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Semi at Canada

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 · Operated by Tesla · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Trucks

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Courtesy of Tesla

Tesla's December 2022 Semi delivery event (first customer deliveries, to PepsiCo). The Semi is a battery-electric Class 8 truck and is human-driven: it has no driverless or autonomous-trucking product, and Tesla's Full Self-Driving is a separate consumer-car program.

Tesla began deliveries of the Semi truck to Walmart Canada in December 2022, making Walmart Canada one of the first recipients of the vehicle alongside PepsiCo.

Key facts

Fleet
Tesla Semi truck
Operator
Walmart Canada
Start
December 2022
Coverage
Canada
Partner
PepsiCo as fellow early recipient

Safety record

No incidents on record for Semi at Canada.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Semi
Company
Tesla
Location
Canada
Operator
Tesla
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2022-12-01
ID
52abd2a8-ea3d-4949-bf57-27d02532920a

Timeline

  1. Dec 2022
    First recorded
    Semi first documented operating at Canada.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Semi operates in Canada. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (2)

  1. Electrek: Tesla Semi first deliveries: PepsiCo, Walmart Canada, Dec 2022 · https://electrek.co/2022/12/01/tesla-semi-deliveries-pepsico-walmart-canada/
  2. Reuters: Tesla begins Semi deliveries to PepsiCo, Walmart Canada, Dec 2022 · https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-starts-delivering-semi-truck-pepsi-2022-12-01/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Medium confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-established-publication
Established publication

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Common questions

What is the Semi deployment at Canada?
Semi, built by Tesla, is recorded as a deployment at Canada on the DEPLOY registry. Tesla operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Semi at Canada?
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 Canada go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Semi deployment at Canada?
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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