Tesla to Deliver 50 More Semi Trucks to PepsiCo

TapTechNews May 22nd news, at the Clean Transportation Expo held in Las Vegas, Dan Priestley, the senior manager of the Tesla Semi project, announced that they will deliver another 50 Semi all-electric trucks to PepsiCo.

Although the Semi truck project has been delayed to some extent, the delivered vehicles have performed excellently. PepsiCo is one of the first companies to trial the vehicle, and the 21 Semis it owns have performed beyond expectations in actual operations last year. In a truck fuel consumption reduction competition held by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, the average daily mileage of the Tesla Semi is better than that of fuel trucks of the same level.

Priestley said, We will produce more trucks this year. As I mentioned, we will deliver another 50 to PepsiCo, and at the same time will also put the trucks into our own operations. This year we also plan to deliver trucks to some other clients.

TapTechNews noticed that Priestley clarified in response to rumors that the Semi is mainly used to transport light-weight potato chips, stating that most of the Semi trucks in the PepsiCo fleet are actually used for beverage transportation and the tasks performed are no different from traditional diesel trucks. What needs to be clarified is that there are some misunderstandings about how PepsiCo uses the trucks. Some people think they are mainly used to transport potato chips, but in fact, most of the trucks under PepsiCo transport beverages on a daily basis. Priestley pointed out.