{"id":33151,"date":"2022-10-07T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33151"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:04:26","slug":"1137400_tesla-semi-truck-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33151","title":{"rendered":"500-mile Tesla Semi enters production, starts deliveries to Pepsi Dec. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to announce production of the company’s semi-trailer truck, dubbed the Semi<\/a>, has started.<\/p>\n

He also confirmed that Pepsi, which placed an order for 100 of the Class 8 trucks following the debut in 2017, will be among the first recipients. Semi deliveries to the beverage company begin Dec. 1. Budweiser also made an order<\/a> for 40 of the trucks around the same time as Pepsi.<\/p>\n

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Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi<\/a> on Dec 1st! pic.twitter.com\/gq0l73iGRW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Production of the Semi is handled at Tesla’s plant in Austin, Texas. The plant is also where Tesla builds the Model Y crossover, and in 2023 is slated to start production of the Cybertruck pickup truck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Production of the Semi was originally due to start in 2019 but the date was pushed back as Tesla prioritized Model Y production in Austin in the face of limited availability of battery cells and other supply-chain issues. Since then established truck manufacturers like Daimler Trucks<\/a> and Volvo Trucks<\/a> have already launched electric trucks, including Class 8 trucks.<\/p>\n

Tesla started accepting reservations for the Semi in May and started requesting a $20,000 deposit in August, at which point reservations were closed. The trucks were originally priced at $150,000 for a 300-mile model and $180,000 for a 500-mile model. It’s possible the prices will be increased when reservations open again, a situation that has affected a number of electric vehicles<\/a> in recent months.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Semi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tesla’s performance figures for the Semi include 0-60 mph acceleration in 20 seconds and the ability to accelerate on gradients up to 5%. Those figures are with the Semi’s maximum 82,000-lb gross weight onboard. Power comes from a trio of motors.<\/p>\n

Tesla hasn’t said how big the battery is but the company said a 70% charge in 30 minutes is possible using one of its chargers designed for the Semi.<\/p>\n

It’s possible there will also be Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving electronic driver-assist features, though Tesla hasn’t confirmed the availability. The company originally said there will be some self-driving capability back during the truck’s 2017 launch, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to announce production of the company’s semi-trailer truck, dubbed the Semi, has started. He also confirmed that Pepsi, which placed an order for 100 of the Class 8 trucks following the debut in 2017, will be among the first recipients. Semi deliveries to the beverage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}