Tesla Semi Unveil and Test Rides - Oct. 26

[Rowan256]

Remarkeble small, still very coo

I'm sure that there will be some additional fairing...

What happens in sharp corners with the new trucks? Do they adapt like elastics?

 

[AustinPowers]

Someone should update the thread title to reflect the new change of plans...

 

[austinEV]

I got an invite email (referral program) but it is frustratingly vague. Anyone know if we will have +1's? I am looking to take my daughter (9). Anyone taken kids to a hawthorne even before?

 

[rallykeeper]

I got an invite email (referral program) but it is frustratingly vague. Anyone know if we will have +1's? I am looking to take my daughter (9). Anyone taken kids to a hawthorne even before?

Haven't taken kids, but saw them at the first Tesla Energy event. (ymmv, but they did look kinda bored.)

 

[HankLloydRight]

I got an invite email (referral program) but it is frustratingly vague. Anyone know if we will have +1's? I am looking to take my daughter (9). Anyone taken kids to a hawthorne even before?

At the first M3 reveal, I don't think I saw any kids. It was really a cocktail party atmosphere. Lots of waiting around, as usual. The semi might be different. But I'm sure the invite includes a +1. Mine did .

 

[austinEV]

Haven't taken kids, but saw them at the first Tesla Energy event. (ymmv, but they did look kinda bored.)

Well she understands this is what gets her to LA, and thus Disney, universal, LaBrea, beach etc. Small price to pay.

Thanks all. As long as it isn't strictly no kids she will be fine.

 

[MelaniainLA]

I live in LA and if anyone is coming alone to the unveil and needs a +1, I would be deeply grateful!! Happy to be your chauffeur and take you to a nice dinner

 

[MelaniainLA]

I live in LA and if anyone is coming alone to the unveil and needs a +1, I would be deeply grateful!! Happy to be your chauffeur and take you to a nice dinner

Oops never mind!! Just checked and looks like I have 5 referrals as of today!

For those of you who got Semi Unveil invites, the cars don't have to be delivered (just ordered), right? How long after the 5th referral did you get the invite?

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Oops never mind!! Just checked and looks like I have 5 referrals as of today!

For those of you who got Semi Unveil invites, the cars don't have to be delivered (just ordered), right? How long after the 5th referral did you get the invite?

Nobody has received an invite yet. They only sent out a "save the date" email on October 2nd. Then they sent another email on October 6th changing the event date to November 16th.

 

[deltajent]

"Now you know" did a feature on a huge dump truck, owned by a cement company.

That truck is totally recharged by gravity.

The dump truck depletes it's battery when going up the hill, empty. Much lighter going up as it has no load in it's bed.

When filled up at the top of the hill it uses regenerative braking on the way down to recharge the batteries.

The truck weighs so much more, filled up on the way down, that it generates more energy on the down hill than it uses on it's empty uphill journey.

Very little, or no charging needed for the specific way that truck is being used....clever.

Most pit dumpers like that haul rock up out of the pit and return downhill empty. Where would the opposite be the case?

 

[dhanson865]

Event Time Announcer - Tesla Semi Unveal Remarks

 

[malcolm]

More promises from Elon

Elon Musk on Twitter

Can't wait for the threads: "Why is my mind still here and not in another dimension?" "Where's MY portal gun, Elon?" etc

 

[thegruf]

Launch it on the drag strip Elon, with a mock up of a portal at each end

This thing is going to have hilarious torque, sub 15 second quarter mile without trailer?

 

[Pricee2]

How does one watch this event live?

 

[MP3Mike]

How does one watch this event live?

With your eyes.

I assume that Tesla will post a live streaming link on this page around 8PM tonight: Tesla Semi

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

"SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center today at 8 p.m. ET. The company is executing a secretive mission dubbed “Zuma” commissioned by defense technology company Northrop Grumman for the US government. Additional information around the mission is “restricted.”"

Is Space X launching a rocket at the same time the Semi event is supposed to start?

 

[Mr X]

"SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center today at 8 p.m. ET. The company is executing a secretive mission dubbed “Zuma” commissioned by defense technology company Northrop Grumman for the US government. Additional information around the mission is “restricted.”"

Is Space X launching a rocket at the same time the Semi event is supposed to start?

 

[DriveMe]

No, there is a 3 hour difference between 8 PM Eastern and 8 PM Pacific.

 

[dhanson865]

Is Space X launching a rocket at the same time the Semi event is supposed to start?

Not the exact same time, Kennedy is Eastern Time, Semi Event is Pacific Time. 3 hour difference.

 

[Pricee2]

The space X launch has been moved to tomorrow.

@ MP3Mike thanks for the link.