Tesla to build a Semi truck-charging route from Texas to California

Long range: Tesla vehicles being charged at a station in Anaheim in California. The firm is seeking to build a first-of-its-kind charging network in the United States to enable long-haul electrified trucking. — AP

AUSTIN: Tesla Inc is seeking nearly US$100mil (RM453mil) from the United States to build nine electric Semi-truck charging stations along a route from the southern border of Texas to northern California, according to emails seen by Bloomberg News.

The company proposed each be equipped with eight 750-kilowatt chargers for Tesla Semi vehicles and four chargers for trucks made by its competitors, its executives said in emails to the Texas Department of Transportation between May and early July.