4 days earlier than Tesla delivers its first all-electric Semi truck, firm chief Elon Musk has tweeted {that a} check drive of the brand new automobile noticed it full a 500-mile journey loaded to its most weight.

“Tesla group simply accomplished a 500 mile drive with a Tesla Semi weighing in at 81,000 lbs!” Musk stated in his publish.

Tesla’s Semi is available in a $180,000 500-mile-range variant and a shorter-range 300-mile-range possibility, which prices $150,000.

Rival makers of electrical semis have but to succeed in such a protracted vary, so as soon as verified, Tesla’s current drive ought to increase its visibility amongst firms on the lookout for a greener possibility to move items.

Introduced in 2017, the Tesla Semi Class 8 electrical semi has been a very long time coming, with a number of launch dates slipping alongside the best way.

Tesla’s new Semi options an attractively modern design and might attain 60 miles per hour in 20 seconds when loaded to its 80,000-pound most gross automobile weight.

The automaker will make the primary deliveries of its new all-electric automobile on Thursday, December 1. The handover will happen at a particular occasion at Tesla’s Giga Nevada facility, with drinks big Pepsi turning into the primary buyer. Tesla is aiming to ramp up manufacturing to round 50,000 models yearly in North America by 2025.

Renault Vehicles

In what regarded like a publicity stunt to take the shine off Tesla’s massive day, Volvo-owned Renault Vehicles delivered a fleet of its electric-powered vans to Coca-Cola for Belgium-based deliveries starting a full week forward of Tesla’s occasion on Thursday.

As famous by Bloomberg, Renault Vehicles additionally had some enjoyable with the delayed arrival of Tesla’s Semi, releasing an advert exhibiting two staff placing up a billboard for Tesla’s new truck that features a message about being “the way forward for trucking.” The pair then drive off in an electrical Renault truck.