The Tesla Semi was unveiled five years ago.
"We delivered the truck, they took it over and they brought back a load of snacks for everybody here to enjoy tonight," Priestley added."We're incredibly excited tonight to actually deliver our first production Tesla semi trucks," Musk said at the event.
The Tesla CEO thanked PepsiCo for being "a great partner" as Priestley symbolically handed over keys to executives Kirk Tanner and Steven Williams, who high-fived upon receiving them. "It's been a long journey, long five years, but this is gonna really revolutionize the roads and I think make the world a better place in a meaningful way," Musk added."It's not like 500 miles with no load, with special aero, and special everything. It's fully loaded," Musk said at the event as an image of a Semi displayed on the screen behind him that stated it completed the test with 4% battery left.
"Not very impressive — moving a cargo of chips cannot in any way be said to be definitive proof of concept," Dixon said,Musk claimed when he first unveiled a Tesla Semi prototype five years ago that it would beginThe vehicle is coming three years late, but the pandemic disruptions and supply chain issues might be partially to blame, per
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