---
title: "Tesla Confirms a November Debut for Their Electric Semi"
description: "The unveiling date for Tesla's electric semi truck has officially been set, and in anticipation, the company shared a new image of the vehicle."
date: "2017-11-07"
modified: "2017-11-07"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-confirms-november-debut-electric-semi"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "electric semi"
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
---

# Tesla Confirms a November Debut for Their Electric Semi

![Tesla's electric semi](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tesla-semi-hi-res-copy.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/tesla-semi-1st-look-electrek-0" target="\_blank"\>Tesla\</a\>\</em\>*

Tesla's electric semi truck unveiling has been pushed back twice, but the company has now sent out press invites confirming a November 16 reveal, [according to ](<https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/06/tesla-electric-semi-truck-reveal-confirmed-for-november-16/>)*[TechCrunch](<https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/06/tesla-electric-semi-truck-reveal-confirmed-for-november-16/>)*.

Earlier this month, [Tesla](<https://www.tesla.com/>) CEO and founder Elon Musk shared the reasons for the delay [via Twitter](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-postpones-reveal-of-teslas-electric-semi>), citing the need to address Model 3 production issues and increase battery production meant to support Puerto Rican relief efforts.

With the launch just over a week away, we still don't know much about Tesla's electric semi, other than it will supposedly have a range of 321 to 483 kilometers (200 to 300 miles). The company previously released a shadowy image featuring the now-iconic headlights, and a new, equally shadowy image was included with the press invites.

![Tesla's electric semi](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tesla-semi.jpg>)
*Image credit: Tesla*

Experts say that the advent of electric trucking, particularly Tesla's electric semi, could [completely disrupt the auto industry](<https://futurism.com/expert-asserts-that-teslas-electric-semi-will-totally-disrupt-the-auto-industry>). One analyst even predicts it will be "the biggest catalyst in trucking in decades," noting that Tesla's electric semi would be [70 percent cheaper to operate](<https://futurism.com/analyst-tesla-semi-biggest-catalyst-trucking-decades>) than today's long-haul trucks.

Beyond being cheaper, electric semis would also be much better for the environment — long-haul trucking accounts for some [20 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions](<https://www.trucks.com/2016/08/16/epa-trucks-greenhouse-gas-standards/>) generated by the transportation industry.

Tesla, however, isn't the only company working to disrupt long-haul trucking. Last month, Mercedes-Benz parent company [Daimler beat Tesla](<https://futurism.com/daimler-parent-company-of-mercedes-unveils-an-electric-truck-ahead-of-tesla>) to the punch by unveiling their own version of an electric semi truck, while [Toyota started test driving](<https://futurism.com/toyotas-trucks-that-only-emit-water-vapor-are-moving-goods-in-la>) their hydrogen-fuel-powered heavy-duty trucks on the streets of Los Angeles.

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