Tesla Semi & Roadster Unveil
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0:20Tesla PresenterI'm the leader of the truck program here at Tesla, and it's my great pleasure to welcome you here in Los Angeles. All of you. All of you have played a very important role in making this event possible and ensuring the success of Tesla.
0:39Tesla PresenterMany of you here have given lots of referrals for the sales. Thank you very much. Many of you over there have helped us on the Trek program, have given us feedback, have given us a lot of advice, and have placed a lot of reservations for the Trek.
0:57Tesla PresenterSo thank you very much for your support. And finally, I want to thank all of our employees here in Los Angeles, in the Bay Area and at the Gigafactory for all their hard work for something.
1:17Tesla PresenterWe make a lot of sacrifices, but I think you will agree with me that it's worth it when you see those beautiful products. I'm personally very passionate about trucks.
1:28Tesla PresenterI've been lucky to work in that industry for a long time. And I'm proud to say that we have the best trucks ever. Are you ready to see them?
1:41Tesla PresenterBring them on.
3:18Elon MuskWant to give the trucks a moment? Give the trucks a moment.
3:22Tesla PresenterAll right.
3:24Elon MuskAll right. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the, to the welcome to the Tesla Semi Truck event. I hope you like what you see. I'm going to tell you about everything that this truck can do.
3:40Elon MuskIt blows my mind. I think it'll blow yours. Starting with performance. So an acronym we came up with that I think really describes the performance. Well,
4:04Elon MuskTechnical term, but let's show you what that means in acceleration. So one thing that we care about, Tesla, is we really care about performance. We want a vehicle that feels incredible, that accelerates like nothing else.
4:20Elon MuskLet's show what the truck. What it's like to be in a Tesla truck. This is real time.
4:41Elon MuskSo that's the Tesla. The Tesla Semi will go 0 to 60 in five seconds.
4:52Elon MuskThat's by itself or with a trailer. Now, at £80,000 max gross vehicle weight, that's the most amount of weight you can carry on a US Highway. This is the real time acceleration of a Tesla semi.
5:06Elon MuskThat on the left, the thing that looks like it's not moving is a diesel truck.
5:19Elon MuskGive it a moment.
5:25Elon MuskI'm sorry to bore you. I apologize.
5:28Tesla PresenterBoring. I know.
5:30Elon MuskEventually it'll get there. All right, even with £80,000 pulling max gross, getting 60 miles an hour in 20 seconds, that's what it can do. Now, what about up a hill?
5:47Elon MuskOkay, the best diesel trucks can only do 45 miles an hour. Up a 5% grade Tesla Semi can do 65 miles an hour up to 5% grade,
6:02Elon MuskThat's 65 miles an hour continuous at max gross. What this means is that if you've got, if you're pulling a load over the Rockies or some mountainous terrain up a hill, you're earning per mile, you're earning 50% more per mile than you are in a diesel truck.
6:21Elon MuskThat's a gigantic difference. Now one of the biggest questions we've been asked about electric trucks is, well, how far can they go? Because, well, let's find out. So, 500 mile range.
6:51Elon MuskBut what does a 500 mile range mean? And by the way, it's 500 miles at maximum weight at highway speed. So you're doing like 60 miles an hour. That's a worst case scenario.
7:06Elon MuskBut what it means is that since because the vast majority of routes, because the vast majority are under 250 miles, it means that you can go to your destination and back.
7:19Elon MuskEven if your destination has no charging, you can go there and back, go there at home without recharging. So you can deliver a load out to the middle of nowhere and come back.
7:41Elon MuskNow how do we achieve this? One of the ways we do this is we designed the Tesla truck to be like. So whereas a normal diesel truck is designed more like a barn wall, this is a bullet.
7:52Elon MuskYou can see this in the drag coefficient. So the Tesla Semi has a 0.36 drag coefficient. This is a really good number. As by way of comparison, a Bugatti Chiron, which is a 2 million dollar supercar, has a 0.38 drag coefficients.
8:13Elon MuskThis has got a better drag coefficient than a supercar. And by the way, we, yeah, by the way, you can see that in the design, the probably we achieve that is with the bullet shaped nose.
8:30Elon MuskWe also have side flaps that map to the whatever trail you're pulling, whether it's a new trailer or old trailer, the side flaps will map to whatever trail you're pulling and close the gap.
8:42Elon MuskSo this, this makes a huge difference to the drag coefficient. The bottom of the truck is also completely flat, so the air can flow straight through. These are things that you don't see on any other trucks.
8:54Elon MuskAnd it gives us incredible highway range. One of the key factors, we also have four independent motors. There's a motor on each of the rear wheels and an independent front suspension.
9:09Elon MuskSo it's incredibly comfortable to drive this truck.
