PepsiCo is purchasing the big trucks "outright" and is upgrading its plants, including installing four 750-kilowatt Tesla charging stalls at both its Modesto and Sacramento locations, PepsiCo Vice President Mike O'Connell said in an interview. A $15.4 million California state grant and $40,000 federal subsidy per vehicle helps offset part of the costs.

United Parcel Service and food delivery company Sysco have also reserved the Tesla trucks, while retailer Walmart is testing alternatives.

"We keep the trucks for a million miles, seven years," PepsiCo Vice President Mike O'Connell said. "The operating costs over time will pay back."

Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture, was on a Tesla panel discussing Tesla Semi and how its introduction was the introduction of the Tesla Master Plan 3. NOTE: I, Brian Wang, am clearly a Tesla bull, Tesla share owner, co-author of a book on Elon Musk and his companies and maker of Youtube videos. However, I am also a futurist with a public prediction track record that is top 56 out of thousands of people. Prediction accuracy about 80% correct.

Tesla Master Plan 3 – Make Tesla Semi an economic offer that can't be refused. Have it require Megapack everywhere and still be an economic must have. Scale to 4 terawatt hours per year with all Semi and truck domination and another 4-6 from Megapack.