Tesla on Thursday night delivered its first production semi trucks, five years after first unveiling the Tesla Semi. The trucks were delivered to PepsiCo. ... The Tesla Model 3 is ZDNet's top pick.

Class 8 trucks have a total limit (truck plus trailer with load) of 80,000 lb. and the tractor itself weighs between 12,000 and 25,000 lb. depending on the model. The difference is what it can carry.

At an event Tuesday night, Nikola, the truck company that has been promising new hydrogen fuel-cell trucks to compete with Tesla, announced two new semi-trucks: a long-nosed, 10-wheel conventional ...