9:17Elon MuskYeah.
9:27Elon MuskAnd then we just for interest sake, we created a pickup truck version of the Tesla semi.
9:46Elon MuskIt's a pickup truck that can carry a pickup truck.
10:02Elon MuskBy the way, this is, you can Legally drive that. It shouldn't be legal, but you will actually be able to legally drive that with a normal driver's license. It's kind of wrong, but I like it.
10:18Elon MuskNow, what about the driver experience? What does it feel like to drive this truck? That's amazing because this truck has no gears. It's, there's no, you're not constantly shifting gears.
10:34Elon MuskIt has one, one gear. So it's, it's, it's smooth. It's like driving, it's like driving a Tesla. It's as though you're driving a Model S or Model X or Model 3.
10:42Elon MuskIt's just big. It's really, it's super easy to drive and it feels incredibly responsive, unlike any truck that you've ever driven. And the point of view that you have is also incredible.
10:53Elon MuskWe put the driver in the center, so the driver is actually in the center of the truck. You're positioned like you're in a race car. You have complete visibility of the road and all the surroundings.
11:16Elon MuskIt's a beautiful, spacious interior. You can stand up inside. It's got redundant screens and it's, it just feels incredible to drive this. It's one of the best feelings. It's so.
11:28Elon MuskIt's incomparably better than another, than any other truck on the road. You really have to drive it to understand just how good that feels. Like I can drive this thing and I have no idea how to drive this.
11:37Elon MuskAm I? So take a few, take a few more shots of the interior. Just gives you a sense. By the way, we'll say like.
11:54Elon MuskAlso there's a little trunk in the front. All right, we'll throw that in there. As compared to. I don't want to hurt your eyes, but that's what a diesel truck looks like today.
12:09Elon MuskIt's a clutter of third party devices. It's very difficult to use. It requires integration, installation. These things don't talk to each other. It's a pain in the neck. It has significant add on costs.
12:22Elon MuskWhereas the Tesla semi, all of this is included. It's included in every truck. Everything just works. The moment you get the truck, it's got everything. And as soon as they integrate with all the fleet systems, the things that are really important to the trucking industry.
12:43Elon MuskSo what about fueling today? If you're fueling a diesel truck, you've got fumes, spills, toxic environment, prices change all the time. And what a lot of people don't realize is it actually, it takes up to 15 minutes or more to actually fill a truck.
12:59Elon MuskYou have to sit there for 15 minutes while the tank gets filled. As compared to charging a Tesla truck, you can charge at your origin or destination. So while you're unloading your cargo, you can charge.
13:27Elon MuskSo the reason 400 miles is important is because you have to take take a break eventually. So if you drive for, if you drive for five or six hours, which is that's about as much as you want to be driving continuously because you have to stop for bathroom break, get a bite to eat, in fact, you're legally required to stop for 30 minutes.
13:50Elon MuskSo but you, if 400 miles is like six plus six to seven hours of driving, which means, what this means in practice is that by the time you are, you're done with your break, the truck is ready to go, you will not be waiting for your truck to charge.
14:11Elon MuskIt's a big deal.
14:19Elon MuskAnd because of the Tesla mega chargers that will be installing Wallet, just like we've got superchargers installed worldwide, you've seen the supercharger map. It started off with just a few, with just a few chargers in California.
14:29Elon MuskNow we have superchargers throughout the world. And you'll be able to go anywhere with a Tesla consumer vehicle. The same will be true of the Tesla semi. You'll be able to travel anywhere in the world on the Tesla mega charger network.
14:45Elon MuskAnd that means we can guarantee the electricity rates because these will be solar powered mega charges that charge to a Tesla power pack is 24,7 guaranteed low electricity.
15:06Elon MuskAnd because these mega charges are solar powered, your truck is running on sunlight. Okay,
15:19Elon MuskWhat about safety? Now when I say safety, I'm talking about the driver safety. I'm also talking about other cars on the road. I'm talking about pedestrians. Safety for everyone.
15:31Elon MuskIf you've got £80,000 moving at 60 miles an hour, it's a very dangerous thing. Every truck we sell will have enhanced autopilot as standard. Okay.
15:48Elon MuskThe truck will automatically break. Yeah, you can read it too. It'll automatically break, but it will actually automatically lane keep as well. So even if, even if, even if you're in the truck and you have a medical emergency, the truck will stay in lane and gradually come to a halt and put on the emergencies.
16:11Elon MuskIf it doesn't hear a response from you will actually call emergency services and get an ambulance. It's going to take care of you, it's going to take care of other cars, it's going to take care of pedestrians.
16:20Elon MuskThis is a massive increase in safety.
