.
ALL JUICED UP. LFG LFP!
EVs need an answer to the gas can option for ICE vehicles where you add more gas when you run out of charge/gas/energy.
Why isn't there a way to hook up an emergy battery to get home or get help?
@zenzengaming9651 _Why isn't there a way to hook up an emergy battery to get home or get help?_
There is. While I was on a cruise with my son's borrowed Tesla Model 3 parked at San Pedro, the main battery ran itself down trying to charge the 12V battery which had failed. I could see this was occurring from as far away as the Panama Canal on the Tesla app; and when we arrived back in port, there was a battery van waiting to give us enough charge to get to a nearby Supercharger to charge for the rest of the trip home.
Issue is. When non Tesla's go to the super charger. So many have to take two stalls
This will be resolved over time. We're still in early days of other vendors using the Superchargers.
Tesla needs a small Mini van or a Ford Transit Competitor and not the Robovan.
elon musk = thumbs down, Tesla = thumbs down
Love it! Clicking, engaging, commenting, all of that drives more views. Thank you!
They did this while manufacturing the Cybertruck and developing the Robotaxi. What’s Ford and GM doing? lol 😂😂😂
Stealing Tax payer dollars to prop up failing companies. The American way. Handouts and welfare for corporations.
I have a Tesla with FSD And I am also a truck driver across country. I do not like the nagging system on my FSD I definitely will hate the nagging system on FSD On a semi truck nagging me for 600 miles plus a day. So correct and speek for yourself, YOU will love FSD for truck drivers. And it will be another way of companies to strike Drivers pay, Or flat out cut pay Because FSD do most of the driving.
Just gotta keep your eyes on the road and there's no nag.
Your not 12y old thats all you got "keep eye on road" @@FutureAzA
That's it? your not 15y old "Keep eyes on road"
Ice will die in 5 years i think
Might hang on a bit longer, but the tipping point is nigh.
It's a little frustrating to see most comments being about passenger cars when the video is about trucks. Trucks are a market largely unrelated to passenger cars. OTOH this means that one cannot help the other but on the other, it cannot hinder it either.
Did you watch the video?
@FutureAzA I specifically talk about the comments! I'm not talking about the video! I'm talking about... the comment section not being about the video! (Not _your_ comments, the commenters' comments)
3:42 this chart isn’t good for Tesla. It finally shows the Chinese cars are coming. Even if Tesla’s can drive themselves, people need a cheap car. I’m assuming the Chinese growth is from sub $10k EVs and not because CATL is withholding battery stock. The Chinese can control everyone by batteries, the rest of the car is easy to make. Glad Tesla can make their own battery
Respectfully, I think that you could have devoted some time on the competition. Had I not known that DAF and Volvo and really everyone and their mother are building electric trucks (and they're already on the road) I would have been left with the impression that Tesla has no competition at all.
I've made videos about the variety of trucks on the market, and even interviewed representatives for a handful of them. Trucks, busses, delivery vans, e-mobility, you name it. You can't expect every video to cover every facet. That would take hours, and cover a lot of ground that's already been thoroughly covered.
One thing the US should do is imitate us in the UK in many things. Culturally, people here imitate the worst of you all the time. What do you expect from a Murdoch paper?
I thought you were going to say, with your shirt, that FSD monitoring was going to warn you of a zebra crossing.
Clever!
Question: Is Duct Tape the best invention EVER?
It ranks right up there with WD40.
Truck drivers will love it until they are out of a job.
But this is inevitable.
Professional Drives just Laugh when they hear this misleading information
Experienced European e-trucks driver can't wait to have the privilege to be the first ones to drive the Tesla Semi over here!
Professional drivers with experience with electric trucks just don't want to ever go back to diesel rigs! They would laugh at the drivers who think otherwise without having EVER driven an e-truck!
It is so much true that some trucking companies are making their electric fleet a hiring advantage!
The only truckers who talk smack are the ones who realize their career is in danger. Anyone who's driven one get it. It's a whole new game.
People are not so smart. If I sell 100 beans this year and then sell another 100 next year, I would have made 100% growth. If I sell another 100 the next year my growth would only be 50% at that point. If I sell 100 again the year after then my growth would only be 33%.
And when you start with "100% EV Market Share" it doesn't matter how many you sell next year. If the competition sells even one, your market share declines.
I see it as the share of all auto sales, not just EV.
EV sales in the UK are very much on the up
Last months numbers:
EV sales up 57%
Petrol car sales down 21%
Diesel car sales down 27%
(source SMMT)
It's all over for ICE. It doesn't matter how much misinformation is spread ICE will be extinct in a few years. That's mandated in the UK, it's not opinion.
