Umphathi we-Tesla u-Elon Musk uphuma kwilori entsha yombane ngexesha lokutyhilwa kwabathengi kunye neentatheli ngo-Novemba 16, 2017 eHawthorne, California, ngaseLos Angeles.IVERONIQUE DUPONT / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty UTesla ufumene nje eyona nto ingangoyena myalelo uphambili weTesla Semi, ilori yomboniso wohlobo lwenqanaba-8, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ukusuka kwinkampani yokuqeshisa ngelori. Umyalelo uthetha ukuya kuthi ga kwi-100 yezigidi zeedola kwingeniso enokubakho, ngaphandle kwento yokuba uTesla akakaqali ukuvelisa umthamo weloli.
I-Pride Group Enterprises, eneshishini lokuqeshisa ngelori e-US nase Canada, kwaziswa NgoLwesithathu emva kwemini ibibeke indawo ebekelwe i-150 Tesla Semi, kunye nokukhetha ukuthenga i-350 ngaphezulu kuxhomekeke kubukho bezemali kunye nendlela esebenza ngayo ibhetshi yokuqala.
Umyalelo omkhulu ulandele ukugcinwa kweelori ezili-130 Walmart ngoSeptemba.Umbono weentengiso ezinkulu ezibandakanya iilori zeTesla njengenxalenye yokukhutshwa kwayo ngo-2040. Le ayisiyiyo intengiselwano yayo yokuqala kunye noTesla, ekubeni wayengumthengi wokuqala weSemi, emva kokuyalela iilori ezili-15 ngoko nangoko emva kokuba uTesla etyhile ilori esindayo ngo-2017.
Lilonke, ii-odolo zeWalmart kunye neQela leQela zingabonisa ingeniso enokubakho ephakathi kwe- $ 42 yezigidi kunye ne- $ 126 yezigidi, kuxhomekeke kulungelelwaniso lwesithuthi kunye nobungakanani beodolo yokugqibela.
Ngelixa ukubhukisha kungasoloko kuguqulela kwintengiso yokwenyani, ii-odolo zangaphambi kweTesla Semi zimele ukuba zibonakalise ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi umdla wabathengi kunaleyo yeemoto zikaTesla, kuba ilori ifuna idiphozithi ephezulu kakhulu. I-Tesla ekuqaleni yacela abathengi ukuba babeke i- $ 5,000 kwilori nganye kwaye kamva bonyusa isixa semali esiyi- $ 20,000 kuhlobo lokuveliswa kwesiseko kunye ne- $ 200,000 (ixabiso elipheleleyo) kuguqulelo olunqamlezileyo lwaBasunguli. (Thelekisa, ICybertruck Ifuna nje i-100 yeedola kwaye ibuyiswa ngokupheleleyo.)
I-Tesla Semi inamathele kwinqanaba leprototype phantse iminyaka emithathu ngoku. Kwaye iqela labakhuphiswano aboyikekayo bavele ngeli xesha. IPhoenix, esekwe kwiAriz UNikola Motors ineklasi ye-8 enokuthelekiswa, inikwe amandla ziiseli zepetroli ye-hydrogen, ethe yatsala itoni yomtyali-mali kunye nokuqwalaselwa kwemakethi; IToyota iqokelela inqwelo mafutha efanayo; kwaye iVolvo kutsha nje yenze idrayi yombane kulindeleke ukuba betha indlela eYurophu kunyaka olandelayo.
Ngoku konke kuyehla apho inkampani inokuhambisa khona kwimveliso yokuqala. Umphathi we-Tesla u-Elon Musk uye wanyanzelisa ukuveliswa kweSemi amatyeli aliqela. NgoJuni, wabongoza iqela lemveliso likaTesla ukuba libeke phambili ilori enzima ngaphezulu kwezinye iimodeli, esithi lixesha lokuba baphume bonke bazise iTesla Semi kwimveliso yevolumu.
I-Tesla iceba ukubonelela nge-Semi ngeendlela ezimbini zokhetho (i-300 yeemayile kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-500) ngamaxabiso e- $ 150,000 kunye ne- $ 180,000 ngokwahlukeneyo. UMusk uthe ibhetri yeSemi kunye ne-powertrain ziya kwenziwa eTesla's Nevada Gigafactory, kunye nawo wonke umsebenzi usasazwe kwamanye amaziko, kubandakanya iTexas Gigafactory phantsi kophuhliso.
