Extra Tesla Semis Delivered to Pepsico – Tools
Eighteen of the 21 vans delivered to PepsiCo have been funded partly by $4.5 million in grants from Sacramento Metropolitan Air High quality Administration District.
Photograph: CARB Twitter
PepsiCo obtained supply of 21 electrical Class 8 Tesla Semis at its bottling facility in Sacramento, California. The EVs will roll out on native supply routes. With one other 15 now at its Modesto Frito-Lay facility, that brings the full to 36, based on revealed studies.
Eighteen of the 21 vans at Sacramento, in addition to charging infrastructure constructed on the PepsiCo facility, have been funded partly by $4.5 million in grants from Sacramento Metropolitan Air High quality Administration District, the Sacramento Bee reported.
.@PepsiCo is rolling out 18 #zeroemission @Tesla semi-trucks in South Sacramento due to an @AQMD grant made potential partly by CARB’s #AB617 Group Air Safety program, a @CAClimateInvest program prioritizing communities with better #airpollution.#capandtrade pic.twitter.com/rSCGt1SyNq
— CARB (@AirResources) April 11, 2023
In line with studies from media that attended the supply announcement occasion, Pepsi officers stated a single Tesla Semi can drive 400 miles on a one-hour cost.
The District is proud to assist fund the @Tesla semis & chargers unveiled right now at @PepsiCo’s South Sac facility. This challenge will assist transition #Sacramento to a inexperienced economic system & enhance #airquality for our most susceptible residents! @CaClimateInvest @AlbertoAyalaPhD @EricZGuerra pic.twitter.com/AfYMBt5ncH
— Sac Metro Air District (@AQMD) April 11, 2023
PepsiCo was the first to obtain the Tesla Semi on the finish of 2022, 5 years after the introduction of the truck.
Frito-Lay Completes Third-Get together EV Cargo
In the meantime, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America accomplished its first-ever third-party cargo on an electrical car with Schneider Nationwide.
Preliminary shipments on Schneider’s rising Freightliner eCascadia fleet shall be intermodal inbound and outbound dray strikes in southern California, together with service to Frito-Lay’s Rancho Cucamonga distribution middle.
That is the primary third-party transportation cargo on an electrical car for PepsiCo globally and establishes Frito-Lay as the primary to contract transport on Schneider’s electrical truck fleet of Freightliner eCascadias.
Frito-Lay North America accomplished its first-ever third-party cargo on an electrical car with Schneider Nationwide.
Photograph: Frito-Lay
An emissions discount of greater than 70% is predicted this 12 months from the preliminary EV routes, versus the identical shipments on diesel vans, firm officers stated in a press launch.
“As we roll out our fleet of just about 100 new battery electrical vans, we’re thrilled to supply a cleaner mode of freight transportation to valued clients like Frito-Lay, who share our objective of working in methods which are environmentally accountable,” stated Rob Reich, government vice chairman and chief administrative officer at Schneider.
