Might have a prototype pickup truck by next year: says Elon Musk

Elon Musk tweeted that there would be a launch of Tesla pickup truck in the upcoming year.

It’s a long way from the first run through Musk has illustrated aspiring plans for an electric pickup truck. The extremely rich person has been discussing it since somewhere around 2013. He said in December that the truck would touch base after the Model Y, so that would almost certainly mean at some point after 2019.

Recently, Musk tweeted that the truck would be a all wheel drive beast which would running on a dual motor setup with, “insane torque,” and a shock absorber that progressively modifies for the heap.

At the time, Musk likewise requested contribution on highlights clients should need to see.

“What might you want to find in a Tesla pickup truck?” Musk additionally asked his supporters. “I have a couple of things as a main priority, yet what do you believe are little, however critical subtleties and what might be genuinely next dimension?”

It’s additionally totally conceivable a Tesla truck will never occur. Tesla has generally missed creation due dates. In a meeting with CBS’ “a hour” on Sunday, Musk said reliability was not his solid suit.

“Individuals ought not credit to malignancy that which can without much of a stretch be clarified by idiocy,” he said. “So it resembles, on the grounds that I’m similar to stupid at foreseeing dates does not mean I am untruthful. I don’t have the foggiest idea. I’ve never made a mass-created vehicle. How am I expected to know with exactness when it will complete?”