Tesla Pushes Back New Pickup Until November

The Tesla pickup truck, described by Elon Musk as “the coolest car I’ve ever seen,” is now looking at a November reveal at the earliest, according to a tweet from the Tesla CEO. The science-fiction inspired electric pickup truck had been expected to arrive this summer, or October at the latest, based on previous statements made by the notoriously optimistic Musk.

Beyond an early concept image of a pickup shown at the unveiling of the Tesla Semi in 2017 and an image tweeted in May, little is known about the Tesla pickup truck. Musk described it as follows in a Recode interview with Kara Swisher last year:

MDarringer - 9/9/2019 8:06:01 PM

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No engineering experience. No prototype testing. Just crank out the crap.

runninglogan1 - 9/9/2019 11:37:51 PM

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Copy and paste from six years ago. Lol.

SanJoseDriver - 9/10/2019 5:23:22 AM

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Ctrl+V?

Section_31_JTK - 9/9/2019 10:57:00 PM

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Suprise! Suprise! Suprise! <Gomer Pyle voice>

SanJoseDriver - 9/10/2019 5:25:11 AM

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They already have too much going on, should just announce a few months before it will go into production. Giga 3 and the Model Y launch need to be flawless.

SanJoseDriver - 9/10/2019 5:49:34 PM

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Where did you get that data from?

SanJoseDriver - 9/12/2019 6:17:15 AM

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Given they don't release monthly sales, I wonder how this is even compiled.

SanJoseDriver - 9/13/2019 3:01:10 AM

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Here are some fun CA stats for you:

(NASDAQ: TSLA) sold 33,000 Model 3s in California over the first six months of the year, plus 3,690 of its Model X and 3,390 of its Model S. By comparison, Chevrolet's Bolt EV sold 4,482, and the Nissan Leaf sold 2,034.

SanJoseDriver - 9/15/2019 11:31:25 PM

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These are CA registrations, public information.

skytop - 9/10/2019 11:54:36 AM

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Tesla pickup truck is the poster boy for DORKY.

SanJoseDriver - 9/10/2019 5:50:56 PM

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Design has not been released, but you might be right. The design is supposed to be ultra polarizing. I can sort of visualize it, will be an epic risk.