Oct 6, 2022 - Energy & Environment
Musk says Tesla Semi output starting, with deliveries to Pepsi in December

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiling the Semi truck at a 2017 event in Hawthorne, California. Photo: Veronique Dupont/AFP via Getty Images
Tesla is starting production of its Semi truck and the electric vehicle maker will deliver to PepsiCo on Dec. 1, CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet Thursday evening.
The big picture: PepsiCo was among the firms lined up for deliveries of the battery-powered Class 8 truck after Musk announced in 2017 that production would begin two years later.

- However, parts shortages pushed the production timeline back, Reuters notes.
Of note: Musk announced in August plans to start shipping the vehicles next year.
- He told Tesla investors in January that rolling out the Semi in this year "would not make any sense because we’ll still be parts-constrained," per Bloomberg.
The intrigue: It wasn't immediately clear how many of the trucks Tesla would roll out in the first batch.
- Representatives for PepsiCo did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.