Robyn Denholm, chair of Tesla, recently said the automaker might make 100 Semis this year. The first units will go to PepsiCo.
factory in Nevada, analysts will look for details such as pricing, how much freight the Semi can carry, and its charging speed.initially said the trucks would be in production by 2019, but that was delayed due to battery constraints. In 2017, Tesla said the 500 mile range Semi to be priced at $180,000.
The billionaire, who now runs five companies after buying Twitter, has a record of overpromising on Tesla's products.would be priced at $35,000, a claim that bombed. The base model now sells at $47,000. He also previously said it was highly likely that the Semi would be the first Tesla vehicle to have self-driving capability. But in October Musk said Tesla vehicles were not ready to take humans out of the loop.
Robyn Denholm, chair of Tesla, recently said the automaker might make 100 Semis this year. Musk announced the start of production of the truck in early October, and said food and drink giant PepsiCo would get the first deliveries on Dec. 1."Tesla is very much the new kid on the block here. It has everything to prove, and it will be proving it against very, very strong legacy competitors," said Oliver Dixon, senior analyst at Guidehouse.
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