High-volume production of the Tesla Semi hasn’t even started yet, but a Chinese doppelganger appears to have already emerged. A Tesla owner spotted the Semi lookalike on a freeway in China – the camouflaged test mule lay on a trailer flatbed, apparently in transit for summer testing.
It is possible that the truck belongs to Chinese automaker JAC Motors, which manufactures passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and EVs. The company has multiple factories in Heifei as per Google Maps.. But scan it closely and you’ll notice the absence of the signature wraparound glass and lack of wing mirrors. The Chinese knockoff even has digital camera housings above the windows.
The Tweet suggests that the Chinese truck could have vision-based advanced driver assistance systems . Although it could also have radar. A square cut-out that appears to house radar sensors is seen in the video. Moreover, it has a glass roof, unlike the Semi.