After much waiting—only four years late!—the electric Tesla Semi’s initial customer, PepsiCo, has taken delivery of its first examples of the big rig. We got a look at the trucks at an event celebrating the transformation of the beverage and snack conglomerate’s Modesto, California, Frito-Lay plant into an emissions-free pilot project as its aims to achieve zero overall emissions by 2040.
The revamped facility’s 500,000 square feet are dedicated to turning potatoes and corn into Lay’s, Ruffles, Doritos, Cheetos, and Fritos, all powered by a massive on-site solar facility and local renewable energy projects and backed by 2.7
