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The first of a fleet of long-awaited Tesla Semi electric cab-over-engine trucks has completed its maiden cargo journey for PepsiCo.

Tesla began production of 100 trucks, ordered by PepsiCo in 2017, in October.

Its engineers have fought to overcome the main challenge of an all-electric truck design: the vehicle must haul the weight of lithium-ion batteries as well as that of its cargo.

The drawback is common to all proposed electric trucks, with Volvo, which beat Tesla to the punch in September by beginning ...

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