Elon Musk on Twitter: "Fully-loaded Tesla Semi completed 800 km trip"

Fully-loaded Tesla Semi electric truck completed 800 km test trip, according to Tesla owner Elon Musk, who recently bought majority stake of social network Twitter. As everyone knows, Twitter is the main channel used by Musk to make relevant announcements. The long-awaited Tesla Semi electric truck, capable of 800 km (500 miles) range, according to the manufacturer, is expected to begin deliveries in a few days, at the beginning of December.

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There are no further details about the test trip carried out by the electric truck made-in-USA, except that the truck had about 36-ton load. Tesla is supposed to produce about 100 e-trucks this year, while the target set by Elon Musk himself is to make 50,000 units per year by 2024.

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