Former trucker criticized Tesla Semi

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17 November Company Tesla presented electric truck Seeds. Among its features - acceleration to 100 km / h in 5 seconds, as well as power reserve in 800 km. But former trucker Jonathon Ramsey does not share the admiration of the new items. He wrote a column for publication. Autoblog, where highlighted 5 claims to Tesla Semi. Revision AIN.UA leads the main thing from the material.

Tesla Semi intended only for small trips

This truck is suitable for small trunk traffic - for example, from one regional warehouse. Walmart (by the way, Walmart already made a pre-order for such trucks). Tesla Semi copes with work in ports, where you have to wait a long time and often go to a certain point and back.

But the first version Tesla Semi will not replace the thousands of trucks that run from coast to coast and pass weekly from 3000 to 8000 km.

A chair in the center of the cabin is uncomfortable

I do not think that this decision will help the truck driver. I already occupy an advantageous position in a traditional truck, being two meters above the passenger cars. What is important to me is to watch your own car, and this position does not allow it. The blind areas of the truck are next to the doors. AT Tesla Semi I can't bend and see the conditional under me Toyota Corolla.

В Tesla Semi few mirrors

At the truck Tesla there are only cameras behind. But many trucks are equipped with mirrors on the front wings - in my Kenworth there were a total of 7. I know that such mirrors would prevent aerodynamics Tesla Semi, but when these little details, which cost only $ 8, can save thousands of dollars on repairs, I don’t understand how to do without them.

Tesla need to pay attention to the braking

“We want to create a car that accelerates like no other,” Musk said at the presentation. I understand that acceleration is a key part of the brand Tesla. A truck that weighs 36 tons and travels at a speed of 90 km / h needs more 160 meters for complete braking. And how much is this figure for Tesla?

В Semi truck a lot of electronics

Musk said that third-party devices are difficult to use in conventional trucks. But this is not true. In my trucks there was only a device from Qualcommas well as a portable GPS on the windshield. Mask showed the car with a computer from Qualcomm, traditional GPS, iPad and another device, the purpose of which I have not determined. I have been in many trucks and I can say that only a novice or a chronically uncertain driver needs such amount of electronics.

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