On October 8, Musk's Weibo account @ElonMusk posted: Tesla's Semi electric truck is officially put into production and will be delivered to Pepsi company on December 1. Not only does it have a range of 500 miles (over 800 kilometers), it also provides an extraordinary driving experience. The news attracted great attention as soon as it came out.
It can be said that this product has won the appetite of the market and investment circles. Nomura Securities once predicted that electric trucks will be available in the second half of 2019, with an annual sales of up to 20,000 vehicles; Morgan Stanley analysts believe that electric trucks can be sold in 2020 and can deliver 25,000 vehicles per year. If a truck deposits $5,000, that means it will bring $125 million in advance income to Tesla . Now Musk's official announcement has come a little later than expected.
In fact, this electric truck had already met with the audience at the Tesla press conference on November 17, 2017. At that time, Tesla founder and CEO OElon Musk (Elon Musk) arrived at the press conference site in this truck equipped with the autonomous driving system . On March 8, 2018, Semi was tested for the first time.
(Elon Musk) took Semi to the press conference
Pepsi also confirmed that it will start receiving Tesla's Semi electric trucks on December 1. These trucks will be used in the Fidolly plant in Modesto, California and the Pepsi beverage factory in Sacramento . According to previous reports, PepsiCo ordered 100 Semi electric trucks in December 2017. The model was just released. Five years later, the Semi electric trucks are finally going to be delivered.
It is reported that after a single charge of this semi-trailer , the range of this semi-trailer can reach 500 miles (about 805 kilometers) in a highway environment; it is equipped with an autonomous driving system Autopilot, which can realize some advanced assisted driving functions such as automatic cruise, and can brake independently when detecting an emergency on the road, and can even automatically call the driver for emergency calls. In addition, another big selling point of this truck is its cost-effectiveness. According to Musk, the Semi costs $1.26 per mile, which is 25% lower than the average long-distance truck.
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