A white Tesla Semi prototype has been spotted again in California, but this time with some interesting art on the trailer and cab exterior.
The painting depicts a cowboy galloping on horseback with his head down – a beautiful piece of art that resonates with the culture of the wild west – especially Texas.
According to Tesla owners and enthusiasts who attended the Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo Event in April, this Tesla Semi-cowboy painting was created especially for this event. Interestingly, Tesla kept it for months after the event — probably because it looks rambunctious.
Tesla Semi spotted near Colfax, CA with custom paint job from Cyber Rodeo event.
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Video of a Tesla Semi accelerating on Interstate 80 in California. credit: u/brookhouser on Reddit.
This particular Tesla Semi prototype was traveling west on Interstate 80 near the town of Colfax, California. Tesla Semi truck prototypes often travel between Giga Nevada and Fremont for testing and calibration purposes as we saw at the Tesla Fremont factory test track last year.
Since the Tesla Semi was first unveiled in November 2017, the automaker has tried multiple colors on it. Initially it was 2 prototypes, one was black and the other was silver. Later, Tesla tried the red color, then white, and white is the most common as of now, but first painted like the Giga Berlin graffiti art.
Tesla also showed 4 Tesla Semi trucks in white color on the 1st Megacharger Station at its Giga Nevada plant in one of the company’s press photos (below).
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Due to the oversized battery pack, a Tesla Semi class 8 truck needs much more power to charge the battery compared to a normal Tesla electric vehicle, so the automaker invented the Megacharger stations.
Someone asked on Twitter how these trucks charge on long journeys, and we answered them in detail (read the tweet below).
A mega charging network is underway at Trucking Stops in North America and Europe.
In the meantime, they charge at Supercharger stations with an adapter with 2-4 stalls
How far are we from expanding the Megacharger network? @Elon Musk?https://t.co/217zTBwho9
— Tesla Oracle (@TeslaOracle_com) July 24, 2022
By the end of 2021, Tesla announced that the automaker had begun limited production of the Tesla Semi at Gigafactory Nevada. But we have yet to see an official update on the trucks being delivered to a customer. Pepsi was first in line in many (check the order tracker page).
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Written by Supreme power. An earlier version of this article was originally published by Tesla Oracle.
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