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[Michael Cole]

Tesla's Semi factory in Nevada to have first trucks in production by end of 2025

Short article with an update to the semi program. The YouTube video with program director Dan Priestly sums up the progress.



What's interesting is at the end of the article.

Tesla's plans to ship components from China for the Cybercab and the Semi in the United States were suspended after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods amid a trade war, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month.

The EV maker was ready to absorb the additional costs when Trump imposed the 34% tariff on Chinese goods, but could not do so when the tariff went beyond that, leaving shipping plans suspended.

Trump raised additional tariffs to 84% on April 9 and has since increased that to 125%, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. to 145%.

Tesla last week said that it would reassess its growth forecast in three months because it was "difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains" and that "changing political sentiment could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Where would Elon Musk's company be if the, pardon me, Marxist cackling Camela Harris had won? Would Elon have to suspend shipments from China had the socialist queen pulled it off?

Dan Priestly seems to be a great guy from everything I've seen. Elon is smart in keeping his own mug away from public announcements. Ironically, what Trump is doing, apparently with Elon's blessing, is DAMAGING American manufacturing.

The semi is a remarkably efficient piece of equipment. Taking the emotional aspect away from Elon Musk, this truck should be celebrated. It would be a shame if all the excellent work put into the product goes to waste. Dan Priestly gives me confidence, but even if Tesla pushes past the Musk effect with trucking companies, I don't see how Tesla can ramp production without raw materials and components.

If only Harris had won.

 

[Phys251]

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-semi-factory-nevada-have-first-trucks-production-by-end-2025-2025-04-28/

Short article with an update to the semi program. The YouTube video with program director Dan Priestly sums up the progress.



What's interesting is at the end of the article.

Tesla's plans to ship components from China for the Cybercab and the Semi in the United States were suspended after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods amid a trade war, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month.

The EV maker was ready to absorb the additional costs when Trump imposed the 34% tariff on Chinese goods, but could not do so when the tariff went beyond that, leaving shipping plans suspended.

Trump raised additional tariffs to 84% on April 9 and has since increased that to 125%, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. to 145%.

Tesla last week said that it would reassess its growth forecast in three months because it was "difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains" and that "changing political sentiment could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Where would Elon Musk's company be if the, pardon me, Marxist cackling Camela Harris had won? Would Elon have to suspend shipments from China had the socialist queen pulled it off?

Dan Priestly seems to be a great guy from everything I've seen. Elon is smart in keeping his own mug away from public announcements. Ironically, what Trump is doing, apparently with Elon's blessing, is DAMAGING American manufacturing.

The semi is a remarkably efficient piece of equipment. Taking the emotional aspect away from Elon Musk, this truck should be celebrated. It would be a shame if all the excellent work put into the product goes to waste. Dan Priestly gives me confidence, but even if Tesla pushes past the Musk effect with trucking companies, I don't see how Tesla can ramp production without raw materials and components.

If only Harris had won.

She warned us.

 

[Girlpower]

Short article with an update to the semi program. The YouTube video with program director Dan Priestly sums up the progress.



What's interesting is at the end of the article.

Tesla's plans to ship components from China for the Cybercab and the Semi in the United States were suspended after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods amid a trade war, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month.

The EV maker was ready to absorb the additional costs when Trump imposed the 34% tariff on Chinese goods, but could not do so when the tariff went beyond that, leaving shipping plans suspended.

Trump raised additional tariffs to 84% on April 9 and has since increased that to 125%, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. to 145%.

Tesla last week said that it would reassess its growth forecast in three months because it was "difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains" and that "changing political sentiment could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Where would Elon Musk's company be if the, pardon me, Marxist cackling Camela Harris had won? Would Elon have to suspend shipments from China had the socialist queen pulled it off?

Dan Priestly seems to be a great guy from everything I've seen. Elon is smart in keeping his own mug away from public announcements. Ironically, what Trump is doing, apparently with Elon's blessing, is DAMAGING American manufacturing.

The semi is a remarkably efficient piece of equipment. Taking the emotional aspect away from Elon Musk, this truck should be celebrated. It would be a shame if all the excellent work put into the product goes to waste. Dan Priestly gives me confidence, but even if Tesla pushes past the Musk effect with trucking companies, I don't see how Tesla can ramp production without raw materials and components.

