According to the Wall Street Journal reported that the world's leading express and logistics group DHL Tesla recently booked 10 Tesla trucks, plans to put each city in the United States short Distance to shipping and same day courier services.
In addition, DHL will evaluate the performance, safety and comfort of Tesla trucks as a basis for more orders in the future.Here, DHL reportedly did not blindly purchase Tesla trucks, Because the company had already had a test drive with Tesla before the trucks debuted.
Like its cars, Tesla trucks are divided according to mileage, with the top 500 miles (800 km), about half that of diesel trucks, but given Tesla's super-battery capacity of 1 MWh Some industry insiders wondered whether Tesla could meet their commitment to price and performance.
Tesla Trucks, which have a mileage of 300 miles (480 kilometers), sell for $ 150,000 and 500 miles for a total of $ 180,000, much higher than regular diesel trucks, but even so most experts also say Tesla needs Using the new battery technology to achieve a positive return on battery costs and performance.
Jim Monkmeyer, chairman of DHL Freight, said that Tesla trucks will be used to transport goods between factories and distribution centers, which are often millions of kilometers long, although typically within the region.
Tesla trucks so far include Wal-Mart, Loblaws, a Canadian supermarkets group, and JB Hunt, a trucking company, but these companies only buy a limited number of trucks in an attempt to make economic, security, reliability, and other features Comprehensive assessment, and then decide whether to buy.
They do not care much about whether Tesla is able to meet its promised pickup date of 2019. After all, an all-electric cargo truck is breathtaking.
'I do not know if we can count on the exact time,' said Monkmeyer, 'we understand the difficulties they are facing now, because the future has come and we want to get into the first floor.'