DHL revealed the result of a Tesla Semi trial it recently did and the company came out impressed by the...

DHL says that it was able to confirm that the Tesla Semi is capable of 500 miles on a single charge with a full load.

But more importantly, DHL confirmed that it achieved an efficiency of 1.72 kWh/mile on average during its two-week trial:

During the trial, the trial vehicle averaged 1.72 kWh/mile operating at speeds exceeding 50 mph (80 km/h) on average for over half its time on the road. The result exceeded our expectations and even Tesla’s own rating. That’s exactly what Tesla has been predicting, and in fact, Tesla says that it now does a little better with 1.6 kWh per mile.

kWh per mile means that this is the amount of energy it needs to travel a mile. Considering that 1.7 kWh of electricity can cost as low as $0.15, it opens up the opportunity to greatly reduced the cost of operation of semi trucks.

    • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Like I said, it doesn’t really impact me. So, you can feel how you want to feel. I don’t believe anything Tesla says because I’ve owned one, and I know how they attempt to manipulate their news cycle. I also downloaded the raw data and ran the numbers myself. The Semi does not achieve 500 mile range with a full gross weight traveling at normal highway speeds. You can calculate the rate of SOC decline between data points where the average speed was > 50 MPH and it comes nowhere close.

      Now, if on the other hand the title said DHL was happy with their Semi test bed then that wouldn’t really be up for dispute. But the instant the title said it achieves 500 miles then I’m sorry but there’s no data to support that claim that has ever been published. And I promise you, if such data did exist Tesla would be the first to brag about it incessantly.