Musk boasts his Semi will have a 621-mile range and a 40-ton payload capacity

In typical fashion, Tesla figurehead Elon Musk has boasted about the range of the EV company’s planned semi-articulated electric truck. According to a report by Electrek, Musk said that the goal is to eventually equip the truck with enough power to travel 621 miles (1,000 km) on a charge. The range will reportedly be achieved thanks to new in-house battery cells and pack technology. [Read: Why this security engineer loves working in infosec] When announced back in 2017, Tesla said that its semi truck would come with two battery options that equate to 300 miles or 500 miles of range.…

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