Tesla Semi electric truck prototype spotted in Sacramento

Tesla Semi electric truck prototype spotted between Tesla’s Fremont factory and Gigafactory Nevada ahead of the start of production.

When revealing Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the electric truck would be available in 2019. After a couple of delays, Tesla discussed low-volume production in late 2020, however the course of events was subsequently pushed to 2021.

The previous summer, CEO Elon Musk told employees in an email that it’s an ideal opportunity to carry-out Tesla Semi to volume production without updating the timeline.

Elon Musk later said that the Tesla Semi would be produced at Gigafactory Texas in Austin. As of late, we have additionally seen signs that Tesla is equipping to have some creation of the Tesla Semi at Gigafactory Nevada.

During Tesla’s financial report a week ago, Musk said that Tesla Semi is prepared for production, however the automaker can’t accomplish volume production until ramp 4680 battery cell production.

The automaker initially said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb. limits, would have 300-mile and 500-mile range options for $150,000 and $180,000, respectively.

All the more as of late, the CEO said that the Tesla Semi production form will have more like 600 miles of reach.

We have just seen two prototypes of the Tesla Semi in the course of the most recent 3 years, however now Tesla has created another one. The prototype was spotted by Twitter user The Kilowatts being moved in Sacramento.

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Cedric Brian Regis

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