If only Harris had won.

You are crying over the richest man in the world losing some money?

Ahhhhh

 

[Greenbeard]

Musk spent $300 million to buy this outcome.

 

[Michael Cole]

You are crying

You are confused.

 

[Michael Cole]

Musk spent $300 million to buy this outcome.

He did. Masochism?

 

[anatta]

Harris would do her (usual) laughing guffaws at Chinese malign trade like everything else. The woman showed no aptitude /curiosity for anything that wasn't pure PC noise
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My concern is China can out last the US -they are actually better off (supply chain diversification) now then in the last Trump trade negotiation.
Trump is sooo over relying on tariffs first. They are going to have to squeeze in trade terms / quotas. it slows down tariff negotiation
I think there have been compromises, but the complexities of trade are also what TrumpCo is trying to address.

Better to have just done trade first, and use tariffs as needed only for negotiations. It doesn't mean agreements cant get there. it does make the process slower and more complex

 

[btthegreat]

For the life of me, I will never understand what terrified sufficient voters about this particular liberal Dem to alter this election. Maybe I could imagine what made her and Hillary worse than Obama or Biden, but I really don't want to believe it.

 

[dmpi]

Technology stands on it's own merits outside of politics. Superior technologies will always rise to the top one way or another.

 

[Michael Cole]

She warned us.

Too bad she didn't sound like Pritzker on the trail. Of course, it's much easier to drive home the point post- Project 2025 implementation.

Everybody was warned. Nobody listened. Now they care.

 

[Michael Cole]

Technology stands on it's own merits outside of politics. Superior technologies will always rise to the top one way or another.

Except this is about Trump raising the cost of production.

Trump's mantra was that tariffs will bring back manufacturing. Sure looks like the exact opposite is occurring.

 

[Michael Cole]

For the life of me, I will never understand what terrified sufficient voters about this particular liberal Dem to alter this election. Maybe I could imagine what made her and Hillary worse than Obama or Biden, but I really don't want to believe it.

Must have been that $50k tax deduction for small business startups. The dirty commie.

 

[Michael Cole]

