[themagician]

In an ideal environment the operating cost of a Tesla Semi is about 1/3rd (conservative estimate) that of a diesel.

That environment is, again, very specific. But if your routes are short and predictable, you have massive warehouse space for solar, and you can get your average electricity cost as low as Tesla can then it pays off. 1 million miles in a diesel is going to cost well over $1 million dollars (including the price of the cab). With a Tesla Semi that cost is at least half… IF you can get the electricity cost low enough.

[retromario]

What about the 4 examples of other electric semis shared at the end of the original thread?

https://twitter.com/TOrynski/status/1600970796159336449

[ffssffss]

There are several other electric semis, the thread lists their manufacturers at the end.

[Chirono]

Yes there are: https://www.volvotrucks.com/en-en/trucks/alternative-fuels/e...

[moloch-hai]

You have to run 3x as many of them, because they move less than 1/3 the freight per run.

Unless you are moving toilet paper or packing peanuts.

[eastof]

TFA references several competing electric truck makers such as https://nikolamotor.com/tre-bev

[reissbaker]

Nikola was convicted of securities fraud last year for faking their electric truck. They finally delivered 48 trucks this year, and then all of them were immediately recalled for safety issues. I think the fact that the author referenced them as viable alternatives is pretty emblematic of how accurate the thread is.