{"id":"82914cf0-1c5a-490a-bff0-bae98ac89bb3","companyId":"bde7c8a1-5d35-449d-93b0-2ac8e4601c16","modelName":"Semi","slug":"tesla-semi","description":"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.","formFactor":"truck","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (electric-truck reality)","value":"A Class 8 battery-electric truck (325 + 500 mi variants), unveiled Nov 2017, first delivered to PepsiCo Dec 1 2022. PepsiCo runs a sustained multi-site fleet (Sacramento beverage + Modesto Frito-Lay); independent pilots with ArcBest/ABF and DHL (Dec 2025). All deployed units are HUMAN-DRIVEN."},{"label":"Stated-claim","value":"Volume production targeted 2026 at the dedicated Giga Nevada Semi factory (~50k/yr capacity) - repeatedly slipped (2019 -> 2022 low-rate -> 2025 -> 2026). 2017 pricing of $150k (300mi) / $180k (500mi) is a stale projection. Production is still ramping (pilot/low-rate)."},{"label":"Claimed / roadmap (NOT verified)","value":"Any autonomous/self-driving capability. The Semi is an electric truck, not an autonomous one: no enabled L4, no Tesla autonomy claim, FSD references removed from marketing. Recorded NOT wired to the tesla-fsd-bot brain (autonomy unverified)."},{"label":"Tesla family","value":"form_factor=truck; cohorts with autonomous-trucking AVs (Aurora, Kodiak, Bot Auto). Completes the Tesla physical-AI family alongside tesla-optimus, tesla-robotaxi, tesla-cybercab, and the tesla-fsd-bot brain - though the Semi's tie to FSD is roadmap, not realized."}],"range":"325-mile and 500-mile range variants (~500 mi headline)","autonomy":"human-driven today; autonomy is a roadmap claim only (no enabled/verified L4; Tesla removed FSD/Autopilot references from Semi marketing)","drivetrain":"battery-electric; ~500 mi at 80,000 lb; Megacharger / 750kW charging","formFactor":"truck (Class 8 battery-electric heavy-duty truck)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/tesla-semi-truck-has-a-500-mile-range-ceo-elon-musk-reveals.html","title":"Tesla Semi unveiled (Nov 2017; 500-mile range variant)","sourceName":"CNBC"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/01/tesla-reveals-long-awaited-semi-truck-and-begins-first-deliveries/","title":"Tesla begins first Semi deliveries to PepsiCo (Dec 1 2022, Giga Nevada)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://insideevs.com/news/661934/pepsico-fleet-tesla-semi-sacramento/","title":"PepsiCo Tesla Semi fleet (Sacramento beverage + Modesto Frito-Lay; route ranges)","sourceName":"InsideEVs"},{"url":"https://www.pepsico.com/en/newsroom/stories/2023/go-behind-the-wheel-with-pepsicos-first-tesla-semi-driver","title":"PepsiCo's first Tesla Semi DRIVER (human-driven; primary-customer confirmation)","sourceName":"PepsiCo (official)"},{"url":"https://www.ttnews.com/articles/tesla-semi-arcbest-pilot","title":"ArcBest/ABF Tesla Semi pilot (4,494 mi; human-driven fleet trial)","sourceName":"Transport Topics"},{"url":"https://electrek.co/2025/12/08/dhl-takes-tesla-semi-electric-truck/","title":"DHL Supply Chain takes first Tesla Semi (Dec 2025; customer base expanding)","sourceName":"Electrek"},{"url":"https://electrek.co/2025/04/28/tesla-gives-update-semi-factory-on-track-volume-production-2026/","title":"Tesla Semi factory update: volume production targeted 2026 (~50k/yr capacity)","sourceName":"Electrek"},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000162828026026551/exhibit991.htm","title":"Tesla Q1 2026 SEC 8-K (Semi production ramp at dedicated Nevada factory)","sourceName":"SEC EDGAR (Tesla)"},{"url":"https://electrek.co/2022/12/03/tesla-semi-no-word-equipped-autopilot-full-self-driving/","title":"Tesla said nothing about Autopilot/FSD at Semi launch; refs removed (no L4 claim)","sourceName":"Electrek"}],"aliases":["Tesla Semi","Tesla Semi Truck"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:24:54.987Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T17:24:54.987Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-semi","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-semi","name":"Semi","alternateName":["Tesla Semi","Tesla Semi Truck"],"description":"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.","identifier":"82914cf0-1c5a-490a-bff0-bae98ac89bb3","category":"truck","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}