What Happened: “By leveraging the in-house built hardware common with Tesla Charging and experience from deploying >60k DC posts, we can often deploy fast charging for Semi at ~$500/kW (fully landed cost to customer). Not uncommon for competing installations be >2x that,” Priestly said in a post on social media platform X.
“Tesla's vertical integration, economies of scale, and developed construction techniques enable this [sic] savings and help make Semi even more compelling,” he added.