It’s official, Elon Musk announced it himself: the Tesla Semi is entering the production phase and it’s Pepsi who will have the honor of welcoming the first finished copies from December 1st.
Five years is the number of years it took between the presentation of the Tesla Semi, a 100% electric heavy truck, in 2017 and its production these days. In the purest style of the American manufacturer, the latter was to take place in 2019, but was postponed little by little and was even supposed, according to the latest forecasts, not to take place until 2023.
However, Elon Musk finally indicated last August that the first Semis would be delivered later in the year and he just confirmed today on Twitter that assembly has indeed started and the first customer, Pepsi, will start receiving its order of 100 units from December 1st.
Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi on Dec 1st! pic.twitter.com/gq0l73iGRW
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2022
Musk took the opportunity to confirm that the range was 500 miles, or 805 km, on a single charge. An absolutely extraordinary figure given the size and profile of the machine. In addition, the group famous for its soda has already received on its site in Modesto, California, a Megacharger station, delivering a power, as its name suggests, of 1 megawatt, and being able to add 640 km of autonomy. in 30 minutes.
The Semi is assembled in Nevada, near the Gigafactory, at the rate of five units per week, but Tesla plans to increase production volume with the reinforcement of its Texas Gigafactory.
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It’s official, Elon Musk announced it himself: the Tesla Semi is entering the production phase and it’s Pepsi who will have the honor of welcoming the first finished copies from December 1st.
Five years is the number of years it took between the presentation of the Tesla Semi, a 100% electric heavy truck, in 2017 and its production these days. In the purest style of the American manufacturer, the latter was to take place in 2019, but was postponed little by little and was even supposed, according to the latest forecasts, not to take place until 2023.
However, Elon Musk finally indicated last August that the first Semis would be delivered later in the year and he just confirmed today on Twitter that assembly has indeed started and the first customer, Pepsi, will start receiving its order of 100 units from December 1st.
Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi on Dec 1st! pic.twitter.com/gq0l73iGRW
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2022
Musk took the opportunity to confirm that the range was 500 miles, or 805 km, on a single charge. An absolutely extraordinary figure given the size and profile of the machine. In addition, the group famous for its soda has already received on its site in Modesto, California, a Megacharger station, delivering a power, as its name suggests, of 1 megawatt, and being able to add 640 km of autonomy. in 30 minutes.
The Semi is assembled in Nevada, near the Gigafactory, at the rate of five units per week, but Tesla plans to increase production volume with the reinforcement of its Texas Gigafactory.
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