Even in this case what advantage it has over existing electric trucks which don’t have these design flaws?
That environment is, again, very specific. But if your routes are short and predictable, you have massive warehouse space for solar, and you can get your average electricity cost as low as Tesla can then it pays off. 1 million miles in a diesel is going to cost well over $1 million dollars (including the price of the cab). With a Tesla Semi that cost is at least half… IF you can get the electricity cost low enough.
Unless you are moving toilet paper or packing peanuts.
Mercedes: https://electrek.co/2022/09/19/mercedes-benz-eactros-longhau...
Scania: https://www.scania.com/group/en/home/products-and-services/t...
Volvo: https://www.volvotrucks.com/en-en/trucks/alternative-fuels/e...
DAF: https://www.daf.com/en/about-daf/sustainability/alternative-...
The author of the thread also clearly hasn't ridden a tesla semi, so he is just assuming that eg the mirrors can't be cleaned either from the inside nor the outside. Isnt that a bit too bad of a take?
I mean I love to read about his experience, but many of his points of criticism seem hypothetical.
What do you mean? The author of the Twitter thread mentions four electric semi options in the thread.