Pepsi is one of the first fleets in the nation deploying Tesla Semi electric trucks in long-haul routes with heavy loads out of its Sacramento, California, distribution center. Its operations are featured in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s Run on Less Electric-Depot program.
We know a little more now about the Tesla battery-electric Semi truck, as the first one is delivered to a customer — five years after its initial debut.
Just days before the first Tesla Semi battery-electric Class 8 truck is scheduled to be delivered to PepsiCo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company had just completed a 500-mile drive with a fully loaded Tesla Semi.
The Frito-Lay plant in Modesto, California, and the PepsiCo beverages plant in Sacramento, are scheduled to get Tesla Semi battery-electric trucks delivered starting in December. For real this time.
Companies such as UPS and FritoLay will have to wait a little longer for their all-electric Tesla Semi Class 8 trucks, as a second-quarter earnings report pushed production out to 2022.
Former Daimler and Freightliner Class 8 development manager Jerome Guillen shifts from an automotive focus at Tesla to leading the Tesla Semi program.
Elon Musk says the Tesla Semi Class 8 electric tractor is ready to go into production later this year – but getting the needed batteries is a problem.
Pride Group Enterprises recently reserved 150 Tesla Electric Semis with the option to increase the order to 500 trucks.
After recently announcing a $3.5 billion investment over the next five years to generate growth in its business, Walmart also revealed it has tripled it reservations of the all-electric Tesla Semi truck.
Tesla shares topped $1,000 for the first time on June 10, as reports surfaced that the company is pushing to ramp up production of its electric heavy-duty Semi truck.
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