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Outcomes speak for themselves. Tesla has had their timelines set back years and they're still ahead of everyone else in every category and their products sell like hot cakes. People who actually …

> Basically none of them are operationally able to go from 15 minute diesel fill ups on any corner to the infrastructure and load planning EVs require. Like they literally don’t have the software o…

> These trucks are more expensive, require infrastructure that doesn’t exist, charge slower, and don’t go anywhere near as far as diesel trucks. And no fleets in North America are ready to figure o…

Those whose opinion actually matter have done the math and put orders in to save them cost in the long run. Of course, if right now, the load capacity or the range isn't applicable to one's …

While it is theoretically possible to use overhead electric lines to power vehicles on highways, there are a few challenges that would need to be overcome in order to make this a practical solution. F…

To add to this, for AC, there is a conversion stage (ie inverter) that needs to convert it to DC to charge the batteries. This unit, at the currents that the Semi requires to be charged in a reasonabl…

> Tesla is dead as a company. Oh one of you. Would be great if you spread this as far as you can and get the Tesla share prices to drop so I can buy them cheap. Cheerio ;)

> I wonder if they did some studies to convince themselves that it's a good idea. They explicitly call out the research they did in collaboration with the industry and the drivers that informe…

> You’re assuming that range is actually useful. I'm not assuming that. The entire trucking industry keeps talking about how they won't buy low range stuff. Also, while batteries are stil…

The best metric I can think of is expected lifetime miles driven over total cost of ownership. But I don't get why you think it's backwards! You want kwh/mile to be low. Basically, you …

> Elon's word is worth very little these days His words are worth fine. Articles and second hand mangled version of what he actually says is worth nothing - I agree. As far as this topic is co…

Those "contenders" are referenced in the article: - Escadia has less than half the range of Tesla Semi and ~6 times slower charging rate per mile. - Peterbilt has 3.5x less range that Tesla …

Watch the delivery event. They address that.

In the presentation, Musk stated that the drivetrain is guaranteed for 1 million miles. I have no data on what sort of guarantees Diesel Semi manufacturers offer. Would be good to work that out. There…

We need Elon to drop by HN next and clean up these mess of BS submissions that continue to amass 100+ points and not flagged to oblivion despite them being non-news. EDIT: and maybe we should penalize…

BTW, thanks for your relentless work here — much appreciated.

I'm amazed by how HN just takes every piece of data at face value and starts reacting to it like it's gospel. News story after news story. This place is no different than Twitter, Youtube co…

> The easiest way is to start by putting everything into one file. You can start simple, defer some decisions, and evolve your project with time. This is something that most even senior developers …

Little confused - I’ve been using fractional scaling on Wayland for 6 months now!

Meanwhile my personal installation is 8 years old. It was initially installed on a desktop on btrfs and has since moved between three laptops and across to ext4 and now xfs. 150K lines in pacman log f…

GDPR applies to any company that offers services to EU residents. It doesn’t matter if the company has any presence in the EU. Now, that means EU may not necessarily be able to force the company opera…

One wheel scooter are generally more dangerous than their two or more wheeled counterparts because upon software bug or power loss, all control is lost. At higher speeds, serious injury is very likely…