{"id":3808,"date":"2017-11-18T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2017-11-18T17:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:11:12","slug":"walmart-already-pre-ordered-teslas-electric-semi-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=3808","title":{"rendered":"Walmart already pre-ordered Tesla\u2019s electric semi trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"twothird\">\n<p>Tesla took the wraps off its\u00a0all-new electric semi truck\u00a0this past week after months of anticipation. We still don\u2019t know how much the truck will end up costing, but that didn\u2019t stop retailing giant Walmart from pre-ordering 15 semi trucks to join its transportation fleet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Walmart\u2019s enormous fleet has 6,000 trucks making deliveries across the U.S. and Canada. The 15 electric semi trucks will be something of an experiment to see how they handle the routes with recharging and range being taken into account. According to\u00a0<em>CNBC<\/em>, of the 15 trucks, five will stay in the U.S. and ten will make their way to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a long history of testing new technology \u2013 including alternative-fuel trucks \u2013 and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy-duty electric vehicle,\u201d related Walmart in a statement to\u00a0<em>CNBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-orders for each semi truck required a $5,000 deposit, meaning Walmart has already invested $75,000 into the program of incorporating electric trucks. That number is likely to rise once it pays off the truck in full. Like we mentioned, Tesla has yet to announce pricing, but it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if it comfortably eclipses the $100,000 price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart wasn\u2019t the only company making reservations for the electric semi truck. JBL Hunt Transportation Services also ordered \u201cmultiple\u201d trucks from Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s truck has a 400-mile range and and can be charged to full capacity in 30 minutes. That will be an important note moving forward if Tesla hopes its electric semi truck catches on with truckers and companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"third single-sidebar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><label>SOURCE:<\/label>\u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/17\/wal-mart-says-its-planning-to-test-teslas-new-electric-trucks.html\">CNBC<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla took the wraps off its\u00a0all-new electric semi truck\u00a0this past week after months of anticipation. We still don\u2019t know how much the truck will end up costing, but that didn\u2019t stop retailing giant Walmart from pre-ordering 15 semi trucks to join its transportation fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}