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[SCOOP]: The Tesla Semi from an Insider's View After One Year: "Hot Mess"

PepsiCo employee says the Tesla Semi is a "disaster" & does 400 miles "at best" with round-the-clock servicing by Tesla engineers

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Nov 09, 2023
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After a nearly 5 years since being announced in 2017, the Tesla Semi was finally launched with great fanfare to its first customer, PepsiCo, on December 1, 2022. But, there was absolutely no data was given on pricing, Autopilot use, battery pack size, or Tesla’s original 1 million-mile guarantee of lifetime range. In fact, the status of the Tesla Semi h…

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