Tesla plans to ramp up electric Semi truck production in 2026
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tesla will begin full production of its all-electric Class 8 Semi truck at its factory near Reno, Nevada, in 2026. (Photo: North American Council for Freight Efficiency)
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Tesla officials said the company has delivered about 200 Semi trucks to clients such as PepsiCo. Officials also said the Semi trucks that have been deployed have cameras and sensors that could give the vehicle full self-driving (FSD) capabilities.
“We have kind of ridiculous demand for the Semi,” CEO Elon Musk said during the call.
Musk said Pepsi’s drivers who have driven the Semi don’t want to go back to driving a diesel tractor.
“The electric Semi is the choice,” he said. “Their top drivers get to drive the Tesla Semi.”
Musk said the truck could help with driver fatigue and include safety features such as anti-jackknifing technology.
“As soon as the fleet is trained and the neural nets are up, we’ll get FSD onto that platform,” he said. “It would be a massive improvement in driver fatigue.”
Tesla officials gave no update on plans for a factory in Monterrey, Mexico. Musk said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on July 23 that the company is pausing plans for the factory until after the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5.
“I think we need to see just where things stand after the election. [Republican nominee Donald] Trump has said that there could be heavy tariffs on vehicles produced in Mexico. It doesn’t make sense to invest a lot in Mexico if that is going to be the case,” Musk said on the July call.
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