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2026-09-23 · Yahoo

Tesla wins lead role in 2,500-truck electric Class 8 order

Tesla won the lead supplier role in a 2,500-truck battery-electric Class 8 order that its organizers say will nearly double the U.S. electric Class 8 fleet. Catalyst Mobility, the clean transportation nonprofit formerly known as CALSTART, and the Smart Freight Centre announced the order Tuesday and called it the largest electric truck order in the U.S. to date. The trucks are being ordered through ZET SCALE, the Zero-Emission Truck Shipper-Carrier Alliance Leading Electrification, a program the two nonprofits run together. Its founding shippers include Microsoft and PepsiCo. The alliance's stated goal is 10,000 trucks or more. According to reporting by Electrive, only 875 zero-emission heavy trucks were sold in the U.S. in 2025, 0.

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