Harris would do her (usual) laughing guffaws at Chinese malign trade like everything else. The woman showed no aptitude /curiosity for anything that wasn't pure PC noise
~~~
My concern is China can out last the US -they are actually better off (supply chain diversification) now then in the last Trump trade negotiation.
Trump is sooo over relying on tariffs first. They are going to have to squeeze in trade terms / quotas. it slows down tariff negotiation
I think there have been compromises, but the complexities of trade are also what TrumpCo is trying to address.

Better to have just done trade first, and use tariffs as needed only for negotiations. It doesn't mean agreements cant get there. it does make the process slower and more complex

Indeed. Who cares about production costs when we have cackling to tend to.

 

[Grand Mal]

You are crying over the richest man in the world losing some money?

Ahhhhh

Your boy Trump created a job in government for his buddy, the richest man in the world. The man does billions of dollars worth of business with government departments and agencies, the job created for him involves scrutiny of government department and agency budgets. And none of this says corruption to you?
Oh, and your boy Trump made it so his friend could do this job in secrecy- brought the DOGE under the umbrella of the Presidential Records Act.
The richest man in the world has bought the US government.

 

[anatta]

Indeed. Who cares about production costs when we have cackling to tend to.

wht vague assertion are you trying to say by "production costs" do you ,mean cheaper chinese goods? market shares?
China has us over a barrel for cheap electronics..maybe some rare earth. but we just got production plants approved for 2 pharmaceutical companies.
The US economy is bloated with inflated currency, government job driven wealth, and regulations to make it remain business unfriendly.
Trump is undoing that mess. The problem is it all takes times

 

[RetiredAtLast]

Tesla's Semi factory in Nevada to have first trucks in production by end of 2025

Short article with an update to the semi program. The YouTube video with program director Dan Priestly sums up the progress.



What's interesting is at the end of the article.

Tesla's plans to ship components from China for the Cybercab and the Semi in the United States were suspended after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods amid a trade war, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month.

The EV maker was ready to absorb the additional costs when Trump imposed the 34% tariff on Chinese goods, but could not do so when the tariff went beyond that, leaving shipping plans suspended.

Trump raised additional tariffs to 84% on April 9 and has since increased that to 125%, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. to 145%.

Tesla last week said that it would reassess its growth forecast in three months because it was "difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains" and that "changing political sentiment could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Where would Elon Musk's company be if the, pardon me, Marxist cackling Camela Harris had won? Would Elon have to suspend shipments from China had the socialist queen pulled it off?

Dan Priestly seems to be a great guy from everything I've seen. Elon is smart in keeping his own mug away from public announcements. Ironically, what Trump is doing, apparently with Elon's blessing, is DAMAGING American manufacturing.

The semi is a remarkably efficient piece of equipment. Taking the emotional aspect away from Elon Musk, this truck should be celebrated. It would be a shame if all the excellent work put into the product goes to waste. Dan Priestly gives me confidence, but even if Tesla pushes past the Musk effect with trucking companies, I don't see how Tesla can ramp production without raw materials and components.

If only Harris had won.

What components are in question? While there may be a delay, are they items that can't be built here?
Re: Harris, we don't even know if a Harris shadow government would have allowed Musk to sell the Semi or would have instituted regulations making sales very difficult.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

Trump's mantra was that tariffs will bring back manufacturing. Sure looks like the exact opposite is occurring.

Tell that to Apple, Hyundai, Nvidia, two pharmaceutical companies. Chevrolet, Ford, the UAW,.....

 

[Michael Cole]

What components are in question?

Couldn't tell you. What I can tell you is Tesla buys lithium from China.

While there may be a delay, are they items that can't be built here?

The Thacker Pass Lithium mine is expected to open Phase I in 2027. I know Musk imports aluminum, but the semi has no aluminum parts. Whether the company can find other producers domestically is unknown. Australia and the Lithium Triangle: Argentina, Bolivia and Chile are leading exporters of lithium and since their tariffs are lower, deals could perhaps be struck. The company stated it was prepared to absorb the original 34% tariffs on China, so whatever the rates are on Australia and the South American counties, 34% seems significant.

Re: Harris, we don't even know if a Harris shadow government would have allowed Musk to sell the Semi or would have instituted regulations making sales very difficult.

That's good stuff. The semi factory was planned and construction begun under the Biden administration, and Harris was gonna come along and stop all of it. That Thacker Pass lithium mine approved by the Biden administration; Harris was gonna come along and stop it. Get real.

 

[Michael Cole]

Tell that to Apple, Hyundai, Nvidia, two pharmaceutical companies. Chevrolet, Ford, the UAW,.....

Tell what to these companies which you pulled out of your ass? If you have a point, don't let me stop you from making it.

I tell Apple thank you.

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Apple isn't bringing iPhone factories to the US. Get real please.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

Couldn't tell you. What I can tell you is Tesla buys lithium from China.

That should end in a couple of years. The Smackover formation in Arkansas will yield as much as 19 million tons. Exxon Mobil already has a deal with a battery manufacturer to use it to produce EV batteries

That Thacker Pass lithium mine approved by the Biden administration; Harris was gonna come along and stop it.

That's a good sign. Maybe she (read, handlers) would have let it go ahead.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

