Today I'll be covering why the Tesla Semi was released now, the road to commercial viability, and why there were delays from 2019 to 2022. In short, there were a series of limiting factors that the Tesla had to break through to reach commerically viability. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelimitingfactor Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/limitingfactor42069 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/the-limiting-factor Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLFBatteries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LimitingThe *Timeline* 00:00 Introduction 00:59 Powertrain Efficiency 02:58 Energy Density 04:21 Why Tesla Blew the 2019 Delivery Guidance 06:27 The Original Master Plan 08:24 Charging Infrastructure 11:26 Summary // Why Now and What’s Next? Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said