Tesla executives said the car manufacturer will start to fully produce its full electric 8 -semi -truck at the end of this year in the factory of Ridano, Nevada.
NASDAQ: TSLA, located in Austin, Texas, released its fourth -quarter revenue and held a conference call with analysts after closing the market on Wednesday.
Company officials said Tesla is expanding GigaFactory in Nevada to adapt to all production in the semi -finals.
Tesla's investor relationship head Travis Axelrod said on the phone: "Last week, we just closed Reno's half -factory roof wall." "We are preparing In the next few months, all equipment is installed in machinery. Contribute to Tesla's income. I think it is difficult to say. "
The company launched the peninsula in December 2022, and has repeatedly postponed the mass production of electric tractors in the past two years.
During Tesla's third -quarter income convening in October, the company officials said they had delivered about 200 half trucks to customers such as Pepsi. Officials also said that the deployed half -trucks have cameras and sensors to provide completely autonomous driving functions for vehicles.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the semi -finals can help reduce the shortage of truck drivers in the entire freight industry.
Musk said: "I do think that the Tesla Peninsula with autonomy will be very valuable." "Actually, our truck driver in the United States is shortage. This is one of the restrictions in transportation. I respect truck drivers because this is because this It is a difficult job. Because this is a difficult job, no people want to do so. The logistics problem is very important to meet the demand. "
Tesla's revenue in the fourth quarter was $ 25.7 billion, an increase of 2 % year -on -year as last year.
The company's adjusted income per share increased by 1 % year -on -year to reach 73 cents of this quarter.
Tesla missed the estimate of Wall Street analysts for the quarter. It is expected to have a revenue of $ 27.3 billion and the income per share is 77 cents.
The car manufacturer provided 495,570 vehicles in the fourth quarter, a 2 % harvest from the same quarter in the same quarter in 2023.
Tesla officials did not update the plan of a Monterey factory in Mexico. Musk said that at the company's second quarter revenue conference on July 23, the company had suspended the factory's plan until the US presidential election.