16:33Elon MuskA few other things about safety. It's got with that central position, you're in a very safe position. Even if you were to collide with another semi, you have a low center of gravity that gives you really good handling.
16:44Elon MuskMeans the probability of a rollover is massively reduced because the battery pack is in the floor pan and rollover risk is dramatically reduced. And perhaps most importantly, jackknifing is usually the worst nightmare of a trucker.
17:00Elon MuskHow do you stop your vehicle from jackknifing if you're in difficult conditions, the truck will automatically stop jackknifing because it's got independent motors on each wheel and it'll dynamically adjust the torque on each wheel so that jackknifing is impossible.
17:26Elon MuskYour worst nightmare is gone with this truck. Gone. Never have to worry about it.
17:38Elon MuskMiserable job. Reliability. Reliability is incredibly important. Truck is your life. It's your business. Truck breaks down, you're disappointing your customers. It's a horrible day. It could be a horrible week.
17:57Elon MuskIt could break down in the middle of nowhere. That's safety issues. Reliability is incredibly important. We're putting massive attention. It's making this truck incredibly reliable. And that's why we are guaranteeing that this truck will not break down for a million miles.
18:24Elon MuskWithout guaranteeing it won't break down for a million miles because it has four independent motors. You can lose two of those four motors and the truck will still keep going.
18:32Elon MuskIn fact, even if you only have two of the four motors active, it'll still be a diesel truck.
18:42Elon MuskIt's not fair, really. So then it has, you know, there's a few other benefits as well. Brakes. Brakes are a big deal for trucks. You got to stop £80,000.
18:55Elon MuskIt's not easy. That's a lot of brakes. That's a lot of brake wear. But because with an electric motor, you can turn the brakes into generators. So every time you brake, that kinetic energy of braking goes right straight back into the battery pack instead of, instead of wearing down a brake pad.
19:10Elon MuskSo brake pads basically last forever. You never need to replace brake pads ever. Ever. So, yeah, no brake. No brake pad changes ever. Don't have to worry about transmission because there's no transmission.
19:27Elon MuskTransmission can't break. There are no emissions, no scrubbers, no differentials. And, and this is the feature I like best. Thermonuclear explosion proof glass.
19:42Elon MuskClose. I mean, it's close. So standard glass. Now why is this important? Because they see, look, nothing survived a nuclear explosion. That was incredible. So actually what's important here is but survives a nuclear explosion or you get a Full refund.
20:03Elon MuskFull refund.
20:09Elon MuskThe reason this is important is because truck windshields are huge and they crack about once a year and if the truck windshield is cracked, you're not allowed to drive.
20:19Elon MuskSo it actually, it's truck off road. If you have a cracked, cracked windshield and that means lost revenue, just point to customers. It's a terrible, it's a terrible day.
20:27Elon MuskAnd if you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, take ages to get to get a new windshield. So actually this, this, this detail, this detail matters a lot to someone who really is, understands trucking.
20:40Elon MuskIt's, it's small but very important. Then we have in terms of connectivity to truck, understanding what's going on. We have the Tesla app that gives you full information about your truck.
20:50Elon MuskThis is sort of normal. It's like we take it for granted with if you've got a Model S or Model X, something like that. But this is not normal actually for trucks.
21:00Elon MuskYou have full access to all your truck information. You've got remote diagnostics, you can, you can see what's going on. Preventative maintenance. The truck will actually anticipate when it needs to be when it needs maintenance and inform you ahead of time and it connects with the fleet.
21:17Elon MuskSo if you've got, trying to manage a fleet of thousands of trucks, this is also incredibly important. All this data is coming in, you know exactly what's going on.
21:24Elon MuskIt's going to really help you manage your trucking. Now having said all this, you're probably wondering how much is this going to cost? Because Tesla stuff is expensive. But we realized that trucking, the economics of trucking matter tremendously.
21:44Elon MuskIf, if you have a truck, if your cost per mile is too high, it doesn't make economic sense, you can't make it work. So we really thought about this a lot and when you take everything into account, take the least cost, the insurance cost, maintenance, all of the factors, the, the fully accounted for true cost of trucking.
22:03Elon MuskA diesel truck will be 20% more expensive than, than a Tesla semi per mile.
22:16Elon MuskI want to be clear, this is from day one, from day one having a Tesla semi will beat a diesel truck on economics. Day one. And this is at, this is a worst case scenario.
22:31Elon MuskSo it gets better than this. This is the, this is the, this is the worst case scenario comparison. This is taking max vehicle growth. It's going at 60 miles an hour and it's assuming $250 gasoline price.
22:43Elon MuskWe're guaranteeing a 7 cent kilowatt wholesale price. When I'm clear about that. This is real, these are real numbers. And it only gets better than this. This is the worst case scenario.
