Tesla delivered its first electric semis to PepsiCo on Thursday, more than three years after Elon Musk said his company would start making the trucks.
freight project at a Frito-Lay facility in Modesto, Calif. That project is being funded by a $15.4 million clean-freight technology grant from the California Air Resources Board that includes 15 Tesla battery-electric tractors and other electric- and natural-gas powered trucks.Biden proposes overhaul of U.S. biofuel law to boost EV makers including Tesla
The overhaul could shift a program focused on gas, diesel, and other liquid fuels to one aimed at decarbonizing transportation. At an event in November of 2017 unveiling the Tesla Semi, Musk said production would begin in 2019 and the trucks would be able to follow each other autonomously in a convoy. But during Tesla’s third-quarter earnings conference call in October he said the company’s “Full Self Driving” system is not quite ready to be driverless.
Musk said the truck has a range per charge of 500 miles when pulling an 82,000-pound load. The company plans to ramp up production to make 50,000 trucks in 2024 in North America. Competitors working on hydrogen-powered semis say battery-powered trucks won’t work for long-haul carriers because it will take too long to recharge the huge batteries. Musk said hydrogen isn’t needed for heavy trucking.
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