Illegals driving 18-wheelers on our roads is a massive national security issue How many more Americans have to die at the hands of illegals?! It seems almost every day there’s another story. Thankfully @SecDuffy is working tirelessly to make our roads safe again He just dropped the latest stats: - 26,000 vehicles out of service because the drivers don't speak English - 30,000 drivers off the roads because their licenses were illegally issued - 800 illegal alien drivers arrested in partnership with ICE Great start! MAKE OUR ROADS SAFE AGAIN

“The Radical Left wants more jobs for illegal aliens and more migrants in 18-Wheelers, and the Trump Administration wants safer roads and more jobs for the American veteran." @POTUS 🇺🇸

Bill Gates once said electric semis would “probably never” be practical. In his August 2020 blog post he wrote: “Even with big breakthroughs in battery technology, electric vehicles will probably never be a practical solution for things like 18-wheelers… Electricity works when you need to cover short distances, but we need a different solution for heavy, long-haul vehicles.” According to Elon, during a later visit to the Gigafactory BG told him a long-range Semi was “impossible.” When Elon pointed out that Pepsi was already operating them, BG kept insisting it “doesn’t work.” Bill Gates also shorted Tesla stock (a roughly ~$500 million position and by the time of that meeting he had lost about $1.5 billion on it). We don’t know if that short remains open today… Today the Tesla Semi website is live with the production version: • Up to 500 miles of range fully loaded • Megacharger at up to 1.2 MW recovers ~60% of range in 30 minutes • Cheaper to run than diesel (lower energy cost + far fewer parts) - can pay for itself within a typical ownership period • Fleet software with live status, Trip Planner, remote support + OTA updates Volume production is underway. And today Einride placed the LARGEST public Tesla Semi order ever for 500 Tesla Semi trucks (serving Amazon and others), with first deliveries starting next month. The future of trucking is clearly going electric!

"Sorry Elon... I was wrong about the Tesla Semi. I was naive to say that an electric 18-wheelers would probably never be practical bc batteries are too big and heavy. Turns out the Tesla Semi wasn’t impossible. Can we take a selfie?"

What if self-driving trucks didn't need to be on real roads to learn? That's one company's philosophy when it comes to training its autonomous 18-wheelers. @joshuabrustein explains