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Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola (jalopnik.com)
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Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola::PepsiCo's Tesla fleet completed more miles in a day and faster charging than the competition

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[–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tesla may have won out on this test because its Pepsi drivers were more focused on long-distance distribution, while other manufacturers represented were making more frequent regional stops. For example, the longest mileage day for the Tesla Semi incorporated just five stops, while the Nikola made 13 deliveries and one of the eCascadias did 10.

That’s a pretty big caveat to put halfway through the article.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

"Also the whole basis of the comparison was deeply flawed."

[–] neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hold on, what? I thought Nikola ended after their giant fraud?

[–] Vent@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

They only do downhill deliveries now

[–] huginn@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago

They got bought by GM for pennies

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

It's honestly impressive that they've kept going

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So we have two companies who have taken the name of Nikola Tesla, but neither have done anything for his family.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nikola doesn't come from Nikola Tesla, but from Nikola Salazar, a famous Croatian-Mexican con artist from early 20th century. Source: I just made it up

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You had me in the first half!