Tesla Semi pricing leaks: US$290,000 for 500-mile vary

Tesla is quoting clients US$290,000 for the 500-mile Lengthy Vary model of the Semi electrical truck, in line with pricing paperwork obtained by electrical car information outlet Electrek. The determine represents a roughly 60% improve from the US$180,000 price ticket Tesla marketed when it unveiled the car again in 2017, though the corporate by no means formally up to date that unique estimate.

The pricing would seem to roughly match knowledge from California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Venture—reviewed and reported on by LA Occasions again in 2024—which listed the Semi at roughly US$260,000 for the Normal Vary trim and US$300,000 for Lengthy Vary earlier than vacation spot charges and taxes. Tesla nonetheless undercuts the US$435,000 business common for Class 8 electrical vehicles by about US$145,000, though it ought to be famous that rivals have been recognized to inflate their costs to maximise accessible authorities incentives.

The event comes shortly after Tesla formally revealed ultimate manufacturing specs for the Semi, confirming two trim ranges after years of withholding concrete particulars. The Normal Vary affords 325 miles at 82,000 lbs gross mixture weight with a curb weight underneath 20,000 lbs, whereas the Lengthy Vary delivers as much as 500 miles with a 23,000 lbs curb weight. Each variations share 1.7 kWh/mile effectivity—some assessments have it as little as 1.55kWh/mile—and three e-motors producing 800 kW in mixed energy. Each fashions are additionally designed for autonomous operation, though little info is at the moment accessible about these capabilities.

Each trims help MCS 3.2 charging and may restore 60% of their vary in half-hour, with the Lengthy Vary able to 1.2 MW peak charging speeds. Tesla added 64 Megacharger places marked “coming quickly” to its public navigation map alongside two operational websites, with Texas main the rollout at 19 places adopted by California with 17. The corporate partnered with Pilot Journey Facilities in January to construct charging stations at roughly 20 truck stops alongside Interstates 5 and 10.

Chief Government Elon Musk reconfirmed a number of days in the past that the Semi will enter mass manufacturing this 12 months at Tesla’s devoted web site in Nevada, which may construct 50,000 items yearly when at full capability. The automaker embarked on a hiring spree final 12 months in preparation for the massive launch, rising on-site workers tenfold to roughly 1,000 employees.

To make certain, the Semi has, like many Tesla merchandise, skilled prolonged delays earlier than getting into sequence manufacturing. The e-truck was initially slated for market entry in 2019 however has confronted repeated delays, with solely a small variety of pre-production items delivered thus far together with 36 to PepsiCo’s California fleet. In September 2025, it was introduced that Semi e-trucks would function the anchor product of Uber’s freight accelerator programme.

California has allotted almost US$165m in vouchers particularly for Semi purchases, drawing criticism from some rivals who argue that Tesla receives preferential remedy for a car nonetheless unavailable at significant scales.