Tesla inaugurates its new Semi factory in Nevada and starts customer deliveries in the race to electrify heavy transport
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Tesla yesterday inaugurated its new factory dedicated to the Semi in Sparks, Nevada, with an invitation-only event where attendees could tour the facilities and test drive the truck. It marks the beginning of commercial-scale deliveries to real customers of a vehicle that has been nine years in development, since the first prototype was presented in 2017. The Verge covers it today. The factory has 158,000 square meters and is designed to produce up to 50,000 units annually when it reaches full capacity. The first high-production unit rolled off the line in April 2026. Now deliveries are starting to flow to customers with active orders.The Semi is a Class 8 truck - the heavy-duty, long-haul segment - with a range of up to 500 miles (800 km) on a full charge, according to Tesla's data. Charging uses the proprietary Megacharger system. The price starts at around 260,000 dollars for the standard model and 290,000 dollars for the long-range model. Tax incentives for electric commercial vehicles in the U.S. - up to 40,000 dollars - improve the total cost equation for fleet operators.The most significant orders are already formalized. Einride, the Swedish electric and autonomous logistics company that manages trucks for Amazon, signed the largest order to date in August: 500 Tesla Semis, valued at around 125-145 million dollars according to different estimates, with phased...
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WattEV, a heavy fleet electrification specialist with charging depots in California, has 370 trucks on order.
