HMD Trucking told Drive Tesla it received its first Tesla Semi on November 2, 2026. The reported order is for 50 trucks, and HMD plans to use its initial units mainly for local operations around Chicago.
What HMD’s first delivery means
HMD’s reported order was announced in September, and the company described the truck as the first Tesla Semi registered in Illinois. HMD plans to expand use beyond the Chicago area. Its report concerns the first truck for HMD, not the start of Tesla Semi deliveries to customers overall.
Tesla had begun production-line customer deliveries in Nevada in 2026, a separate milestone covered in NeoTeo’s report on Tesla Semi production deliveries.
A fleet order describes a plan; a reported first delivery describes one truck.
HMD’s reported energy figure beside Tesla’s published figure
Drive Tesla reported that HMD’s summer test covered more than 4,000 miles and averaged 1.74 kWh per mile. Tesla publishes an energy-consumption figure of 1.7 kWh per mile for the Semi on its official product page.
Numerically, HMD’s reported average is 0.04 kWh per mile higher—about 2.4% above Tesla’s published figure. The figures come from different contexts: one is a reported test average, the other a manufacturer-published figure.