Tell what to these companies which you pulled out of your ass?

Apple has committed $500 billion to new US manufacturing. Nvidia is building semiconductor and AI Super Computer plants in Arizona and Texas. Two Pharma companies have committed to build to production facilities here. Chevy and Ford announced plans to increase production capacity at existing plants. The UAW is delighted about additional new car and parts manufacturing. Hyundai has built a new manufacturing plant and is building an aluminum smelting plant. Tell them that Trump is stifling manufacturing.

Apple isn't bringing iPhone factories to the US. Get real please.

They didn't say what they plan to build with that investment, and I really don't care. Apple, BTW, makes things besides iPhones.

 

[Sage077]

Musk spent $300 million to buy this outcome.

Indeed. Makes one wonder why anyone bothered to vote..........when all it took is a few million to get this outcome.

 

[Cosmo]

Tesla's Semi factory in Nevada to have first trucks in production by end of 2025

Short article with an update to the semi program. The YouTube video with program director Dan Priestly sums up the progress.



What's interesting is at the end of the article.

Tesla's plans to ship components from China for the Cybercab and the Semi in the United States were suspended after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods amid a trade war, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month.

The EV maker was ready to absorb the additional costs when Trump imposed the 34% tariff on Chinese goods, but could not do so when the tariff went beyond that, leaving shipping plans suspended.

Trump raised additional tariffs to 84% on April 9 and has since increased that to 125%, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. to 145%.

Tesla last week said that it would reassess its growth forecast in three months because it was "difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains" and that "changing political sentiment could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Where would Elon Musk's company be if the, pardon me, Marxist cackling Camela Harris had won? Would Elon have to suspend shipments from China had the socialist queen pulled it off?

Dan Priestly seems to be a great guy from everything I've seen. Elon is smart in keeping his own mug away from public announcements. Ironically, what Trump is doing, apparently with Elon's blessing, is DAMAGING American manufacturing.

The semi is a remarkably efficient piece of equipment. Taking the emotional aspect away from Elon Musk, this truck should be celebrated. It would be a shame if all the excellent work put into the product goes to waste. Dan Priestly gives me confidence, but even if Tesla pushes past the Musk effect with trucking companies, I don't see how Tesla can ramp production without raw materials and components.

If only Harris had won.

Wait I thought Trump was corrupt and only looking to enrich himself and his cronies like Elon Musk.

 

[Mithrae]

For the life of me, I will never understand what terrified sufficient voters about this particular liberal Dem to alter this election. Maybe I could imagine what made her and Hillary worse than Obama or Biden, but I really don't want to believe it.

The achilles heel of representing the incumbent party seems like the fairly obvious predictor of the past 3-5 elections, with the exception of 2012. The sentiments of mistrust in government and dissatisfaction with outcomes for the poor and middle classes (even if the causes are wildly misdiagnosed or used for scapegoating by many) has been a major political theme since Bush's invasion of Iraq, the global financial crisis, bailouts for some of the companies which helped cause it and ongoing/worsening affordability issues in areas like housing and healthcare. 'Establishment' candidate Clinton lost to dark horse candidate Obama with his "hope and change" slogan in 2008, and his signature achievement was to help (somewhat) on that last issue which presumably helped him in 2012. But in general terms it seems most Americans are justifiably dissatisfied and disillusioned with their political system and economic outcomes. Trump in 2016 offered the rhetoric of change, claiming that he would "drain the swamp"; besides Obama, Biden in 2020 was the most popular presidential candidate since Reagan, surely due less to his dubious charisma than to people's desperation to end Trump's leadership.

Under Biden's administration the billionaires continued to see massive increases in their wealth while the cost of living continued to outpace modest income gains for most others, and by 2023 he was polling barely neck and neck with (in fact slightly behind) the twice-impeached, four-times indicted treasonous pathological liar. While it plays some role in the electoral maths, trying to make out that the election results were all about sexism against female candidates is just a shallow cop-out and arguably sexist in itself, viewing Clinton and Harris as little more than their gender rather than their platforms and campaigns. Biden should never have tried to run, but even given the bad hand she was dealt Harris' apparent strategy to present herself as a "more of the same" candidate seems like sheer political idiocy, particularly with the benefit of hindsight. Rather than showing the strength of character to stand by and communicate her own principles and vision for America, she backed down on many of her more progressive 2019 positions and presented herself as Republican-lite, seeking endorsements from and campaigning alongside Republican notables - appealing to the political demographics for whom her skin colour and gender would be disadvantageous! Of the ~6 million votes she lost from Biden's 2020 results perhaps a quarter were swing voters, but most simply weren't excited enough by her vision for America or lack thereof to get out and vote.

 

[The AntiDonald]

For the life of me, I will never understand what terrified sufficient voters about this particular liberal Dem to alter this election. Maybe I could imagine what made her and Hillary worse than Obama or Biden, but I really don't want to believe it.

Come on. We all know what it was. Gender. In Harris's case, gender and race. Hillary was one of the smartest people ever to run for the office. Harris had quite the resume, yet people refused to acknowledge it.

Trump is also a very good bullshitter. Class A conman. Just look at all the lies he told to get elected. Voters had a severe case of amnesia. We're remembering now, aren't we !