Then stop marketing yourself as though you're not. I don't care if the little asterisk in the corner of your website makes it clear that "it's just beta mode, bro", they clearly prefer to put out an image that suggests otherwise.
Also, who cares? Sometimes products take longer than usual. Especially ones that have never been done before, like a practical electric semi truck for chrissake!
Plus, they also had to move a lot of people to rework existing models to accommodate supply chain issues from Covid for like several years.
BYD has shipped tens of thousands of EV semi trucks, starting in 2018, approximately 5 years ago. This is something that absolutely has been done before, and is available for delivery today.
BYD is the second-largest manufacturer of BEVs and the largest manufacturer of the category that comprises PHEVs and BEVs. The company is not well-known in America, but Warren Buffet invested in the company way back in 2008.
It's already been six years:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488040/tesla-semi-deliv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Semi
And almost one year since the first delivery.
One year from now will you say wait another year? Is this another "full self-driving" situation where the "updated, improved, it will work as advertised, this time for real" version is always one year away?
Here's one charging up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UAttTG03WA
Here's another one charging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovq4Tniknd4
Here are some more Volvo trucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MquCx4VRV3Q
Here's Volvo driving electric trucks in Australia: https://www.volvotrucks.com.au/en-au/news/press-releases/202...
More Volvos in Australia. Apparently Volvo can't stop delivering: https://www.volvotrucks.com.au/en-au/news/press-releases/202...
Your approach to evidence here seems very lacking.
- The first one we don't know if it's a customer. Why couldn't it be a prototype? Some guy just saw it charging?
- The second one isn't a semi truck.
- The third one seems to be footage of people sitting in a demo truck of some kind from a PR event about opening a charging station with a pledge to buy some in the future.
Hardly seems like a slam dunk case that other people are all over this market.
More Volvos (and Scanias): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq4jpgrMk64
And more Volvos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWKHFiB4XG8
And more Volvos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrkbPwlz_YY
And more Volvos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocC5qdrAOU
And more Volvos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dgdk555G0g
And more Volvos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3EA6Y5CT2E
You really need to stop allowing yourself to be brainwashed to this extent by Tesla advertising. It's not doing you any good.
Try watching them start to finish.
In the meantime, Volvo will get on with building and delivering BEV trucks and buses. Try not to worry so much that these practical realities invalidate your faulty preconceptions.
As of February of this year Volvo say they've sold over 4300 electric trucks. https://www.volvotrucks.se/sv-se/news/press-releases/2023/fe...
Others sites are claiming over 5000 by the end of 2023, but I can't find any numbers directly from Volvo
> Since Volvo Trucks started production of all-electric trucks in 2019, the company has sold nearly 5,000 electric trucks in 40 countries around the world. Volvo today offers the industry's widest product range with six electric models in series production that meet a broad range of needs for transport in and between cities. Globally, Volvo Trucks has set the target that half of all trucks sold are electric by 2030.
Embrace the reality that Volvo builds lots of electric heavy vehicles. You'll feel better.
Hang in there. Tesla deprogramming takes patience and time.
You said, "Volvo has possibly not delivered any?". And you said, "I'm not saying the trucks don't physically exist, just that I can't find evidence of deliveries to customers."
You're flat wrong, aren't you. Admit to it. It will be a weight off your shoulders.
The bottom line for using batteries is simple and unavoidable (with current infrastructure)
The longer the travel distance the more bateries you need. The heavier cargo the more batteries you need. And the longer it takes to charge them. Batteries dont decrease in weight like diesel as journey progresses.
It seems that the maximum we can take EV cargo is small local delivery trucks for inner cities.
And Tesla itself is providing evidence for it. They have a video of Semi journey, where its repetitively overtaken by normal truck (they drive slower to save battery), their commercial partner use case is crisps/chips ie. carrying 99% air with 1% potatoes (semi serious joke).
So I wouldnt trust any EV truck company. And any creative solutions to the 'battery scaling problem' by changing the infrastructure seems to be pointless as you instead could just build more rail - a far superior cargo solution.
He's in finance, and is probably short/looking to short TSLA. It's not sinister.
Many people here dismissing the article, that's totally fine. It's unsourced. Other people may have interest in the struggles. The fact that this vehicle was supposed to be in production by now is relevant. Why isn't it?
>Also obviously the taxpayers aren't paying for this vehicle program somehow
If Pepsi is getting any kind of subsidy, then yes, the tax payer is paying for it. This would be surprising to you?