Tesla Marked the Start of High Volume Semi Production, and the Engineering Story Sits Underneath the Cab

Tesla formally inaugurated its dedicated Semi factory in Sparks, Nevada on September 24, a 1. 7 million square foot plant built adjacent to Gigafactory Nevada, and while the company framed the day as the start of high volume production, the first truck actually came off that line back in April, which makes this less a factory opening than a coming-out party for a program that has been promising this moment since 2017. Deliveries went to DHL, PepsiCo and US Foods to name a few. The plant is designed for 50,000 trucks a year. Tesla has not said what it is currently producing, and that distinction matters.