23:01Elon MuskNow, one truck, a Tesla truck, considered by itself beats other diesel trucks. But what if you have a convoy? So what if you have trucks, two trucks following? So you're more like a train driver.
23:20Elon MuskIn fact, the convoy technology, the tracking technology, this is something that we are confident we can do today. 10 times safer than a human driver. So I want to be clear, this is something we can do now.
23:37Elon MuskAnd.
23:41Elon MuskWhere's that plane? There you go. Now if you look at the economics of a truck convoy, it gets way better. Now a diesel truck is twice as expensive as a Tesla semi.
24:00Elon MuskSo what this means is it's not just economic suicide to use one diesel truck. It's economic suicide for rail. This beats rail.
24:23Elon MuskSo. And that's I think really, quite, quite profound. We're confident that this is a product that is better in every way from a feature standpoint, that wins on economics against diesel trucks in a worst case scenario.
24:38Elon MuskAnd that defeats rail in a convoy scenario. And production begins 2019. So if you order now, get part the truck in two years.
24:52Tesla PresenterAll right,
24:58Elon MuskSo that's the Tesla, the Tesla semi. I hope you guys enjoyed what you saw.
25:08Elon MuskAll right, guys, take it away.
25:10Tesla PresenterThank you.
25:11Elon MuskThanks.
28:08Elon MuskSo it turns out there was some cargo in the truck. There's some cargo in the truck. We thought we'd bring it out. We started Tesla, we started Tesla with a sports car, Tesla Roadster.
28:26Elon MuskSo that's that. That baby got us going. It's, it's the, it was, the foundation of the whole company was the Tesla Roadster. People have asked us for a long time, when are you going to make a new Roadster?
28:39Elon MuskWe are making it now.
28:47Elon MuskAnd you know, there's, I don't know if you've watched baseball's movie, but this, there's only thing, there's only one thing that's beyond ludicrous, which is plaid.
29:12Elon MuskSo the Tesla, the new Tesla Roadster will be the fastest car, production car ever made, period.
29:29Elon MuskAnd this is the, this is the base model. Okay. This is the base model. We're going to talk about things beyond base. Maybe next year sometime. This base model, base model will do 0 to 60 in 1.9 seconds.
29:47Tesla PresenterOkay?
29:49Elon MuskIt'll. That, that is the fastest. This is really the first time that any car has broken two seconds at zero to 60.
30:01Elon MuskIt'll be, it'll be the fastest to 100 miles an hour. 4.2 seconds to 100 miles an hour. Be faster, faster than that jet over
30:13Tesla Presenterthere,
30:16Elon Muskit'll do the quarter mile in 8.9 seconds.
30:23Elon MuskThis will be the first time that any car has broken nine seconds. Any production car has broken nine seconds in a quarter mile.
30:35Elon MuskThese are, these are all, these are all world records. Okay. This is what we're achieving in the prototype. I wouldn't say what the actual top speed is, but it's above 250 miles an hour.
30:56Elon MuskThe range. This is going to have a 200 kilowatt hour battery pack.
31:11Elon Musk606. This is. These numbers sound nutty, but they're real. 600, 620 mile range. That's a thousand kilometer range. This will be the first time an electric vehicle breaks a thousand kilometers.
31:24Elon MuskA production electric vehicle will travel more than a thousand kilometers, a single charge at highway speed.
31:38Elon MuskBut you'll be able to to travel from LA to San Francisco and back at highway speed without recharging.
31:50Elon MuskThe point of doing this is to just give the hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars.
32:05Elon MuskDrive. Driving a gasoline sports car is going to feel like a steam engine with a side of quiche. This thing will have three motors, so it's all wheel drive.
32:18Elon MuskOne motor in the front, two on the rear. We're able to do torque steering. I said turn our battery pack 10,000 Newton meters of torque, if you know what that means.
32:27Elon MuskIt's stupid.
32:32Elon MuskIt's also a four seater. Yeah. So it's a two plus two. Two plus two. Okay. You can't put giant people in the rear seat, but you will put, okay, a giant person squashed or a small person fit in the back.
32:51Elon MuskSo. But it's a four seater. It's not like this is four seats. It's convertible. So it's a removable roof and it has tons of storage. So you'll actually travel somewhere, bring luggage, bring whatever you want and have plenty of storage.
33:08Elon MuskCarry four people like it's a real car. It's not just crammed in. So it has all that functionality with four seats.
33:27Elon MuskAnd available. Expecting this to be available in 2020, so. Yeah, exactly. So would you like to come up? Would you like to come up and.
33:41Tesla PresenterOkay, coming up. Come.
33:52Tesla PresenterOn.