Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge

The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking.

The short version

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now.
• He’s targeted a $20 trillion valuation—nearly four times the value of market leader Nvidia —on that premise.
• But his Tesla team was in Sparks, Nevada, on Thursday to focus on, well, an electric vehicle: the long-awaited Tesla Semi .

What happened

The Semi concept first rolled onto a Tesla event stage in late 2017 . Nearly a decade later, Tesla officially launched high-volume production at a livestreamed but invite-only event at the company’s factory.

Why it matters

It targeted a niche audience: the cost-conscious people who manage large trucking fleets.

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