{"id":34187,"date":"2022-10-20T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34187"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:37:20","slug":"tesla-semi-ramp-50000-electric-trucks-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34187","title":{"rendered":"Tesla is aiming to ramp up to 50,000 Tesla Semi electric trucks per year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla is aiming to ramp up Tesla Semi production to 50,000 electric trucks per year \u2013 as soon as 2024. It would make Tesla one of the largest class 8 truck manufacturers.<\/p>\n

After five years of waiting, Tesla is now finally in early production with the Tesla Semi electric truck.<\/p>\n

Electrek<\/em>\u00a0exclusively reported that\u00a0Tesla was building a production line for the Tesla Semi in a new building near Gigafactory Nevada<\/a>.\u00a0At the time, we were told that the production equipment installed would be for about five electric trucks per week. <\/p>\n

That would be only 250 trucks per year.<\/p>\n

However, Tesla always planned to move to higher volume production at Gigafactory Texas.<\/p>\n

During the conference call that followed the release of\u00a0Tesla\u2019s Q3 2022 financial results<\/a>,\u00a0CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla is \u201ctentatively\u201d aiming for 50,000 Tesla Semi electric trucks in 2024:<\/p>\n

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It takes about a year to ramp up production. So, we\u2019re tentatively aiming for 50,000 units in 2024 for Tesla Semi in North America. And obviously, we\u2019ll expand beyond North America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Musk didn\u2019t want to communicate the price of the vehicle, but he did say:<\/p>\n

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And these would sell\u2026 I don\u2019t want to say the exact prices, but they\u2019re much more than a passenger vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, Musk also confirmed that Tesla Semi doesn\u2019t use 4680 battery cells. He didn\u2019t confirm which cells it uses, but it is presumably the same 2170 cells found in most Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in production today.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

The fact that Tesla doesn\u2019t have to rely on 4680 cells for the Tesla Semi should greatly help with the rapidly increasing production of the electric truck.<\/p>\n

This is good news because Tesla Semi could have a massive impact on the transport industry at scale. It will not only reduce emissions throughout the industry, but it also has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of operation per mile.<\/p>\n

Reducing the cost of transport per mile has an impact on virtually all products that are transported by trucks, and basically anything you can think that has been in a truck at some point.<\/p>\n

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