But the best thing to drive itself, a beer hauling big rig.

Beyond the big rig's open window, the Mississippi river lands rolled darkly by.

There was no sign of a cab-over Pete or any other big rig.

Those tracks ended at an overturned and battered big rig trailer.

This is the largest public order of the big rig so far, Tesla said.

Black Suit emerged from his van as the big rig's rear doors swung open.

Reuters reported earlier this month that Tesla is developing self-driving capability for the big rig.

I think I shot out at least one, maybe two tires on that big rig.

But even for Elon Musk, making a big rig sexy and desirable is a stretch.

The company already has orders for the big rig for UPS, PepsiCo, Budweiser, and Walmart.

At Tesla's annual meeting in June, he repeated his promise of a battery-powered long-haul big rig.

Still, manufacturers are mostly focused on medium-duty trucks, not the heavy big rig market Tesla is after.

A big rig looms up out of the haze on her right, stationary on the hard shoulder.

She slid back under the cover of the big rig and watched him go up the on-ramp.

She swam toward the big rig.

Witness this big rig driver flip on robo-mode and clamber into the back seat during a demonstration last year.