Elon Musk giddily announced the first commercial delivery of his new electric-powered container truck to PepsiCo at a press conference last December, calling the new model “the most badass rig on the road.” He pitched the Tesla Semi as a major step towards reducing carbon emissions, replacing dirty gas-powered trucks with cleaner, silent electric models.
The reveal was the culmination of a four-year-long wait for the electric container trucks, originally unveiled in 2017 and originally targeted for production in 2019.
