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Tesla Wants to Build a Semi Truck-Charging Route From Texas to California
- EV maker seeks $100 million for nine big rig charging points
- Musk-led company has struggled to bring Tesla Semi to market
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Tesla Inc. is seeking nearly $100 million from the US to build nine electric semi-truck charging stations along a route from the southern border of Texas to northern California, according to emails seen by Bloomberg News.
The company proposed each be equipped with eight 750-kilowatt chargers for Tesla Semi vehicles and four chargers for trucks made by its competitors, its executives said in emails to the Texas Department of Transportation between May and early July.