About to be delivered, Tesla's official website updates the electric truck Semi Image: Steering wheel centered design

IT House August 29 news, in November 2017, Tesla released the electric truck Semi, and in the following 5 years, the production and launch of the car have been delayed many times. On August 10 this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on social networking sites that Tesla's 500-mile (about 804.67 kilometers) version of the Semi truck will start delivering this year. According to TESLARATI's report today, Twitter user @Tesla_Adri found that Tesla's official website has updated the appearance of the electric truck Semi, further confirming that the car is about to be delivered. As you can see from the updated pictures, the Semi truck steering wheel adopts a centered design, with a display panel on the left and right sides, and an armrest box on the right side of the driver's seat, which can hold water glasses and other items. At the same time, Twitter user @MikeOPSEC pointed out that the Semi truck's camera installation is very reasonable, which can help truck drivers eliminate blind spots. In May of this year, the electric truck Semi began accepting pre-orders from ordinary users with a deposit of $20,000. But Tesla recently updated the order interface for the electric truck Semi, removing the pre-order option, TESLARATI reported on August 18. In addition, Tesla modified the configuration information of the electric truck Semi. The car on the order page is not equipped with the previous 4 motors, but the newly added 3 motors. IT House learned that the 4-motor version of the Semi electric truck adopts a 6×4 drive type, which is driven by four independent motors, distributed on the two rear axles, with a horsepower of 1,100 horses, and 0-100 when fully loaded with 36 tons of cargo. The acceleration time from kilometer to kilometer is about 20 seconds, which is about half of the zero-to-100 acceleration time of traditional trucks. In terms of price, the version with a cruising range of 480km is priced at $150,000 (approximately RMB 975,000), and the version with a range of 800km is priced at $180,000 (approximately RMB 1.17 million).