Over the last few years, Tesla has been working on developing its largest and arguably one of its most impactful vehicles, the Tesla Semi, and has signed up some major players in the logistics and transport sector to test how the vehicle performs.
The latest report comes from Mone Transport, which says it has been thrilled with the results from the tesla Semi, highlighting how “thrilled” they are with not just the vehicle’s efficiency but also the driver experience.
The company undertook over 7,500 km of real-world testing in Texas, with the Semi truck achieving an efficiency of just over 1 kWh per kilometre.
This efficiency figure is in line with what global logistics giant DHL achieved in 2025 as it tested the Semi in its operations as part of a trial.
Tesla Semi first began deliveries as part of a trial with a large food and beverage company, PepsiCo, back in late 2022.
After taking delivery of the Tesla Semi, PepsiCo announced in 2024 that it had taken more deliveries of the all-electric truck, doubling its fleet to 50 electric trucks operating out of its manufacturing and distribution facility in California.
In recent months, Tesla unveiled an updated design of the Semi with several key upgrades. This included improved range and charging specifications.
The updated Semi also has improved aerodynamics for better efficiency and increased payload capacity, along with updates to its charging capabilities.
This has now led the truck to deliver over 800 km of range with an 800 kW drivetrain that has energy consumption as low as 1.06 kWh/km.
On charging, 1.2 MW ultra-fast charging will be on offer to logistics operators, and the Semi will be able to use Tesla’s supercharging hardware to achieve those speeds.
In recent weeks, there has been news of the first Megachargers coming online, paving the path for dozens of sites in the coming months.
Earlier this month, it was reported that mass production of the Tesla Semi at the company’s currently being constructed factory in Nevada was expected to begin soon.
With trial results consistently hinting at great efficiency numbers, allowing some variants of the truck to hit over 800 km on a single charge, it could be one of the most significant products to help decarbonise key parts of the transport industry.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.