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⚡TeslaPRM-00004
Tesla Semi Mass Production
In Progress
Original Promise
“Tesla Semi will go into production in 2019.”
Promised: November 16, 2017Original deadline: December 31, 2019Current deadline: December 31, 2026
Promise Timeline
Total delay: +5yPromised
Nov 16, 2017
Revision 1
Apr 22, 2019
+1y
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Original deadline
Dec 31, 2019
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Revised deadline
Dec 2020
Revision 2
Jan 27, 2021
+3y
Revision 3
Dec 1, 2022
+5y
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Revised deadline
Dec 2022
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Revised deadline
Dec 2024
Current deadline
Dec 31, 2026
Revision History (3)
Revision 1Apr 22, 2019Earnings Call
+1y total delay“Tesla Semi production begins next year.”
Pushed one year during earnings call
Revision 2Jan 27, 2021Earnings Call
+3y total delay“Tesla Semi is in limited production. Volume production in 2022.”
Two more years of delays, reframed as 'limited production'
Revision 3Dec 1, 2022Press Release
+5y total delay“First Tesla Semis delivered to PepsiCo. Volume production ramps through 2024.”
A handful delivered to PepsiCo, but 'mass production' continued to slip
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