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The Semi comes at a great time for Tesla, right when it is really starting to lose its grip on the global electric vehicle market. Between plunging government incentives, and surging competition, Tesla’s basic car sales do not go as far as they once did. Certainly, Tesla is selling cars, but not to the degree it once did.
So the Semi, which addresses a completely different market with a very particular set of needs, gives Tesla the opportunity to work in a new, and only lightly contested, market. Corporations of all sizes put in orders for the Semi, and big numbers have been ordered. Though the costs are somewhat eye-watering—the Semi starts at $260,000, reports note, while diesel trucks go for $172,500 as of 2025—the notion of having minimal emissions and no diesel fuel costs is certainly attractive.
“Gobsmacking” Slow
A class-action case against Tesla in Australia is running into some issues, as Federal Court judge Tom Thawley warned Tesla lawyers that they would be in for “…a really bad time” if they refused to cooperate in discovery processes. The process has been going on for eight months so far, and only 2,000 documents have been produced.
