Tesla delivered its first electric vehicle to PepsiCo on Thursday, more than three years later Elon Musk said his company will start production truck.
The Austin, Texas company officially delivered these trucks during a “delivery event” at a plant near Reno, Nevada. event is live streamingincluding on Twitter, which Musk currently owns.
Musk drove one of three Tesla Semis in front of a crowd inside the factory. One is white, one is painted with the Pepsi logo and the other has Frito-Lay color.
PepsiCo, headquartered in Buy, New York, is participating in a zero-emissions freight project at its Frito-Lay facility in Modesto, California. That project is being funded by a $15.4 million clean freight technology grant from California. Air The Resources Board includes 15 Tesla battery-powered tractors and other electric and natural gas-powered trucks.
Electric vehicle sales will also qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $40,000.
In November 2017 events Launching the Tesla Semi, Musk said production will begin in 2019 and the trucks will be able to automatically follow each other in a convoy. But during Tesla’s third-quarter earnings conference call in October, he said the company’s “Full Self-Driving” system isn’t ready to be driverless.
“It’s been a long journey, five long years,” Musk said, “but this is going to really revolutionize the roads.”
Musk said the truck has a three-engine powertrain, based on the same one in Model WILL/X plaid. One of the actuators operates on the highway for maximum performance, while the other two operate when torque and acceleration are needed, such as when going overhill. A video clip shown during the event (above) shows the truck pulling at 6% over Donner Pass and passing through traffic.
The truck’s regenerative capacity captures energy and controls speed downhill, preventing hazards brake crashes and a runaway truck, Musk said – “a significant improvement in safety for truck drivers and others on the road.”
Regarding the engines, Musk said, “One of them is more powerful than the engine diesel oil engine on a pickup.” (Internal transmission Tesla Model WILL Plaid has 1,020 hp and 1,050 lb-ft of torque. A diesel pickup is typically around 500-600 horsepower, but its torque can range from 1,000 to 2,000 pound-feet.)
Musk said that when the tractor is driven without a trailer, it’s “like an elephant moving like a leopard.”
Musk says the truck has a range of 500 miles (800 km) per charge when towing an 82,000 pound (37,000 kg) payload. The normal load limit for a pickup is 80,000 pounds, but Musk said an additional 2,000 pounds is allowed for one. electric truck.
Musk says the company has successfully completed a 500-mile test of Halfon November 15 between Fremont and San Diego. The company plans to ramp up production of Pickups to produce 50,000 trucks by 2024 in North America.
To service Semi, Musk said Tesla has developed a “next-generation liquid-cooled” “megawatt-grade” DC V4 Supercharger that allows users to “push a megawatt” through a regular-sized charging cable. – “it will be also used for Cybertruck.” The charger is promised for next year.
Competitors working on hydrogen-powered trucks say battery-powered trucks won’t work for long-haul carriers because it would take too long to recharge in bulk. the battery. musk says hydrogen Not required for heavy trucking. Musk said Tesla’s interest in the Semi was based on the fact that commercial transport up to 20% transport greenhouse emissionsand 33% seeds.
Tesla says its other vehicles will use powertrains in Halfand that the company will use trucks in its own supply chain to transport auto parts.