The overall slump in electric car sales in Germany saw battery-powered vehicles lose market share relative to traditional combustion engines and hybrid cars. Electric cars made up 13.5 percent of sales in 2024, down from 18.4 percent in the previous year. A crash of 27%. Jan 6, 2025
There is a huge difference between registrations and sales just saying
Registrations of battery-electric cars declined by 9.5% to 130,757 units in November 2024. This drop was primarily driven by a significant decrease in registrations in Germany (-21.8%) and France (-24.4%). It resulted in a year-to-date market volume 5.4% lower than the same period last year, with the total market share now at 13.4%.
Hybrid-electric registrations increased by 18.5% in November, with market share rising to 33.2%, up from 27.5% last November, exceeding petrol car registrations for the third consecutive month. (This damn car uses gas most of time and is currently the best seller in the EU car market :) much to lib------aral's chagrin
@John-t2v The portion ratio of different power trains will still be very close - between registrations and sales
EV sales globally have increased by 10x in just 5 years. The global market for petrol / diesel has shrunk by 20% in the past 2.5 years. Every country will have some better years than others during that spell. The global trend is the increase of BEV sales and the decrease of ICE car sales
Yeah I think CyberTruck will fall to the S and X levels. They might still get to top 5 but no where near projections and more of a novelty unless it drop to $50k. Like the pod but needs more balance, too fanboy.
You were doing so good until you sacrificed your credibility entirely at the end there. You clearly know nothing of my work.
JUST IN - the RIVIAN delivery van outsold all other delivery vans ON EARTH in 2024
outselling Ford e Transit #2 and MB e Sprinter #3.
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The last semi crashed a few months ago in California setting a Forrest on fire, temperature reaching 1000 degrees! Semi is under investigation.
@1001Balance _Semi is under investigation._
So? Numerous accidents involving Tesla Autopilot, and to a much lesser extent FSD, have been investigated by NHTSA, with Tesla being exonerated in almost every case. Ask yourself why, if Tesla Semis and other Teslas are so dangerous, they're still allowed to operate? The obvious reason is that while some accidents do occur involving Tesla Semis, or Teslas on FSD or Autopilot, they avoid far more accidents than they cause, and so continued use means the roads are safer than they would be otherwise.
@ then why is tesla leading the crash stats per 100 miles. Driving a tesla has a 3.7 times higher risk to crash than another car. I understand why musk lobbies to get rid of mandatory reporting, instead of building a safer car which would be more expensive.
You should recheck your numbers.
@@FutureAzA you should try google one day. Really nice.
@ just google “car crash statistics per brand” multiple sites report the same data. Nr one is tesla 23.54 accidents per 1000 drivers. Then RAM 22.76 per 1000 drivers, then Subaru with 20.9 per 1000 drivers. Please share me your data source. Happy to look into that. The 3.7 comes from another study.
This guy can sure Tell some Whoppers . All in an effort to make more money on YT
Yet another ghost account talking smack. What an interesting trend!
Guys,you do great work ! I know this is out of your control and a delicate subject for all Tesla fans/ investors [ me included ] but can anyone get through to Elon his very public politics [ emphasis on PUBLIC ] is the main cause of a sales stagnation of Tesla vehicles. I know people who were potential customers who are now turned off; I'm sure you do too. This is a European problem also.
Go away...
Well having the number #1 vehicle world wide would say otherwise
I don't agree but undoubtedly he will have a falling out with Dump and we will see where things go from there.
@@joelarrarte8486
..... Because?
It's "A thing"
@@BongoWongoOG
That in no way removes the possibility (likelihood?) that sales *may* have been higher without "consideration of circumstances and actions"?
It's a valid point.
FSD may be selled for semi by the end ofv the year. Warch and cry legacy truck makers.
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Pump and dump
your comment is so dated...
That phrase has a meaning. It doesn't fit here.
Growth slowdown is not supposed to be happening though, is it. That's the fundamental point that this embarrassing cope is hoping to gloss over.
Says who? If this is your first day on the topic, I guess the confusion makes a little bit of sense, but no.
@FutureAzA says the stated intentions of governments, NGO's and corporations trying to force this technology on consumers. I think the underlying realities are beginning to tell. No amount of subsidising will make the unfeasible feasible.
Who pays for this? Evs are bad
Transport companies think with numbers. They can't afford to be emotional like some dinosaurs out there, or they'll go broke.
