Tesla is building a low-volume Tesla Semi production line, and once completed, Tesla apparently plans to manufacture 5 Tesla Semi-electric trucks weekly, reports Yahoo! Finance. The article notes that the low-volume production line is being built in a new building in the industrial park where the Gigafactory is located in Nevada. Tesla is also still planning to manufacture the volume production of Semi trucks in Giga Texas as soon as it can increase battery production.
On Monday, Tesla received a new order for ten of its Semi EVs along with two Megachargers. Benzinga reports that it is backed by nearly $ 2 million in federal government support. The Mobile Source Air Pollution Committee is investing in a clean transportation initiative on the southern coast of California. As part of this investment, MXS Leasing LLC, a California-based logistics company, has allocated $ 1.8 million for the deployment of ten Tesla Semi-Class 8 semi-trucks and an additional $ 560,000 for the implementation of two overheads. electric cranes.
Demand is no problem, but the short-term supply of cells makes it difficult to scale Semi. This restriction will be less of a hindrance next year.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 30 March 2021
Momentum, the company that assisted MHX with the funding application, said the deal includes two Megachargers on the Fontana, California, in MXH. Just after the news broke, Tesla’s Elon Musk tweeted that demand for Semi is not an issue, but that the cell supply is difficult to expand in the short term. He also noted that this restriction will be less burdensome next year.
Although many seem to see this as a delay again, it should be noted that: Teslarati pointed out that Elon Musk on the problems of scale the Semi-manufacturing. The idea that Tesla would produce the first few Semis productions in 2021 still seems possible. This idea seems to be backed up by the new report which notes that Tesla plans to produce five of its Semis weekly once the low-volume production range is completed.
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