我本来没有对这特斯拉卡车关注,今天偶然看到一篇被到处转载的文章,《一个前卡车司机对特斯拉卡车的质疑》。前面若干条质疑我看无关痛痒。最后一部分引用MUSK的话,“Jackknifing is impossible.”(不可能折刀)。卡车司机然后断然评论到:This is a lie (这是撒谎)。
哇!司机师傅这么严厉地指责。我却不知道 Jackknife 是什么意思。理由是什么。接着往下看,师傅写道:“这是撒谎,除非特斯拉能跟物理与人为错误对抗... 我的大货车重达6万2千磅,这么大重量把我推着转... 因为物理或者因为人为错误... " (unless the Tesla Semi and Tesla trailer can counteract physics and human error. My Freightliner weighed about 18,000 pounds, the reefer trailer added about another 16,000 pounds. That left enough for about a 46,000-pound load. When stuffed to the gills, I had 62,000 pounds ready to push me around or come around. If, either through physics or human error, the drive wheels or the trailer break loose too far, the Tesla Semi won't stop the jackknife.”)