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Tesla Semi Truck vs Diesel trucks going up a steep road

 

Electric motors have way more torque than diesel ones so this type of thing should be no surprise at all. It is such a pity that we do not see the effect of this driving on remaining range. Chances are that the power consumption rate during this hill climb would have roughly tripled.

The question we ask ourselves is if the Tesla truck was empty or if it was carrying something, because the two trucks it overtook certainly had a load of several tens of tons, especially the one carrying a tank.