The Tesla semi-truck is about to go into production

By Naveen October 07, 2022

Elon Musk revealed that Tesla Semi production will begin with the first deliveries to Pepsi.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Thursday about his long-delayed all-electric semi truck.

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The automaker introduced the Tesla Semi prototype at a November 2017 event in Hawthorne, California.

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The Tesla company originally planned to start production of the semi-truck in December 2019.

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A semi-truck was planned to be launched, but the program was repeatedly delayed.

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By January 2021, the Tesla company has completed engineering work on the semi.

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Tesla ramps up semi-truck program production to 2022

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