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It was quite the night for Elon Musk and Tesla.
As planned, the company unveiled its revolutionary all-electric semi-truck on Thursday night, but it came with a twist.
Tesla Semi pic.twitter.com/7VLz7F46Ji
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2017
Once the semi-truck unveil was over, the back doors of the truck opened up to reveal the brand new Tesla Roadster.
The semi truck is really something to behold, not only because of its sleek look but what it can do with no gas.
It goes from 0 to 60 km/h in five seconds with an empty trailer and even at its maximum weight, which is 80,000 lbs, it gets to 60 mph in 20 seconds.
Tesla Semi drivetrain is guaranteed to last 1M miles = to more than 40 trips around the earth pic.twitter.com/xfWVocUdaB
— Tesla (@Tesla) November 17, 2017
The truck has a range of 500 miles while going 60 mph at max weight and only takes 30 minutes of charging to get 400 miles of range.
The semi also has a drag coefficient of .36, which is sleeker than a Bugatti Veyron supercar.
Its interior is equally as impressive, with dual 15-inch screens for navigation and the seat placed in the middle of the cab, which is protected by a shatterproof windshield.
View from the cockpit pic.twitter.com/2kBupEXNM5
— Tesla (@Tesla) November 17, 2017
Tesla's semi truck:
— Bloomberg Technology (@technology) November 17, 2017
-500-mile range
-shatter-proof windshield
-15-inch screens for navigation
-semi-autonomous featureshttps://t.co/kq6iL3yYKE pic.twitter.com/qnSkfhyJg0
Testing a tow hitch against standard truck glass vs. Tesla armor glass pic.twitter.com/UoDkBs6OUD
— Tesla (@Tesla) November 17, 2017
As for the new Tesla Roadster, which was a surprise unveil, it raises the bar just as much as the semi-truck.
The four-seat, three motor car has a range of 620 miles and it goes from 0 to 60 mph in just 1.9 seconds.
0 to 100 km/h in 1.9 sec pic.twitter.com/xTOTDGuwQj
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2017
Close up video of Tesla Roadster launching from zero pic.twitter.com/6FziM9M755
— David Hodge (@DavidHodge) November 17, 2017
A price hasn’t been unveiled for the semi-truck, but the new Roadster will cost $200,000 and a $50,000 deposit will be needed to reserve one.
Visit the Tesla website for more information on these new vehicles.
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