Overview
- Tesla showed a facelifted Semi with a full‑width light bar, a reshaped roof and bumper, a smaller wrapped windshield, and prominent side‑camera pods.
- Company targets now include about 1.7 kWh per mile energy use, roughly 500 miles of range, and peak charging near 1.2 megawatts, presented as efficiency and turnaround gains.
- Manufacturing is slated to begin in 2026 with volume output in the second half of the year, and Tesla shared brief interior footage of the new factory that will support a planned 50,000‑unit annual capacity when fully ramped.
- Pricing remains undisclosed since 2017 guidance, and a reported early customer account of a “dramatic” increase leaves the final sticker price uncertain.
- Pilot deployments with fleets such as PepsiCo and Frito‑Lay continue, while prior third‑party tests showing roughly 1.55–1.73 kWh per mile highlight the need to validate Tesla’s targets, and public truck‑charging corridors are advancing through federal and state grants even as Tesla’s funding requests were declined.