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Semi at Sacramento, California, USA

The Tesla Semi is a Class 8 battery-electric heavy-duty truck (325-mile and 500-mile range variants), unveiled in November 2017 with first deliveries to PepsiCo on December 1 2022. The registry records it at commercial maturity on the strength of PepsiCo's sustained, multi-site, multi-year fleet operation (Sacramento beverage and Modesto Frito-Lay), with additional independent pilots at ArcBest/ABF and DHL (first delivery December 2025).

Critically, the Tesla Semi is a human-driven electric truck: every deployed unit runs with a driver, Tesla has made no Level 4 claim, and it removed Autopilot/FSD references from the Semi's marketing. Full autonomy is a roadmap claim only, so the registry does not wire the Semi to Tesla's FSD stack.

Volume production at the dedicated Giga Nevada Semi factory is targeted for 2026 (a repeatedly-slipped Tesla target); production is still ramping. 2017-era pricing of $150k-$180k is a stale projection.

Semi by Tesla · Unverified · Trucks

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Tesla Semi trucks operating with DHL in California for freight deliveries.

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No incidents on record for Semi at Sacramento, California, USA.

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Last updated
2026-08-27
Model
Semi
Company
Tesla
Location
Sacramento, California, USA
Operator
Tesla
Status
operational
First seen
2026-01-01
ID
fab47840-41ea-45fa-a99f-d94cde8abdeb

Timeline

  1. Jan 2026
    First recorded
    Semi first documented operating at Sacramento, California, USA.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Semi · 2026-01-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-27

Verification posture

Unreviewed

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Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

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Common questions

What is the Semi deployment at Sacramento, California, USA?
Semi, built by Tesla, is recorded as a deployment at Sacramento, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Tesla operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Semi at Sacramento, California, USA?
Tesla, the manufacturer of Semi, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Semi deployment at Sacramento, California, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Semi deployment at Sacramento, California, USA?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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