UPS just became Tesla’s biggest Semi-truck customer to date: the delivery service and logistics provider announced Tuesday morning its plans to preorder 125 of Tesla’s new electric Semi tractors. Previously, beverage and snacks behemoth PepsiCo had reserved 100 of the trucks, the largest-known order as of last week.



The Tesla trucks will cost around $200,000 each for a total order of about $25 million. UPS expects the semi-trucks, the big rigs that haul freight along America’s highways, will have a lower total cost of ownership than conventional vehicles, which run about $120,000. UPS said it has provided Tesla with real-world routing information as part of its evaluation of the vehicle’s expected performance.

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