Tesla’s official microblogging announced that the first global deliveries of Semi trucks will be opened on December 2, in the Nevada Super Factory.
On Oct. 7, Elon Musk tweeted that the Tesla Semi electric truck is officially in production and will be delivered on Dec. 1, with PepsiCo as the first delivery target. Elon Musk said the Semi will have a range of 500 miles (about 805 kilometers) and will be “super fun to drive. Elon Musk later added that a future version of the Semi could have a range of 621 miles (about 1,000 kilometers).
The Tesla Semi electric truck was originally unveiled in November 2017. The specifications released at the time showed that the vehicle could reach 60 mph (about 96.56 km/h) in 20 seconds with a full load. And it can maintain “freeway-level speed” even on steep hills. In addition, Tesla says the car is capable of completing 70 percent of its charge in 30 minutes.
The vehicle was reportedly ordered by numerous companies shortly after its debut in 2017, including 100 by PepsiCo, 130 by Walmart Canada, 40 by American beer brewing company Anheuser-Busch and 15 by Fidori, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo. Tesla initially planned to start delivering the Semi in 2019, but that has been delayed for several years due to parts shortages and other reasons.
