GOOD NEWS 🚛 ZET SCALE—a heavy-hitting shippers alliance backed by Microsoft, PepsiCo, Catalyst Mobility, and the Smart Freight Centre—just dropped the biggest electric truck order in U.S. history 🔥 We’re talking 2,500 Class 8 electric rigs in one shot, practically doubling the entire country’s heavy-duty electric fleet overnight, with sights set on 10,000-plus down the road 💥 Tesla took the crown as the sole primary manufacturer after dominating an independently scored competitive RFP on price, range, charging speeds, and production capacity 🆒 While fleets can technically tap secondary choices like Kenworth, Volvo, or RIDE for specific niche routes, Tesla is positioned to lock down the lion's share of this 2,500-truck order simply because its real-world specs and operating costs blew the competition away 😎 Even better, the alliance completely solved the biggest headache keeping legacy fleets parked on the sidelines: residual value risk. ZET Financial is stepping in to purchase all 2,500 rigs upfront and lease them out under fair-market-value terms, taking the depreciation gamble completely off the carriers' shoulders 👍 Deployments are heading straight into ten major logistics hubs across the country, including California freight corridors, the Texas triangle, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, and the New York/New Jersey metro 🔜 As Tesla Semi chief Dan Priestley pointed out, pooling this kind of serious freight volume proves the Semi’s cost-per-mile advantage over diesel isn't just a pilot project anymore—it’s rolling at true commercial scale 🎉