Like everyone else, Chuck Kuhn is still holding for his Tesla Semis.
In 2017, the founder and CEO of Sterling-based JK Moving Services deposited $30,000 with the electric vehicle giant for six of its local semi-tractors — with an option to put down a deposit for six more. At the time, he hoped to see the first semi arrive by 2019. Five years later, he has none.
“Every six months we get a nice letter from them telling us they’ve been delayed another six months,” Kuhn said Thursday, shortly after Tesla’s second quarter earnings call when its executives announced they expect to have the much anticipated Cybertruck, a different vehicle line, in production by the middle of 2023.
But the delay has had no impact on Kuhn’s anticipation, which he first caught when he visited Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) factories in Northern California and Nevada half a decade ago.
“The No. 1 thing that appeals to us is the sustainability,” he said. “It’s a way of the future and we think it’s…
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