Name: Thor Wants to Throw Down an Electric Hammer on Tesla
Uploaded: 2020-03-07T16:23:45.000Z
Duration: 6 min 4 s
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Dakota is the CEO of a two year old company

called Thor Trucks based in North Hollywood.

that fleets are having right now with diesel vehicles.

A lot of that surrounds around compliance,

maintenance, the cost of fuel, cost of energy,

a lot of those problems that fleets have.

Musk said the Tesla semi rig will cost $180,000.

I came to visit Thor to see what a real life

They replaced the engine with an electric motor,

then they slapped a giant screen in the cab.

It looks almost like Tesla meets Transformers kind of thing.

Part of what we're trying to do is really exude

particularly when you're talking about commercial vehicles,

people are like "they're weak, they're not strong."

and it's a brand that people will really come to be known

and Tom here agreed to take me out for a spin

When I first looked at the truck I thought,

I thought, "Well, don't quite know that's going to work."

and require a charging infrastructure to be built,

The way this thing pulls is really unbelievable

So you were surprised the first time you jumped in.

for 300 miles of range when it goes on sale in 2019.

You know the power in this thing is unbelievable,

the way it takes off and the way it handles.

including a handful with deep electric vehicle expertise.

The start up bills itself as an electric auto lab

that will make all kinds of custom vehicles,

including things like delivery and garbage trucks.

going up against giants like Tesla and Daimler.

We set up prototyping tools really early on,

because we realized that was a vital part

and produce something that we could actually

start demonstrating and showing to customers.

This warehouse has been in Dakota's family

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