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Tesla lists 103 Semi openings at its Nevada plant as fleet orders stack up

Three weeks after high-volume production began Sept. 24, Tesla is hiring from stamping quality to CDL endurance drivers — but it still has not disclosed how many Semis the 50,000-truck-a-year plant is actually building, or what the truck costs.

By CDLWire · Published October 17, 2026

Summarized from FreightWaves.

Tesla Semi electric trucks lined up outside the Sparks, Nevada plant

Tesla had 103 job openings with Semi in the title posted at its Sparks, Nevada, truck plant as of Oct. 16, three weeks after the plant started high-volume Semi production on Sept. 24, according to FreightWaves on Oct. 16.

The hiring is for a 1.7 million-square-foot factory designed to build 50,000 trucks a year. The Semi listings span quality technicians for stamping, body-in-white and powertrain work, equipment maintenance technicians, night-shift battery and production supervisors, construction staff — and driving jobs, including a CDL driver, a dispatcher and an endurance fleet driver. Another 66 Semi postings sit outside Sparks: Tesla is hiring Semi service managers, supervisors and technical instructors in 11 U.S. cities, including Laredo, Texas; Elizabeth, New Jersey; and Chicago.

Orders are arriving while output stays undisclosed. Drayage carrier IMC Logistics ordered 50 Semis this month, following WattEV's order of 370 trucks in May, and Tesla was named lead manufacturer on a 2,500-truck order through the ZET SCALE alliance in September, though the alliance did not say how many of those trucks will be Semis. Before the dedicated line opened, the Semi fleet numbered just under 200 pilot trucks delivered to customers including DHL, PepsiCo and US Foods.

Charging is part of the build-out: Pilot and Tesla opened their first Megacharger site in Ellabell, Georgia, on Oct. 8, with 12 more under construction. Tesla's third-quarter delivery report on Oct. 2 did not mention the Semi, the company has not disclosed pricing, and its quarterly results after the market closes on Oct. 21 are the next chance for output figures. Semi program lead Dan Priestley has also said, in FreightWaves' coverage of the plant's inauguration, that Tesla is not a heavy truck company yet.