PepsiCo said in a statement that the trucks would be used at
its Frito-Lay plant in Modesto, California, and its PepsiCo beverages factory
in Sacramento. PepsiCo has been aiming to reduce fuel costs and emissions, and
reserved 100 of the trucks in 2017.
US companies have pledged to take action to reduce their
impacts on the environment, with PepsiCo aiming to achieve net-zero emissions
by 2040.
Transportation accounts for roughly 10 percent of the
Mountain Dew maker's greenhouse gas emissions, PepsiCo's CEO, Ramon Laguarta,
has said. Its company-owned fleet travelled 1.2 billion miles (around 2 billion
km) last year.
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced the start
of production of the Semi truck late on Thursday on Twitter, saying the
vehicles have a 500-mile (805 km) range and are "super fun to drive."
Musk initially said the trucks would be in production by
2019 but the timeline has been delayed by years due to parts shortages.
Other companies including United Parcel Service, Walmart
Canada, and food service distributor Sysco had also placed preorders for
Tesla's Semi trucks.
Walmart, UPS, and Sysco did not respond to requests for
comment on the status of their orders or delivery timings.
Neither Musk nor Pepsi disclosed the number of Semis that
would arrive at the packaged food company in December. On its website, PepsiCo
said it expects 15 of its trucks to deploy by the end of this year.
Tesla, on the other hand, has been struggling to deliver as
many electric vehicles as it produces, which has hurt its share price. Musk is
also trying to close his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, which has Tesla
investors worried that the billionaire was spreading himself too thin. © Reuters
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