Are the claims of five hundred miles of range like the 0 - 60 time for the semi?
Who cares how fast it accelerates empty? I had not seen this before, but apparently it takes 20 seconds fully-loaded:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesl...econds-2017-11
As I recall, it takes a loaded semi a mile or two to accelerate to the speed limit. If we say 1.5 miles and 60 MPH, that is three minutes. If you accelerate to 60 in 1/3rd of a minute, wouldn't that be 880 feet? It would take the Tesla 100 seconds to travel the same distance, saving 80 seconds every two hours or 100 miles. Let's say that you have a 600-mile drive.
You would arrive eight minutes earlier in a Tesla, compared to a conventional diesel driving the speed limit.
Eight minutes in what may be a twelve-hour shift.