PepsiCo Inc has reserved 100 of Tesla Inc’s new electric Semi trucks, the largest-known order of the big rig, as the maker of Mountain Dew soda and Doritos chips seeks to reduce fuel costs and fleet emissions, a company executive said on Tuesday.
Tesla has been trying to convince the trucking community that it can build an affordable electric big rig with the range and cargo capacity to compete with relatively low-cost, time-tested diesel trucks.
Early orders reflect uncertainty over how the market for electric commercial vehicles will develop. About 260,000 heavy-duty Class-8 trucks are produced in North America annually, according to FTR, an industry economics research firm.
PepsiCo’s 100 trucks add to orders by more than a dozen companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc, fleet operator J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc, and foodservice distribution company Sysco Corp. Reservations to date are at 267 Tesla trucks, according to a Reuters tally.
PepsiCo intends to deploy Tesla Semis for shipments of snack foods and beverages between manufacturing and distribution facilities and direct to retailers within the 500-mile (800-km) range promised by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk.
I know I must drive some of you crazy with my fixation on new technologies and the move to renewable energies, but what can I say, the future is indeed exciting.
Alternative energy sources, autonomous vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, the next decade or so is going to be amazing.
Now if only our humanity can catch up with our technologies.
IF they work out - and there will probably be lots of bugs to work out - I would love to see the faces of those trying to bring fossil fuels back into the limelight!
ReplyDeleteThe climate change deniers can scream "FAKE NEWS" all they want. It won't stop the march toward lower and maybe even zero emission technologies they are currently trying to revitalize.
WAKE UP, coal diggers! Those jobs are DEAD!
maybe they could build windmills and solar panels instead. we all have all the wind and sun we need, and it's FREE!
DeleteTell your buddy Elon Musk that progressive people don't breed like rabbits.
ReplyDeleteBoy they sure are going to need really long extension cords.
ReplyDeleteBut. But. But. COAL!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm all in for smart technology. I'm all against harmful greed. Life as we grew up and know is now memories and happy peaceful memories. I fear the loss of commonsense about what is necessary to live and function could get lost. I fear people cannot think for themselves when dependent on a devise.
ReplyDeleteCellphones are causing brain tumors. Taking your eyes off the road to look at the dash wrong. This shit is pushed out into public without regulations, law or safety research. I vote NO on stupid technology and stealing millions of jobs for some greedy profit boars.
i almost got ran over by a texting idiot. i had the light. she came out of no where. if it is that important PARK and use your damn phone. it's as bad as drinking and driving. i seem to be the only person on the planet who doesn't have a cell phone. i hear birds. i hearing babies blubbing. i hear Beethoven on my antique stereo. i bought the speakers in (gasp!) 1986! i have a turntable! i have records!! in other words, why would you miss out on that to say lol 50 times to your friend in the next building? just because it's new doesn't it's good.
DeleteI’m wondering what will happen when we’ve lost over half our jobs to AI? That’s the true threat to humanity, along with global warming and the hypocritical actions of the far right. Can you believe how warm this winter has been up here?
ReplyDeleteTesla. electricity. 1910 some thing right? i don't do technology other than my old computer. i have a land line. there is a new theory-the reason why we haven't seen aliens is because when a society reaches our level of technology it self destructs. and the Vulcans aren't coming to save us.
ReplyDeleteLive and let live or die...
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Truckers are the new coal miners.
ReplyDeleteUsed to be the uneducated to get a steady job if they had a good back or a driver’s license.
Not any more.
If I were a trucker under the age of 50, I’d be looking to retain now because my job is going to be gone in 10 years. Five if you’re unlucky. Sure there will be a few independent truckers still out there. But there will be a glut of ex-truckers clinging to their old life and the competition will drive prices so low you won’t be able to buy gas let alone maintain your rig.
If you’re young? Don’t even think about going in to debt to buy your own rig. Find a retraining program. Like maybe in....solar.
The future is here in CONgre$$:
ReplyDelete'Republican VALUE$. Oxymoron.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/12/15/want-to-know-what-republican-values-are-look-at-the-choices-theyre-making-in-their-tax-bill/?utm_term=.404bf275b6d8
How much down time to recharge these big guys?
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