Elon Musk defied the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic to help Tesla Inc. deliver a wildly successful year. For 2021, the chief executive is setting expectations even higher and has the long-haul trucking industry in his sights.
Having demonstrated that consumers will enthusiastically buy electric cars, Mr. Musk now wants to show the trucking industry—a risk-averse and thin-margin business with little patience for Silicon-Valley hype—will embrace a battery-powered vehicle.
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