(Original title: Tesla opens again: UPS pre-orders 125 electric semi-trailers)
According to Reuters, UPS said on Tuesday that the company will purchase 125 electric semi-trailer trucks from Tesla, which is the largest order of Tesla electric trucks so far.
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According to reports, Tesla is trying to convince the trucking community to build a moderately priced, cargo-powered electric truck to compete with the relatively inexpensive and time-tested diesel trucks. Tesla externally stated that this time (UPS) is the largest order for electric trucks that the company is currently harvesting.
Lei Feng network learned that just recently, Tesla has just announced the "pre-sale price" of electric semi-trailer trucks, including two regular production versions of the electric semi-trailer - life is 300 miles and high entry-level The 500-mile version costs $150,000 and $180,000 respectively.
According to UPS estimates, the total cost of a large semi-trailer truck that transports goods on US highways is much lower than that of conventional cars. The total cost of the latter, such as diesel trucks, is generally around US$ 120,000.
It is understood that before the UPS, Tesla had received orders from Wal-Mart to book semi-trailer truck, fleet operators JB Hunt Transport Services and food service distributor Sysco Corp and other large companies.
Compared with UPS, PepsiCo had previously booked 100 electric semi-trailers with Tesla. At the time, this was Tesla's largest pre-order.
According to a UPS announcement, as part of evaluating the expected performance of the vehicle, the company has provided Tesla with real routes and lane information. It is understood that UPS often works with emerging automotive technology suppliers to help them develop solutions that are suitable for UPS use cases.
Scott Phillippi, senior director of UPS responsible for automotive maintenance and international business engineering, said in an interview: “As with any of our team’s entry technologies, we also hope that the project will be successful.â€
Phillippi also said that UPS will properly test the capabilities of these 125 trucks. He said that the company is still in the process of determining the route, but semi-trailer trucks will be "mainly in the United States" for testing. To this end, Tesla will also provide consulting and support services on charging infrastructure.
Phillippi said: "We have high expectations for this. Of course we also believe that (Tesla semi-trailer) will be a good product."
According to industry economic research firm FTR, so far, North America produces about 260,000 semi-trailer trucks or Class 8 heavy trucks each year.
According to statistics from Reuters, Tesla semi-trailer trucks currently include 410+ pre-orders, including UPS orders.
At the same time, the other two companies, Navistar International Corp. and Volkswagen AG VOWG-P.DE, hope to introduce smaller electric mid-range trucks by the end of 2019, and their competitor, Daimler AG, has introduced the first compact in New York recently. Electric truck.
As reported by Lei Fengnet, Tesla released the semi-trailer semi-trailer in November this year. It is expected that the truck will be put into production in 2019.
In today's (19th) Nasdaq morning session, Tesla's shares fell 0.1% to $338.61.
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