First Tesla Electrical Semis to go to PepsiCo, Frito-Lay California Amenities – Gas Smarts

The battery-electric Tesla Semi Class 8 truck seems prefer it’s lastly changing into a actuality, 5 years after Elon Musk’s flashy introduction of the truck, with a scheduled December supply to PepsiCo.

In a Tweet, Musk stated he’s “excited to announce begin of manufacturing of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi on Dec 1st!” and that it has a “500 mile vary & tremendous enjoyable to drive.”

Excited to announce begin of manufacturing of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi on Dec 1st! pic.twitter.com/gq0l73iGRW

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2022

PepsiCo confirmed by way of Twitter, saying “We are able to verify our first electrical Tesla Semis Dec. 1 2022, supporting our Frito-Lay plant in Modesto, CA, + our PepsiCo drinks plant in Sacramento. We’re wanting ahead to this subsequent step in our #PepsiCoPositive journey + will present extra particulars as soon as we’ve got taken supply.”

Many commenters on PepsiCo’s Twitter submit identified that the corporate stated it was anticipating its first supply within the fourth quarter of final yr nevertheless it by no means occurred, with Tesla saying manufacturing was pushed out to 2022, and by later that yr there have been speculations that supply-chain issues would possibly push it out once more to 2023.

Earlier this yr, practically 5 years after Musk launched his electrical Class 8 Tesla Semi in a flashy launch occasion, Tesla began taking deposits for the truck, at $20,000 every.

Tesla’s CyberTruck electrical pickup continues to be anticipated in 2023. Throughout Tesla’s Q2 2022 earnings name, Musk stated the Cybertruck would enter manufacturing in mid-2023 and is perhaps Tesla’s “greatest product ever.”

PepsiCo’s Sustainability Push

The Tesla Semi gained’t be the primary EV for PepsiCo. In actual fact, way back to 2009, Frito-Lay was a launch companion for the now-defunct medium-duty Smith Electrical Car.

In 2019, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division introduced that it plans to scale back its greenhouse fuel emissions 20% by 2030 by way of the alternative of all its present diesel-powered freight gear with zero-emission and near-zero emission applied sciences at its Modesto manufacturing website. Peterbilt quickly afterward delivered the primary of six Mannequin 220EV electrical medium-duty cabovers. A type of cabovers was utilized by Frito-Lay within the North American Council for Freight Effectivity’s 2021 Run on Much less Electrical demonstration venture.

Teslarati lately posted an up-close take a look at Tesla’s liquid-cooled megachargers on the Frito-Lay Modesto facility.

For the reason that Tesla Semi was first introduced, plenty of different battery-electric Class 8 vans have gone into manufacturing, together with the Freightliner eCascadia, the Volvo VNR Electrical, the Nikola Tre, BYD 8TT, Lion Electrical, Xos, the Peterbilt 579EV and Kenworth T680E, in addition to extra choices in specialty functions comparable to refuse and yard tractors.