How many Tesla Semi trucks are in operation worldwide?
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- 21/12/2023 9:29
The American manufacturer revealed the number of its electric trucks produced since the start of production at the end of 2022.
Development tests continue for the Tesla Semi, the revolutionary American electric tractor. After a very intensive promotional campaign online, Tesla seems to have deliberately kept it out of the spotlight. Useful to avoid competing with other ongoing launches. Cybertruck, Model 3, but also X’s AI tool, Grok.
This retreat also conceals the difficulties faced by Tesla in developing and ensuring the reliability of its electric truck. No value judgment, as the truck industry and its constraints are quite different from those of passenger cars.
During an interview with the star host in the United States, Jay Leno, Tesla’s engineering director, Lars Moravy, revealed a secret. The approximate number of Tesla Semi currently assembled for internal testing or at Pepsi, its only partner client so far. “Almost 100“, Moravy admitted.
The engineer also mentioned that the Tesla Semi is soon reaching the end of its development phase. It should see a boost in production in the course of 2024.
In conclusion, he also wanted to temper production expectations by noting that the Semi will never be a mass-produced product. The challenge is more philosophical: through its notoriety, Tesla aims to change mindsets in the transport sector. Tesla shared some figures: freight trucks account for 1% of traffic in the USA… but 20% of polluting emissions.
The environmental benefit would therefore be huge if some of these trucks shifted to electric.
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