Elon Musk Says Tesla Semi Is Lastly in Manufacturing, and Pepsi Will get the First One

5 years after Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Semi to the world, a couple of of them will lastly be making it right into a buyer’s arms. Higher late than by no means, I suppose.

Musk made the announcement – as is custom — on Twitter, a spot he could or could not personal in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. After years of ready, PepsiCo would be the first firm to obtain the electrical vans.

Up till final November, Pepsi nonetheless thought it was going to get a Semi in 2021. It… didn’t.

In the identical tweet, Musk additionally introduced that Tesla has began manufacturing of the truck for different prospects.

It’s the latest member of Tesla’s fleet, and possibly will likely be for a while. Possibly the Cybertruck will likely be out quickly (it received’t) to vary that.

Anyway, the Semi was imagined to hit the market again in 2019, however delays and, you already know… Tesla saved that from taking place. It’s been pushed again a 12 months nearly yearly.

Bloomberg reviews that Tesla pushed again the Semi in or to prioritize Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y manufacturing whereas additionally coping with battery cell and semiconductor provide chain points.

In January, Musk instructed analysts Tesla wouldn’t roll out any new fashions this 12 months due to components constraints. He modified his tune three days after the US Senate handed the Inflation Discount Act, which made heavy-duty electrical vans eligible for as a lot as $40,000 federal tax credit. The chief govt officer tweeted on Aug. 10 that the corporate would begin transport Semis with 500 miles of vary this 12 months.

Rattling, did he get in proper beneath the wire. Different firms that even have orders within the books for Semis are reportedly Walmart and Anheuser-Bush.

So, if Musk is to be believed, the Tesla Semi is lastly right here. Allow us to rejoice in a promise (form of) saved.