How Big Will The Tesla Semi Battery Be?

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In 2017, a number of analysts and other experts concluded that a Tesla Semi truck will require battery packs

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between 600 and 1000 kilowatt-hours in order to manufacture variants of the truck with ranges of 300 miles and 500 miles.

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During the launch event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that the first Tesla Semi EV was designed to achieve 500 miles range on a fully loaded trailer,

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meaning that the battery pack inside the truck was going to need to be absolutely gigantic.

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According to Tesla Chief Elon Musk, the new battery-powered truck has 500 miles (about 800 kilometers) of range per charge

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while pulling a 82,000-pound (37,000-kilo) load.

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Teslas chief executive Elon Musk, however, wrote on Twitter that battery efficiency for the Semi is 1.7 kWh per mile.

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Tesla says Teslas EV trucks will use under 2kWh per mile; actual battery capacities were never released, but we know that

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there will be one version that has 300 miles of range, and one with 500 miles.

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