Electronic enthusiasts eight o'clock: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company is working with a number of truck companies to design Tesla's first electric truck model.
“We plan to officially announce the prototype before the end of September this year, but before that we have already shown the design to the truck potential customers, and they all like this design very much. The biggest concern they have is how much they can buy. Such electric trucks and the specific price of these models. At the same time, we will also involve these potential truck customers in the design process.†Musk was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Said at the annual shareholders meeting.
It should be said that Tesla hopes that these potential truck customers will participate in the design process mainly because the company's first truck products can fully meet the needs of these major customers. At the same time, Musk also said that Tesla is expected to fully mass-produce this electric truck model within 18 months or two years.
As we all know, Musk first talked about the company's desire to launch a truck model in the "Master Plan, Part Deux" published last summer, except that Tesla and Musk are here. After that, he refused to disclose more details about the project.
In the eyes of Musk, electrifying the world is his ultimate goal, and the emergence of electric buses and electric trucks is indispensable in this big game. But in theory, unless Musk gets "extraordinary technology" in battery technology, he may not be able to get an electric artifact that can "annihilate" American long-distance trucks. The assertion came from a paper by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who found that electric vehicle cruising range could be stuck at the limit of 300 miles (about 482 kilometers), and such vehicles are expensive and have limited carrying capacity. After all, the weight and volume of the battery can be not small.
Some analysts believe that if Tesla's electric trucks are still using lithium battery systems, and the power-to-weight ratio can reach the level of the existing Tesla vehicles of 243KW/KG, they want to achieve the goal of 600 miles of charging, an electric truck. Photocells are loaded with 14 tons, while 900 miles require 22 tons of batteries. According to the current price of batteries, the cost of a 600-mile battery is as high as $290,000, while a 900-mile battery requires a $450,000 battery. But in fact, the same level of diesel trucks on the market, one sold for $120,000.
Of course, cost is not the only problem. What's more important is that US law requires a total truck weight of 40 tons. If you add the weight of the car and tires, the actual cargo load of the 600-mile electric truck will only be 9 tons, while the traditional truck. The cargo capacity can reach an average of 16 tons. In this industry that is pursuing efficiency, the models with weak cargo capacity may not be acceptable. In addition, the charging time of huge battery packs is also a problem that potential customers have to consider, as this is also an important factor affecting the efficiency of trucking.
At the same time, some traditional car companies have begun to develop their own electric truck models. Daimler Group, the leader in the truck industry, is about to launch two brands of electric trucks, one is the Mercedes-Benz brand concept car "Urban eTruck", which is expected to be mass-produced in 2020, and the other is Daimler's subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso launched. The "Canter E-Cell" model.
It is particularly worth mentioning that Dalem’s new battery factory, which invested 500 million euros in Kamenz County, Germany, officially opened. The opening ceremony included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Saxony Governor Stanislaw TIllich. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler's Board of Directors and Mercedes-Benz Automotive Director. In the future, this new plant will serve as the main production task for Daimler electric vehicle batteries.
Dalem’s plan is to invest $11 billion by 2022 to launch 10 electric models, and its own electric truck products already have around 20 potential customers. In addition, Daimler has several other electric vehicle projects, including 1,500 all-electric Mercedes-Benz trucks for Germany's largest independent logistics company.
Other topics of the shareholders' meetingIn addition to the topic of electric trucks, Musk also talked about the compact SUV Model Y at this general meeting. Most importantly, Musk released a preview photo of Model Y at the shareholders meeting and said that the model will be produced on a new platform and is scheduled to be released in 2019.
In the upcoming Model 3, Musk said the company plans to add the Model 3 configuration selection program to the site by the end of July. In order to ensure the orderly production, the options that users can choose at the beginning will be very limited. Tesla will also hold a press conference to celebrate the official delivery of the first production model, Model 3.
Finally, Musk also talked about his habit of sending Twitter late at night. He said that the frequency of his own tweets does not represent his or her interest in a company or business. For example, although he often sends Twitter related to The Boring Company, the company's business is only his own. Interests and hobbies. In addition, Trump recently issued an immigration executive order against Muslim-majority countries, causing technology companies to be in turmoil. Soon after, Musk sent a message on Twitter saying that "the ban is not correct" and he also called this administrative order "the Muslim immigration ban." But soon Musk deleted the news and later explained that the news was only an "early draft."
Of course, he also said unscrupulously that many of his late-night tweets have a lot to do with alcohol.
"You know, when a few glasses of red wine in a proper atmosphere, with some classic songs, what magical things can happen." Musk finally said.
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