Tesla said the new electric pickup truck will appear next to the compact SUV "Model Y", Mask CEO commented

The popular version EV "Model 3"Having a bottleneck in productioninAll electric trailer "Semi"WhenThe fastest new EV "Road Star" that reaches 100 km / h in 1.9 secondsAt Tesla's presentation where two models of cars appeared, it was suggested that another new pickup truck (pickup) would appear with just one photo. Is pickup popular especially in the United States appear from Tesla? Although I was calling a topic, Earlon mask CEO talked about the outlook for the appearance of this electric pickup truck for the first time when it comes after the compact SUV "Model Y".

Elon Musk confirms Tesla pickup truck coming 'after Model Y' | Electrek
https://electrek.co/2017/12/26/elon-musk-tesla-pickup-truck-coming-after-model-y/

Tesla's electric pickup truck was mentioned a little in the recital of the electric trailer "Semi". Among the presentations held on the day, Mr. Mask opened a CG photograph as "pickup pickup".


There, the state of the electric pickup which had picked up particularly popular pickup in the USA on the loading platform was drawn there. About the electric pickup which is based on "Semi" and would have a body larger than the pickup as a general passenger car, at this stage model name and production time etc were not mentioned at all, but the pickup In the United States where popularity is high it has been naturally highly interested.


Mask CEO promises to make a pickup immediately after Model Y against the comment of "Please move on to electric pickup" from the general user sent to Twitter The core element of design and engineering is me There is from five years ago in there. There is no point in wanting to shape it. " This was the first reference to the development timeline of electric pickups.

I promise that we will make pickup truck right after Model Y. Have had the core design / engineering elements in my mind for almost 5 years. Am dying to build it.

- Elon Musk (@ elonmusk)December 26, 2017

Model Y is regarded as a model to tailor to SUV based on the platform (skeleton) of popular version EV "Model 3", and it is believed to be placed in a younger sibling position of the large SUV "Model X". And this time Mr. Mask announced that it is an electric pickup utilizing the Semi platform, so Tesla can improve the development efficiency and cost competitiveness by promoting commonality of platforms as with other automobile manufacturers It is thought that it is done.

Mr. Mask asked "About the body size from another user about the same as F150 (made by Ford) or a bit bigger? I want a general family size pickup", "The total size is about the same But I will reply that I might get a little bigger to add the features I want to innovative plus. " From here, it is felt that Mr. Mask's head has a fairly concrete idea.

Similar total size. Maybe slightly bigger to account for a real gamechanging (I think) feature I 'd like to add.

- Elon Musk (@ elonmusk)December 26, 2017