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11-17-2017, 08:19 PM
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Wow...there is a commitment to electric vehicles
Loblaw to be early adopter of Tesla's all-electric Semi
Canadian grocer Loblaw has ordered 25 of Tesla's all-electric Semis, as part of an effort to move its fleet of delivery trucks to low-emission vehicles.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesl...test-1.4407198
Groceries is a very competitive field, they must have done their homework.
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11-17-2017, 08:23 PM
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Or gotten them for super cheap to try and promote Tesla... But Tesla won't meet their dates.. it'll be 2030 before they release the first semi, even though they'll have 100,000 paid for orders .
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11-17-2017, 08:25 PM
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They didn't release the price, could be scary. Has to over a million
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11-17-2017, 08:45 PM
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Well they ought to keep the towing companies busy. 
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11-17-2017, 09:05 PM
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I wonder if that was a business decision made by prudent accountants or a trendy follow the crowd action decided by some skinny pants hipsters who pray at the altar of Muskism.
They'd probably be better off creating a biomass digester from all of their waste food and compressing the methane collected from it for CH4 powered vehicles.
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11-17-2017, 09:15 PM
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I'm always curious about how optimistic the range is, as opposed to reality of driving to Hay River when it is -50 C....would suck to run out of juice and no extension cord in sight.....
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11-17-2017, 09:22 PM
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Some pretty exciting stuff out there right now. Fisker recently announced they have developed a solid state battery that has 2.5x the energy density of the current lithium ion units and can recharge in less than a minute. Tesla just announced their roadster with a 0-60 mph time of 1.9 seconds and a 600 mile range.
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11-17-2017, 09:22 PM
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I'm always curious about how optimistic the range is, as opposed to reality of driving to Hay River when it is -50 C....would suck to run out of juice and no extension cord in sight.....
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Surely they will be only used in city deliveries as they won't have the range of a diesel highway tractor. I'm thinking they'll rationalize that it's best to use them in densely populated areas where air quality is poor so they can brag about not polluting cities, but instead transfer that pollution to wherever the local powerplant is!
Also the urban usage would get the expensive rigs seen by their more environmentally reactionary shoppers.
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11-17-2017, 09:23 PM
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What a joke. Elon Musk is either a genius or the world's biggest scam artist.
I am beginning to think he is the latter.
Tesla has 450,000 orders for their Model 3 car and has delivered about 300 so far.
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11-18-2017, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I'm always curious about how optimistic the range is, as opposed to reality of driving to Hay River when it is -50 C....would suck to run out of juice and no extension cord in sight.....
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The truck is projected to have a 1000kWh battery so cold weather would have a negligible impact on range. That's enough battery power to heat the truck for like a month straight.
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11-17-2017, 09:45 PM
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Groceries is a very competitive field, they must have done their homework.
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How the hell have they "done their homework" on a platform that isn't built yet? Tell me how they analyzed the mileage over time, battery performance and cost over time, maintenance of the overall rig, ability to haul a load on top of battery weight. All stuff that is crucial to commercial economics. This is a marketing gimmick plain and simple. If the truck actually happens to work out then great. Otherwise they aren't out much and get tonnes of great press.
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11-17-2017, 10:04 PM
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It'll be a long time before you see one mounting the Salmo-Creston in January.
Oh, and for those that read the article, loblaws doesn't have a corporate fleet. Nor does Wal-Mart. Just a cheap pr swindle.
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11-17-2017, 10:07 PM
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The brand new school here in the town of less than 200 people has a dedicated electric vehiçle charging station. Um ok
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11-17-2017, 10:15 PM
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The brand new school here in the town of less than 200 people has a dedicated electric vehiçle charging station. Um ok
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I hope it has some form of billing /metering for those who charge up at it. The taxpayer should not be paying for those peoples transportation energy costs!
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11-17-2017, 10:59 PM
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I hope it has some form of billing /metering for those who charge up at it. The taxpayer should not be paying for those peoples transportation energy costs!
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It's locked tight lol.
No windup cars here yet
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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11-19-2017, 10:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by colroggal
It'll be a long time before you see one mounting the Salmo-Creston in January.
Oh, and for those that read the article, loblaws doesn't have a corporate fleet. Nor does Wal-Mart. Just a cheap pr swindle.
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Wlamart does have a fleet. At least Walmart US...
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11-19-2017, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by pikergolf
Loblaw to be early adopter of Tesla's all-electric Semi
Canadian grocer Loblaw has ordered 25 of Tesla's all-electric Semis, as part of an effort to move its fleet of delivery trucks to low-emission vehicles.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesl...test-1.4407198
Groceries is a very competitive field, they must have done their homework. |
It is called free advertising. Many companies are using such announcements to make money. Ie. social licensing is huge for kids. They will spend more to save a duck...while ignoring all the dead bats and song birds...but hey. That is a different type of advertising expertise.
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11-19-2017, 04:07 PM
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I'd rather drive a Mack !!!
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11-19-2017, 04:36 PM
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I'd rather drive a Mack !!!
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I've always pictured you driving a Western Star bb. A nice lady truck, you know... 
As for the topic - I can see swapping Cummins for batteries in a decade, not right now.
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11-19-2017, 07:13 PM
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I've always pictured you driving a Western Star bb. A nice lady truck, you know...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69_ofi44RmE
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11-19-2017, 07:47 PM
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Spending 6 figures on a fad luxury electric car so one can tout how they "save" money not buying gas AND "save" the environment. It's funny on so many levels.
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