--- title: "Elon Musk Announces First Tesla Semi Truck Deliveries to Pepsi in December" date: "2022-10-06" modified: "2022-10-06" authors: - name: "Aaron Cole" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-cole" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/elon-musk-announces-first-tesla-semi-truck-deliveries-to-pepsi-in-december" categories: - "Car Tech" - "Electric Vehicles" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Tesla News" - "Trucks" tags: - "Electric Vehicle" - "Tesla" --- # Elon Musk Announces First Tesla Semi Truck Deliveries to Pepsi in December ![]() Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet Thursday night the automaker would finally make good on its yearslong promises to deliver its first [Tesla Semi Truck]() with deliveries to Pepsi beginning in December. According to [Cleantechnica](), Pepsi and Frito Lay placed orders for 100 Semi Trucks and began installing MegaChargers at their headquarters this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unveiled [nearly 5 years ago](), the delayed Semi Truck promises 500 miles of range and an [80,000-pound trailering capacity](). After the Inflation Reduction Act passed in the summer, commercial battery electric vehicles[ could qualify for up to $40,000]() in incentives, provided the incentive doesn't exceed 30% of the purchase price. Tesla has said that its 300-mile Semi would cost about $150,000 and the 500-mile version to cost $180,000. In 2018, Musk said the company would aim to deliver 100,000 Semi Trucks to customers by the end of 2023—a lofty goal, but at least 100 for 2022 is a start. "It’s easier to predict, far easier to predict the endpoint or the steady state of the S-curve than anywhere on that exponential or log curve." Musk said in a 2018 conference call, "So if you take four years, I think 100,000 units a year is a reasonable expectation. Maybe more, but that’s the right—roughly the right number, I think." The Tesla Semi Truck has been spotted at several points in the past few years, [including interior displays]() and a few roaming around the [Gigafactory in Nevada](), but the announcement of the first deliveries to a real company, that made real orders, feels … well, really real. It’s unclear if the final production trucks will resemble what we’ve seen so far, and if they’ll use Model 3 motors, but perhaps we’ll learn more as December draws nearer. The clock is (still) ticking. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1578170980283076608?s=20&t=lP2f_Rx2GxJWirCynHKezw *This story will be updated as more information becomes available.* *Got a tip? Send it to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Aaron began his career in journalism when the news was printed on dead trees and thrown on driveways. A graduate of the University of Utah, he began his career as a sportswriter and has covered news for over a decade. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [Instagram]()