Grandpa of the Tesla Semi

Tesla Semi is probably the most discussed semi-truck ever entered to the market.
Besides the hype, there are also the voices of concerns about the concept of the electric truck.

Is the Semi viable concept?
Is it powerful enough?
Is it possible to use the electric truck every day?

According to the 110 years old catalogue, the answer is - Yes, of course, it's possible!

If you want to read the catalogue, you can download it from here:
http://alexsavic.com/AutoKatalog1907.pdf

Page 189, Electric Motor Bussiness Wagons.

For only 1.500 $, 3-4 months salary of an engineer you could buy one of these:

The vehicles like this one were able to carry about 1.000 pounds of weight - not bad, but there were even better trucks.

Like those Landsen trucks, capable to carry up somewhere between 2.500 and 5.000 pounds.

Still not impressed?
Well, for about 5.000 $ (half-price of the top Mercedes) there were trucks with the capacity of 10.000 pounds.
That is the same amount of weight as the modern trucks, such as Mercedes 814 I drove.

As the concept - the Semi is possible.
And it could be practical.
And it could be the viable product.

If you want to read something about used Tesla S, check my older post:
https://steemit.com/cars/@alexs1320/timeline-of-tesla-s-improvements