Swedish electric and autonomous trucking company Einride said on Tuesday it plans to buy 500 Tesla Semis and make the electric big rigs available to its customers, which include Amazon. The Tesla Semis will be added in phases to Einride's fleet over the next 24 months, starting in September, the company said. Einride will manage the Tesla Semis through its Saga AI fleet management platform that's designed to give customers all the benefits of using electric trucks to carry freight without the financial and logistical burdens of owning them. Scale is what this deal promises, if Tesla can deliver. The carmaker first revealed a concept of the Semi in 2017, and after numerous delays due to the COVID pandemic and global supply chain shortages, delivered the first batch to customers, including PepsiCo, five years later. And it wasn't until April 2026 that the first Semi rolled off the high-volume production line at Tesla's factory in Nevada. Despite that recent milestone, the company has...
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