More than five years after being announced, Tesla’s tractor-trailer could finally become a reality as soon as December 2022. Indeed, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet last night that the automaker would finally keep its promises and deliver its first Tesla Semi truck to Pepsi at the end of the year. Pepsi and Frito-Lay have placed orders for 100 Semis and have begun installing MegaChargers at their factory sites in Modesto, California. MegaChargers were also installed at Gigafactory 1 (Giga Nevada) earlier this year.
Tesla will deliver 100 Semis to Pepsi in December 2022. ©Tesla
Unveiled in 2017, the Tesla Semi generated a lot of excitement for its potential ability to help reduce exhaust CO2 emissions, and many orders were placed from transportation companies such as PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch, Walmart, DHL, Sysco, Frito-Lay, Titanium Transportation Group, for example. But, after five years, only a few prototypes being tested have been seen on the road.
This wait should finally be rewarded since Elon Musk published a tweet on the subject overnight:
According to Elon Musk, the Tesla Semi would have a range of 800 km. We don’t yet know the precise details of the power, features, load capacity and battery life, except what has already been revealed.
Tesla Semi with 800 km range. ©Tesla
A priori two versions will be available: a 300 mile (480 km) version, priced at $150,000 (€153,000 at the current price), and a 500 mile (800 km) version, which would cost $180,000 (€183,716). at the current price). Following the announcement of his Semi, Elon Musk predicted production of 100,000 units per year. A goal that now seems ambitious given the current situation.