The CEO of PepsiCo, Ramon Laguarta, confirmed on CNBC this
morning that his company will be taking delivery of the first electric Tesla
Semi trucks this year.
Speaking at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow,
Scotland, the company's CEO Ramon Laguarta said he expected the first delivery
of the all-electric trucks in the fourth quarter. He cited the truck as part of
PepsiCo's plans to cut emissions.
The comments suggested that Tesla would deliver the
industry-focussed Semi trucks sooner than expected. PepsiCo booked 100 Tesla
trucks in December 2017 as it moved to reduce fuel costs and emissions due to
its fleet.
During an interview with CNBC, Laguarta said transportation
contributed to about 10 percent of PepsiCo's overall gas emissions and the
company was working to reduce that. He added his company regularly replaced its
fleet after around 10 years and it was “already starting to buy electric trucks
actually from Tesla.”
The chief executive did not say how many Tesla Semis his
company will receive in Q4. These Tesla trucks were set to go into production
in 2019, but it was delayed due to the pandemic that created supply chain
challenges and the limited availability of battery cells.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously said the production of these
trucks was put on hold until the company can make a high volume of the battery
cells.
The Tesla Semi costs between $150,000 and $180,000 and
promises to save shippers hundreds of thousands in fuel costs over time. It has
attracted pre-orders from other companies such as Walmart and FedEx.
Musk has tried to position Tesla and its electric vehicles
as pioneers of the transition that is happening around the world to clean
energy. But his trucks have often missed or delayed launch deadlines. There has
been no official update from Tesla on how it plans to deliver these trucks by
Q4 of this year.
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