Sorry fanboys but your numbers dont add up. If the worlds biggest car market is up by 44% yet worldwide growth is only 25% there has to be a lot more decreases worldwide than Europe's 3%!
Second word was "fanboys". Should have stopped right there. That was pre dumb, but no match for what was to follow.
@@FutureAzAEV sales worldwide in 23 was 14 million and in 24 it was 17 million so yes 3 million growth but in China in 23 sales were 8 million and in 24 it was 11 million. So there is your 3 million growth worldwide just in China the rest of the worlds growth is negligible.
I hope you are being able to at least get some sleep.
Electric Vehicles are just better.
When the heck is Tesla just going to cancel the X & S? Certainly the 3 is good enough now to get rid of the S and the sales of the X are terrible.
My theory is as soon as they can no longer justify running a single shift on that single line.
They should start building the Tesla Roadster 2.0 in Fremont, this year, too! So,the Slower Build rate of the S & the X, should be fine!
Tesla should add the paint and interior options on the Model X for FREE if you buy FSD.
This would increase FSD take rate and also increase sales of the Model X.
Buy getting the paint and interior options for FREE it keeps the price eligible for the $7500 tax cut.
Ev sales in USA has not skyrocketed 😂😂
2024 was a new record, just like all the years before it going back a good long while.
You guys sound like religious nuts. Energy density is the obstacle. Everything in life is shipped. Cargo ships, planes, trains and non-semi hauling is not practical. Those things will not be electric for many generations. Cars are a small source of fossil fuel use. Add to these energy production. Um, yeah. I own a cybertruck for the FSD software not because it's electric.
Cars are the majority of fossil fuel use. If you really love your dino burner, you should be urging everyone to get on EVs so the demand for your precious 'splody juice craters and the cost comes down.
You have not watched other Tesla Semi videos. They explain in detail that Pepsi is hauling chips not soda with the Tesla Semi. That makes a huge difference! Chip bags are 50% air. I am not joking. I watched a video explaining exactly that comment. Said nothing about the weight of the load, just that chips weigh less than soda, so the Tesla Semis are not able to haul as much as other class 8 trucks.
@davidbeppler3032 _Pepsi is hauling chips not soda with the Tesla Semi._
That's what I like to call *FALSE.* Tesla semis do haul cubed-out chips from the Frito-Lay plants, because chips are their product and their product needs to be delivered. But they also haul weighed-out loads of soft drinks from the PepsiCo plant in Sacramento, as far as Bakersfield, 280 miles away. This was demonstrated dozens of times during the Run On Less tests in the fall of 2023, which you or anyone can verify for themselves. Tesla has released the weight of the 300 mile and 500 mile versions of the Tesla Semi, and the 500 mile version allows essentially the same payload as a diesel semi, around 44,000 lbs.
Please spew your FUD elsewhere.
You make a good point; most Semis carry loads that are well below the weight limits. Very few loads are at maximum weight.
@@gpsfinancial6988 _most Semis carry loads that are well below the weight limits._
This is true. But the Tesla Semi still has a payload of around 44,000 lbs., comparable to diesel semis subject to the 80,000 GCVW limit on interstate highways.
@@BigBen621 I thought the Tesla Semis rated payload was higher. There is an extra 2000 lbs allowed for EV Semis. The Tesla battery etc would weight about 11,000 lbs. A diesel engine, full tank, cooling and exhaust would be about 6,000 lbs, so perhaps when carrying very heavy payloads there would be sometimes when a Tesla Semi topped out before a diesel.
@@gpsfinancial6988 _I thought the Tesla Semis rated payload was higher._
Well, there's no "rated payload"-the payload depends on many factors. And the weights of individual components aren't known well enough to allow an accurate comparison between the Tesla Semi and diesel semis. But Dan Priestly, head of the Tesla Semi program, recently announced that the weight of the 500-mile version is "
Autonomous FSD Semi (or Robovan) + Optimus robots to load and unload cargo and also handle Semi charging tasks will totally disrupt current delivery modalities.
The Tesla Semi: 1 Million Mile Guarantee on the Battery, Motor & Drivetrain with potential to 5M. 1000V 1.2MW DC Charging, 500Kw Wireless, 500-600 Miles per charge with 1000+ possible, Regenerative breaking on every wheel, In Wheel Motors, Regen on the Trailer. Battery on the Trailer, Solar on the Trailer, Autonomous, Caravans, Can drive in a Warehouse to charge. Wireless chargers could be portable in or around a Warehouse. Optimus Co-pilot Bots move the goods into the Semi. Semi gets to drop off location. Optimus helper drops off goods. repeat.