{"id":7348,"date":"2018-04-03T23:48:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7348"},"modified":"2018-03-27T23:51:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:51:40","slug":"linked-pepsi-buys-100-tesla-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/04\/03\/linked-pepsi-buys-100-tesla-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Pepsi Buys 100 Tesla Trucks&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2204,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/pepsi-buys-100-tesla-trucks-right-one-baby&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240911042856\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/pepsi-buys-100-tesla-trucks-right-one-baby\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 22:53:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 17:59:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 02:05:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 16:58:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 22:20:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2205,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/fleettrax.net\\\/largest-fleets-america&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250713114543\\\/https:\\\/\\\/fleettrax.net\\\/largest-fleets-america\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 22:53:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 17:59:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 02:05:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 16:58:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 22:20:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\/2017\/12\/pepsi-buys-100-tesla-trucks-right-one-baby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pepsi Buys 100 Tesla Trucks: Do They &#8216;Have the Right One, Baby?&#8217;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pepsi Buys 100 Tesla Trucks<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve read at least 5 articles about a Fortune 500 company committing to buy a Tesla big-rig when\/if they finally start shipping. Pepsi buying 100 trucks is akin to me buying a single experimental M&amp;M out of a king size bag of some weird flavor. 100 trucks is nothing. Heck 1,000 is still nothing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>1. PepsiCo: In 2015, PepsiCo topped Transport Topics\u2019 list of largest fleets for the second year in a row. The soda maker deployed more than 8,000 tractors, nearly 12,000 trailers and nearly 15,000 straight trucks in operating the largest truck fleet in the world.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fleettrax.net\/largest-fleets-america\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These articles benefit Tesla solely but they are earning these companies millions in free-PR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pepsi Buys 100 Tesla Trucks: Do They &#8216;Have the Right One, Baby?&#8217;: Pepsi Buys 100 Tesla Trucks I\u2019ve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-04-03T23:48:16Z","apple_news_api_id":"14e15744-24a3-43a3-ba14-97479ad4188a","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-04-03T23:48:18Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AFOFXRCSjQ6O6FJdHmtQYig","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Uw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12220,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2024\/01\/11\/when-are-the-real-electric-trucks-arriving-and-my-tesla-cybertruck-order\/","url_meta":{"origin":7348,"position":0},"title":"When are the real electric trucks arriving and my Tesla Cybertruck Order","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A few hours after Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck unveiling on November 21st of 2019, I gave Tesla $100. 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