It has been hailed by Elon Musk as ‘unreal’, and Tesla’s electric truck is set to finally be unveiled on November 16th, the firm has revealed.
It was originally due to have been launched was pushed back to help with restoring power to Puerto Rico and to iron out ‘production hell’ with the firm’s Model 3 car.
Now, invites for the launch have finally been sent out – and reveal a new silhouette of the vehicle.
It has been hailed by Elon Musk as ‘unreal’, and Tesla’s electric truck is set to finally be unveiled on November 16th, the electric vehicle firm has revealed.
Some users claim the vehicle was accidentally been revealed on the back of a trailer last month – although Elon Musk disputes this.
Last month, Musk boasted that the truck has ‘better specs than anything that was suggested in the media to date’.
The entrepreneur has repeatedly teased the trucking industry with the prospect of a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle.
The firm hopes that such a vehicle could compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel.
Tesla’s electric big-rig truck could have a working range of 200 to 300 miles to compete with more conventional diesels.
The image was posted to Reddit by someone who claimed it shows the truck being delivered to ‘an undisclosed place in California where they test Tesla vehicles’ – although they later deleted the image.
The truck’s shape resembles the shadowy rendering Tesla previously teased.
The truck is expected to be a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle that can travel up to 300 miles on a single charge.
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The image was posted to Reddit by someone who claimed it shows the truck being delivered to ‘an undisclosed place in California where they test Tesla vehicles.’
Tesla hopes that such a vehicle could compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel.
Tesla’s plans for new electric vehicles including a commercial truck called the Tesla Semi were announced last year.
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Tesla hopes that such its vehicle could compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel
And in April, Musk said the release of the semi-truck was set for September.
Tesla has been making strides in self-driving technology and implementing it in an electric truck could potentially move it forward in a highly competitive area of commercial transport, also being pursued by Uber and Waymo.
In August, it was discovered that Tesla was developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that could drive itself and move in ‘platoons’ that followed a lead vehicle, according to an email discussion of potential road tests between the car company and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
![Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has revealed that the firm will unveil its all-electric semi truck on October 26](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/14/10/4443A88C00000578-4882400-image-a-78_1505382135526.jpg)
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has revealed that the firm will unveil its all-electric semi truck on October 26
Tesla’s electric big-rig truck could have a working range of 200 to 300 miles to compete with more conventional diesels.