Musk Says Tesla Pickup Debut Pushed to November

The wait for the coolest car Elon Musk has ever seen will be a bit longer.

Musk said on Twitter that the highly-anticipated Tesla Pickup, which was previously expected to debut during the summer, won’t be shown until “November most likely.” 

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170401244310949888

Musk has said the company aims to build “something more functional than a [Ford] F-150, but a better sports car than a basic [Porsche] 911.”

“I think it’s the coolest car I’ve ever seen, to be frank,” Musk said of the truck that is said to have a “cyberpunk” design. “Not everyone may share that opinion, but worse-case scenario, we build a normal looking truck.”

Musk has said the pickup could be a mini version of the Semi. He previously tweeted about possible features including:

All-wheel-drive with “crazy torque”A step that will lower for entry into the truckRoom for six passengers400 to 500 miles of range or “maybe higher”Dynamic suspension will come standardPower outlets with a 240-volt connection for power tools

“This is something that if you’re driving down the road it looks like it came out of a sci-fi movie,” Musk said.

 

[hill]

What is the critic's problem? .....snip.... Just because he is an optimist and is off by a few months .....snip.....

newer folks may not be aware - but - some of us paid for AP2 back around Sep/Oct 2016 as Musk said its ready. AP1 was still better for over 1½ yrs - & only then was it barely on parody. That's just one example of some of the lonnnnnnng delays. Never mind delays with ½ shaft shudder - yellow screen boarders, ghosting wind shields etc. Me thinks ye may be a bit new around here. That's OK. Stick around .... cross fingers .... maybe this will be a first.

 

[Pinot.Noir]

Parity
Borders

Thanks. Sorry, my editor job just can't be suppressed.

 

[muleferg]

The truck will never get built.........Untill 2020

 

[Msjulie]

I really want this thing to show up but if it's really out there and pricey, I will not have sufficient ammo to convince the other half it's time to get rid of the perfectly-relieable-utterly-boring-terrible-to-drive-ice-engined Toyota pickup..

 

[Blup85]

If its a wierdmobil, I'll be putting an order in for Rivian the night of the showing.

 

[Merrill]

If its a wierdmobil, I'll be putting an order in for Rivian the night of the showing.

Me too!

 

[electracity]

If its a wierdmobil, I'll be putting an order in for Rivian the night of the showing.

I have faith in the good taste of Franz and Musk.

Plus will I like the Rivians the front is ugly. I'll take a bit of quality wierdmobile over ugly.

 

[PhatCat]

If it's a weirdmobile, I'll order it on the spot.

 

[SDRick]

Elon tweeted November for the revel but he didn’t mentioned which year.

 

[strider]

I think Tesla will attract the Raptor and existing EV crowd while Rivian/Ford will take the more utilitarian crowd. The more the merrier I say.

 

[Blup85]

Think this still happens in November? What kind of notice has Elon given in the past for these things? I have a hunch that at the end of the reveal he delivers 30 Model Ys

 

[Lasairfion]

It's gonna be an Awesomemobile

 

[Daskid]

Can’t wait for the reveal or even just a solid reveal date. I put on hold my desire to get a new Raptor. Patiently waiting.

 

[alloverx]

Raptor is a good looking truck and apparently a fantastic driving truck. Might be a while for the Pickup to become real.

 

[DarkHelmet]

If its a wierdmobil, I'll be putting an order in for Rivian the night of the showing.

I put down a deposit on the Rivian as soon as they unveiled it. I’ll sell you my position when I order the Tesla!

 

[Kmartyn]

Can’t wait for the reveal or even just a solid reveal date. I put on hold my desire to get a new Raptor. Patiently waiting.

I heard the Raptor would be very expensive to maintain, particularly the shocks. More like racing shocks, and with typical truck use will need to be replaced in 5 years. Though I am not a truck guy, so others would know better than me.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Think that Rivian just announced that their new SUV will start at $125,000, then go up from their for more features of the larger battery.

Not sure they will take many buyers from the Tesla Truck (but of course some)

 

[Lobstahz]

Think that Rivian just announced that their new SUV will start at $125,000, then go up from their for more features of the larger battery.

Not sure they will take many buyers from the Tesla Truck (but of course some)

That was Bollinger not Rivian, but agreed on not being able to pull many sales from Tesla with that sort of value-prop. I'm personally amazed Bollinger is still around but at prices like this for what you get I can't imagine they will be around for all that much longer. 125k for THAT?! Hard pass.

Bollinger Motors reveals the price of its hand-built EVs—$125,000

 

[Uncle Paul]

I saw an off-road trailer that had that same pull through camp stove that Rivian is showing. Could make for a really nice base camp.

 

[LJS22]

Elon tweeted November for the revel but he didn’t mentioned which year.

Don’t fear, Elon has liked a tweet to why it’s in November of this year
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