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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

EXPLAINED: Tesla rolls out its first electric trucks | Rare Historical Photos

Tesla's Elon Musk says semi-trailers currently account for 20 per cent of US vehicle emissions. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Vehicle giant Tesla has delivered its first electric semitrailers in the US, with chief executive Elon Musk promising the trucks would "look like an elephant moving like a cheetah" and provide a "step-change" in transport and emissions.

The electric trucks were delivered to PepsiCo at Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada before a large in-person audience on Friday and an online contingent of more than 30,000 people.

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