Elon Musk Announces Start Of Tesla Semi Trucks Production — Pepsi To Get 1st Deliveries

Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk said Thursday evening that he was “excited” to announce the production of Tesla’s fully-electric semi truck with deliveries to PepsiCo, Inc PEP beginning Dec. 1.

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Musk tweeted, “Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to 

[Pepsi] on Dec 1st!”

Musk said the truck comes with a 500 miles range and is “super fun to drive.”

Tesla says on its website that the Semi can travel up to 500 miles on a single charge and recover 70% of the range in 30 minutes using dedicated chargers.

It was reported earlier that electric trucks like the Semi could receive up to $40,000 incentive under pending legislation.

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