Tesla unveil Semi, new Roadster, & also teased a "pickup truck"

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by DaFace

EV's typically need brake jobs far less often than gas-powered cars due to regenerative braking.

I was talking about surviving "widow maker" downhill grades on regenerative braking. No, no, no, give me some bad ass brakes and not electric ones either...

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

I was talking about surviving "widow maker" downhill grades on regenerative braking. No, no, no, give me some bad ass brakes and not electric ones either...

Well, sure, but you realize they have "real" brakes too, right? They just don't need them as much.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Well, sure, but you realize they have "real" brakes too, right? They just don't need them as much.

Electric brakes on an electric semi? I'm waiting to see what they do for redundancy systems which are normally reduced capacity.

I am not sold on pure fly by wire brakes either but thats what we are all going to have soon.