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The Tesla Semi .  Tesla /via REUTERS
Most of the customers who announced plans to put down $5 000 deposits for  the Tesla Semi  indicated they wanted to test a few of the vehicles. Wal-Mart said it plans to order a total of 15  Tesla  trucks  five for the United States and ten for Canada. The company operates a fleet of about 6 000 trucks in the United States.
JB Hunt Transport Inc was the first major U.S. trucking company to announce an order for  Tesla ’s new “Semi” electric trucks  saying  it  had reserved multiple vehicles for use on the U.S. West Coast.
Hunt did not say how many of the vehicles  it  would reserve.  Tesla  unveiled the Semi on Thursday without specifying prices.
The 500-mile (800 km) range between charges that  Tesla  Chief Executive Elon Musk promised on Thursday for the Tesla Semi is about half the range between fill-ups of a diesel Class 8 truck. Heavy batteries cut payload and add cost  potential deal killers for fleet buyers focused on operating cost per mile.
However   Tesla   and incumbent truck makers such as Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE)  Navistar International Corp (NAV.N) and its partner Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) are investing in electric trucks in a bet that the market will shift over the next decade.
The Tesla Semi. Tesla/via REUTERS
The Tesla Semi .  Tesla /via REUTERS
Most of the customers who announced plans to put down $5 000 deposits for  [TGT]indicated [TGT] wanted to test a few of the vehicles. Wal-Mart said it plans to order a total of 15  Tesla  trucks  five for the United States and ten for Canada. The company operates a fleet of about 6 000 trucks in the United States.
JB Hunt Transport Inc was the first major U.S. trucking company to announce an order for  Tesla ’s new “Semi” electric trucks  saying  it  had reserved multiple vehicles for use on the U.S. West Coast.
Hunt did not say how many of the vehicles  it  would reserve.  Tesla  unveiled [TGT] on Thursday without specifying prices.
The 500-mile (800 km) range between charges that  Tesla  Chief Executive Elon Musk promised on Thursday for [TGT] is about half the range between fill-ups of a diesel Class 8 truck. Heavy batteries cut payload and add cost  potential deal killers for fleet buyers focused on operating cost per mile.
However   Tesla   and incumbent truck makers such as Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE)  Navistar International Corp (NAV.N) and its partner Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) are investing in electric trucks in a bet that the market will shift over the next decade.
[TGT]. Tesla/via REUTERS