As Tesla delivered its first electric trailer truck, the ‘Semi’, to its customer, it expanded its electric vehicle lineup from passenger cars to trucks.
Tesla held an event at a battery plant near Reno, Nevada, USA on the 1st local time and handed over its first semi truck to food and beverage company PepsiCo.
The semi truck will be the fifth vehicle following Tesla’s current mass-produced electric passenger car lineup, following the Model 3, Model S, Model X, and Model Y.
The Semi Truck is Tesla’s first new vehicle since the launch of the Model Y crossover in early 2020.
The launch of the semi truck came five years following Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the truck’s model.
Musk originally said he would produce semi-trucks from 2019, but he kept putting off the schedule due to technical limitations of batteries mounted on large trucks.
The Wall Street Journal diagnosed that Tesla was able to deliver the Semi following US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act in August.
After the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, which grants subsidies only to American-made electric vehicles, commercial electric vehicles receive tax benefits of up to $40,000 and 52 million won in our money, allowing Tesla to enter the truck market, Bloomberg reported. .
According to Roland Berger, a German consulting firm, a typical diesel engine trailer in the US market costs regarding 120,000 dollars, or regarding 150 million won in our money.
Existing truck markets have had problems with exhaust gas and high fuel costs, but when the use of electric trucks becomes active, it is expected to bring regarding a big change in the trucking industry.
There are also observations that if large electric trucks are equipped with advanced driver assistance features, the burden of labor costs for truck operators can also be reduced.
However, some experts predicted that it would be difficult for Tesla to compete in the commercial truck market.
“Tesla is a newcomer to this market,” said Oliver Dixon, senior analyst at guidehouse, a consulting firm.
YTN Wonbae Kim (wbkim@ytn.co.kr)
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