Inspectors at the California Highway Patrol commercial truck inspection station were in for a treat Friday afternoon on August 10 when a spotless Tesla Semi truck pulling a trailer full of cargo made its way through the Donner Pass Inspection Center that’s located off of Interstate 80.
Roughly 50 miles south of Tesla’s Gigafactory, where the all-electric big rig was likely coming from, CHP authorities stopped Tesla’s all-electric truck for an impromptu inspection as part of its authority under the CA vehicle code to stop and inspect trucks where signs are posted.
Images of the Tesla Semi at the Northern California weigh station and inspection center were shared with a relative excitement by CHP – Donner Pass on social media. “The future has arrived…….The new Tesla truck tractor was inspected today at the facility,” noted the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility on its Facebook page.
Though under California law the CHP had the authority to stop Tesla’s Semi for a routine inspection, one could presume that officials were more keen on getting a better up-close-and-personal view of the rare semi truck than anything. “Very easy to inspect and very clean,” noted the CHP – Donner Pass representative. Adding, “We like it. Very clean” when asked by a Facebook user on how they felt about the quad-electric motor long-range hauler.
No violations were found during the inspection and the vehicle was cleared to go.
Photo credit: CHP – Donner Pass via Facebook
The Tesla Semi has continued to build in popularity among businesses looking to reduce their carbon emissions footprint while also cutting transportation and logistics costs. Some of the world’s most notable companies such as PepsiCo, FedEx, and UPS in the United States and Bee’ah from the United Arab Emirates, have publicly announced the upcoming addition of Tesla’s semi truck to its transportation fleet, although that would appear to be a small fraction of the total number of orders being placed for the all-electric truck. In the company’s Q1 2018 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CTO JB Straubel noted that there are roughly 2,000 reservations for the electric long-hauler.
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While not many trucks are built for aesthetics I can certainly say some trucks through the years have been classic designs that have endured.
Only time will tell.
Diesel fuel and home heating oil are essentially the same fuel with the same pollution issues.
If I had oil fired heat.. I’d be more concerned about getting rid of that abomination in my family’s abode where they are under constant threat rather than worrying about a passing truck, but air goes everywhere… even noxious exhaust from your homes oil heat .
I guess if one lives right along an Interstate highway.. it may lower fumes and soot if 1000’s of trucks were replaced… I just don’t spend that much time on the road to experience any benefit compared to what I get subjected to at home.
Landscapers using noisy 2 stroke oil burning equipment like blowers and string trimmers, and mutiple homeowners using tired old mowers which pollute like a car driving a 100 miles every hour of run time… and no two ever seem to cut their lawn at the same time , so everyday folks get subjected to hours and hours of noisy polluting lawn equipment during their non work time spent around the home..
Tesla should try branding home lawn equipment before GreenWorks owns everything in residential lawn care and offer something every homeowner could probably enjoy and afford .. a quality US made clean running and quiet lawnmower, string trimmer, and leaf blower, then maybe later a chain saw.. etc.. all with the TESLA brand name and well under $450 .. a Tesla «chicken» in every lawn pot to say… yes.. there’s a TESLA for everyone.. .sell from the net and at retail TESLA outlets
Get and enjoy the TESLA mower first.. then step right up to a vehicle…
Honda sells great lawn equipment but it’s based on outdated ICE technology. .I own almost the entire GreenWorks GMax 40 Volt product line.. including a portable air compressor, hedge shears, even an auxiliary power supply.. plus the lawn items listed above.. and 9 rechargeable interchangeable battery packs… all good stuff.
And no…I don’t hold any stock or positions in GreenWorks … just a satisfied consumer that prefers the aesthetics and service characteristics of the products..
