Tesla Semi spotted delivering upgraded Model 3 sedans

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It appears that Tesla is indeed putting its own Tesla Semi fleet to work. This was hinted at in a recent sighting of the Class 8 all-electric truck, which showed the Semi transporting a number of Ultra Red reengineered Model 3 sedans from the Fremont Factory. 

The sighting of the Tesla Semi with its special load was shared on social media platform X by Tesla owner Meriam Al Sultan, who noted in a post that she and her passengers were heading into the Fremont showroom to return a demo vehicle of the upgraded Model 3. As she was leaving the premises after dropping off the all-electric sedan, she and her passengers spotted the Tesla Semi leaving the facility.

The Tesla Semi that was spotted by the EV owner was carrying five reengineered Model 3 units, all of which were painted in Ultra Red. Interestingly enough, the Tesla Semi’s trailer seemed to be configured to transport only five cars at a time. This was less than the conventional car carrier trucks that the electric car maker uses, some of which have been spotted to hold up to eight Teslas. 

Considering that the Tesla Semi in the sighting was only transporting five reengineered Model 3 units, the vehicle was definitely operating far below its fully loaded maximum gross combination weight of 82,000 pounds. The Semi’s speed was evident in the sighting, however, as the Class 8 all-electric truck could be seen accelerating smoothly on the road. 

Tesla Senior Manager for Semi Truck Engineering Dan Priestley previously noted on social media platform X that the electric vehicle maker has been using the Tesla Semi as part of its operations for years. He noted that Tesla’s Semi fleet had transported over 20,000 battery packs from Giga, Nevada, to the Fremont Factory. He also stated that the Semis were running the same route and carrying the same load as the company’s conventional diesel trucks, but they have a lower operating cost. 

“Every day, the Tesla Semi demonstrates that battery electric trucks can directly replace diesel trucks. With our own fleet of Semis, Tesla has shipped >20,000 battery packs out of Gigafactory Nevada to support Fremont vehicle builds. These trucks run the same route, carrying the same load (no load reduction for weight) as the diesel trucks running this route but at substantially lower operating cost. Now, it’s about scale,” the Tesla executive noted. 

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Tesla is planning a 200+ stall Supercharger site in Florida

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Tesla is planning to build a massive new Supercharger station in Florida, set to be the world’s largest with over 200 charging stalls.

According to site plans filed during a pre-application meeting with Osceola County last month, Tesla is set to build a Supercharger station in Yeehaw Junction with more than 200 charging stalls, as can be seen in the preliminary draft of the site. The plans, as shared by X user MarcoRPi1 on Saturday, show the site to be located at 3010 State Rd. 60, off of exit 193 on the Florida Turnpike and near the junction with I-95.

While the plans are only preliminary, they show roughly 160 V3 charging stalls and 40 standalone stalls, including eight pull-through stalls for trailers. According to Marco, the site is also expected to be built in a three-phase construction project, with the site opening stalls progressively.

In the document, you can see that GPD Group Inc. is managing construction on the project, and the site may also include up to four Megapacks, as can be seen near the electrical cabinets in the draft.

You can see the preliminary site plans below.

Credit: Osceola County (via MarcoRPi1 | X)

Credit: Osceola County (via MarcoRPi1 | X)

In February, Tesla also filed plans for a 164-stall Supercharger station in Kern County, California, which would also be larger than any currently active stations. At this time, some of the largest stations include the Harris Ranch Supercharger in Coalinga, California, with 98 stalls, as followed by an Supercharger in Quartzsite, Arizona with 84 stalls.

The news also comes as Tesla has begun rolling out Supercharger access to other electric vehicle (EV) brands, with the company last month opening its stations to both Ford and Rivian. The automaker is also expected to open the Supercharger network to other EVs from General Motors (GM), Polestar and parent company Volvo. Tesla has also been making progress on a unique Supercharger with a diner and drive-in theater in Los Angeles, California, featuring two screens, a 1950s-style restaurant and around 32 charging stalls.

Tesla Supercharger Network opening one new stall every hour

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Tesla has again launched free FSD transfers on new vehicle purchases

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Tesla has once again launched free transfers on its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, after the company originally debuted the incentive as a one-time offer.

Last year, Tesla launched free FSD transfers as a “one-time amnesty,” letting owners transfer the software to a new vehicle purchase roughly through the end of September. In February, Tesla launched the incentive an additional time, so long as buyers took delivery of the new vehicle by March 31.

Although the quarter-ending deadline has passed, it’s now been reported that Tesla has launched FSD transferability once again on all orders of the Model S, Model 3, Model X or Model Y. In addition, no trade-in is required, and the incentive is stackable with inventory adjustments and other incentives, according to a post on X from Sawyer Merritt, who first spotted the news on Thursday.

Tesla showcases FSD V12’s impressive real-world results

At the time of writing, Tesla’s website still details the previous timeline, in which owners had to take delivery by March 31 to gain access to the offer. In the previous transfer agreement for the period running through March 31, Tesla said that it would remove the FSD capability from current vehicles within 48 hours, with the software being added to the new vehicle within a week of delivery.

The news also comes as Tesla has been deploying its FSD v12, now dubbed “Supervised” instead of “Beta,” along with rolling out one-month free trials and mandatory FSD test drives. It also comes as Tesla prepares to unveil its highly-anticipated robotaxi on August 8, as announced by CEO Elon Musk this week.

Prior to Tesla’s announcement of plans to unveil the robotaxi in August, Reuters reported that Tesla was scrapping plans to build a $25,000 vehicle. Musk went on to deny the claims, and many have since pointed out that the affordable mass-market vehicle is expected to built on the same platform as the forthcoming robotaxi.

Tesla’s FSD fleet surpassed one billion miles driven this week, after reaching 500 million miles driven just last October. In the past, Musk has estimated that gaining global regulatory approval for FSD would take around 6 billion miles’ worth of cumulative training, with the system constantly improving as more miles are driven.

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