Henry Malukas, co-founder of HMD Trucking, which operates a fleet of ~700 diesel semi trucks, says the company has ordered 50
@Tesla Semi trucks.
"It’s an amazing product. It’s efficient, low maintenance, also the fuel cost. It's unbelievable. And for the driver, I think it’s a dream come true. Yeah, it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen, and I don’t think anybody is going to see for a while, anything like that. It’s just going to be next level,” said Malukas.
"It works for a long haul; any kind of trucking, for any kind of use; it’s going to be electric. I think for the [electric] cars, when they came out, people had a preference; they had their emotional attachments. Here, when this rolls out to businesses, when they understand what it does, and the costs and all that stuff, that will take off in the market because there are no emotions. The owners of the company look at the bottom line, and we’re going to excel at the next level. I mean, this is a miracle in my eyes.
I test drove the thing, and it’s a dream. This is a game changer that’s coming, 100 percent. And I hope everybody else will catch up to give Tesla some competition. But right now, everybody is far behind,” said Malukas.