Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again spoken about plans to develop an all-electric pickup truck. This time, the businessman-technologist somewhat confirmed a release date and some of the features of the upcoming vehicle.
In a recent conversation with fans and followers on Twitter, Musk was asked about the all-electric pickup truck. While Musk did not reveal a specific release date, he did say that it would be launched soon after another upcoming vehicle from the automaker.
"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," he said.
The still-unannounced Model Y is said to be an all-electric crossover that will be built on the same platform as the Model 3 sedan. Musk previously said the vehicle would arrive sometime between 2019 and 2020.
As for the all-electric pickup truck, Musk first mentioned the vehicle in November 2013 — which backs up his statement that he has been thinking about the vehicle for a couple of years now. Last April, the Tesla executive teased that the pickup truck would be unveiled sometime between October 2018 to April 2019.
Given Tesla's current predicament of having delays and issues related to the production of the highly anticipated Model 3, it remains to be seen if the automaker will be able to follow through with the timeline that Musk has stated.
Meanwhile, in response to another Twitter inquiry about the upcoming pickup truck, Musk hinted that the vehicle will be competing with the Ford F series — specifically the F-150.
"Similar total size. Maybe slightly bigger to account for a really game-changing (I think) feature I'd like to add," he explained.
There's no indication yet on what this "game-changing" could be. The only teaser for the all-electric pickup truck, so far, was when it made a brief appearance during Tesla's Semi and Roadster unveiling event earlier this month.
