So, yesterday, we spoke about electric drayage trucks and the California mandate for big rigs to convert from diesel.
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Tesla has company- lots of it!
Big Rigs, electric and otherwise
Yesterday, we touched on the new tractors that Tesla is developing. The Tesla Semi incorporates what they call “Enhanced Autopilot” – the same sort of stuff that exists in Tesla cars. This means the rig is loaded with cameras and radar- and those devices let it determine what is the traffic flow, how to safely change lanes- and, most importantly, how to pull over into a controlled sop should the driver fall asleep or become incapacitated (via a heart attack or something similar.)