Tesla Semi wins 2,500-truck order, doubling US electric Class 8 fleet

Tesla has been named the primary truck supplier for the largest electric Class 8 order in US history: 2,500 battery-electric trucks bought through a new shipper alliance called ZET SCALE.

The order on its own would nearly double the number of electric Class 8 trucks on US roads, and the alliance says it’s targeting more than 10,000 over time.

“ZET SCALE’s goals are exciting because they amplify [operational advantages] at scale,” said Dan Priestley, Tesla’s Semi program director. Catalyst Mobility CEO Michael Berube put the problem more bluntly: “You can have good technology and still not have a market.”

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