Elon Musk promised Tesla electropica and “disco mode” salon
The truck will begin to prepare for the start of production after market entry Model Y
The company Tesla is going to release an electric pickup truck, announced Elon Musk, discussing on Twitter, the company plans new versions of its passenger cars. About it reports Russian service of the BBC.
“The basic elements of design and engineering decisions spinning in my head for five years, – wrote the head of Tesla. – I can’t wait to build it.”
I promise that we will make a 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
The truck will begin to prepare to launch into production after the sale of the Model Y – new car based on the sedan Model 3.
Some experts point to the losses of the company and I doubt that in such a situation, is to build the ambitious plans. Besides, Tesla has repeatedly faced with unexpected delays in production.
The pickups are especially popular in the United States: the top three automakers sells them for $90 billion a year, considered analysts Morningstar Equity Research.
And demand for pickups is growing, despite the decline in sales of other categories of cars.
Musk has already hinted at plans to start production of a pickup truck during the November presentation of the electric truck Semi – in one of the illustrations in the back of a pickup truck showed up.
In their tweets, Musk said that car will be probably the most popular models of the Ford F-150, and have promised some “revolutionary” feature, but which is not disclosed.
Billionaire dreamer has listed a number of features that the new pickup will definitely be:
“smart wipers”, changing the speed depending on rain intensity
seriously improved maps and satellite navigation;
a new browser for internal computer – the current version number of experts believe almost useless;
“disco-mode” synchronization of illumination in the cabin with the music.
Currently, Tesla Motors produces three models of passenger electric vehicles: hatchback Model S, the Model 3 sedan and crossover Model X. In the cheapest configuration Model 3 worth $35 million, and recently announced all-wheel-drive sports car with a folding top Roadster Musk is going to sell it in 2020 for $200 thousand
In addition to Tesla produces solar panels and energy-storage system.
The ambitions of the Mask contrast to market is Tesla.
In November, the company showed the largest quarterly loss in its history – $619 million, and also admitted that for several months behind schedule in delivery Model 3 buyers.
The company planned in 2017 to release 5000 of these machines every week, and in 2018 to double the rate, but in November, Musk admitted that the first target will reach only in the spring, and the second – and do not know when.
Tesla explains the latency problems in the Assembly of batteries and the body.
Orders with advance payment already made almost half a million buyers willing to wait a few months, and the first car Model 3 they will receive only in December and January.
After the November announcement of the loss by the news Agency Bloomberg said that if the company does not reduce the losses or will not attract new funds, its cash reserves in 2018, will be exhausted.
“From Tesla are increasingly demanding not draw new promises, and the fulfillment of the old, – says the analyst of consulting firm IHS Automotive Paul Newton. – Model 3 many pre-orders, and only a few of them are done, the buyers send the machine, painfully collected manually. The number of skeptics will grow along with a line for older models, especially if the company is at the same time to declare new projects.”