Tesla Semi

Tesla Semi electric truck prototypes are currently undergoing testing ahead of the planned launch next year, but after being spotted regularly for weeks, the prototypes were nowhere to be seen for over a month.

Now one of the two known Tesla Semi prototypes has been spotted back on the road today.
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Earlier this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on one our articles about the Tesla Semi. He said that he is “feeling optimistic about beating the Semi specs announced at the unveiling” last year.

Musk added today that he now expects the production version of Tesla Semi electric truck to have closer to 600 miles of range on single charge as the company is getting more insight as the vehicle is currently going through its test program.
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Tesla’s claims about its electric truck have created some disbelief in the truck industry. Some simply don’t believe Tesla can deliver what they claim, while others are trying to compete with their own trucks, like Daimler with the E-FUSO Vision ONE and Cummins with its own prototype.

Now, Peterbilt becomes the latest truck maker with an all-electric class 8 truck program to compete with Tesla Semi.
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Months after the unveiling and official launch of its ‘Tesla Semi’ electric truck program, the company is still accumulating orders for the vehicle a year ahead of production.

It has now received another order for Earth Day.
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You might one day be able to rent or lease the Tesla Semi electric truck since the automaker has secured a large order of 50 electric trucks from a major truck renting and leasing company in California.
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After their first official zero-emission cargo run last month, one of Tesla’s two electric semi truck prototypes set out on a trip around the country.

Now, both prototypes have been spotted back in California doing runs with trailers again.
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FedEx is adding itself to the increasingly long list of companies ordering Tesla Semi electric trucks in order to replace their diesel trucks in their ‘FedEx Freight’ fleet.
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As we reported yesterday, a Tesla Semi prototype showed up in Dallas this week and now we learn it was for a private event for big customer PepsiCo.

A redditor crashed the event and reported back on what happened with some pictures of the vehicle.
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If you have been following our coverage of the Tesla Semi electric truck test program recently, you know that one of the prototypes has been traveling across the US.

It has now been spotted in Texas.
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A Tesla Semi electric truck prototype is currently traveling in the Midwest as part of the automaker’s test program ahead of the vehicle’s production next year.

Now the truck has been spotted on the side of the road in Missouri apparently broken down to the enjoyment of detractors of Tesla’s electric truck effort, but the company says that it actually wasn’t even “broken down”. 
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As we reported earlier this week, a Tesla Semi prototype made quite a trip after its first cargo test run last week.

The electric truck ended up at an early Tesla Semi customer in St-Louis and it resulted in one of our best looks at the truck so far.
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Just a few days after completing its first cargo trip, a Tesla Semi electric truck has now been spotted all the way in St-Louis at a Supercharger station.
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Tesla recently started testing its ‘Tesla Semi’ electric trucks with cargo and it’s giving us opportunities to start seeing the real potential of electric heavy-duty trucks at work.

A new sighting is as impressive as it gets.
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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Semi starts to move emission-free cargo with its first test run, a bunch of new electric vehicles are unveiled in Geneva from BMW to VW, and more.
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As we reported yesterday, Tesla Semi prototypes were spotted at a Supercharger station near Sacramento on their way down from Gigafactory 1 in Nevada for their first cargo trip test.

It gave the opportunity for people to catch up with the prototypes and give us our best look at the electric trucks towing trailers.
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Elon Musk announced yesterday that Tesla Semi was setting out on its first cargo trip from Gigafactory 1 to Fremont factory, but he shared the news before the prototypes had actually completed the 5 to 6-hour long trip.

Interestingly, the two electric truck prototypes have now been spotted at a Supercharger station near Sacramento – a little more than halfway through the route.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company’s electric trucks, the Tesla Semi, are setting out on their first cargo trip transporting battery packs from Gigafactory 1 in Nevada to Tesla’s Fremont factory in California.
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We have seen a few sightings of Tesla Semi prototypes lately, but they were mostly driving on streets around Telsa’s facilities in Palo Alto.

Now, the vehicle was spotted cruising on the highway where it could soon have its first official freight route.
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As we reported last week and discussed on the Electrek podcast yesterday, many people still have a difficult time wrapping their head around the Tesla Semi specs that the company announced last year.

But now CEO Elon Musk says that he is ‘optimistic’ they can beat those specs with the production version of the electric truck.
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The Tesla Semi specs are mesmerizing competitors and customers alike, but some are still skeptical about the company’s ability to deliver on them.

With this said, DHL, one of the largest logistics firms in the world, is on board and now expects that a Tesla Semi electric truck could save them ‘tens of thousands of dollars a year’.
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If you are in the Bay Area, you might be able to catch glimpses of Tesla Semi prototypes being tested on public roads.
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