According to its own admission, Tesla is behind schedule in finalizing the electric truck that Elon Musk had announced for September this year. He has now stated that the first electric Tesla freight vehicle will only be unveiled to the public at the end of October this year.
– Tesla’s semi-truck, public presentation and test drive, are scheduled for October 26 in Hawthorne, Elon Musk wrote on his Twitter profile.
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Musk announced that he will create a freight vehicle that can compete with existing diesel trucks and travel a thousand kilometers on a single battery charge.
The completion of the construction of the lithium battery truck, which they have named Tesla Semi, was planned for October.
The launch of the electric freight vehicle would give Tesla a certain advantage in the commercial transport race currently led by Uber and Wymo, writes The Independent.
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Reuters came closest, reporting not long ago that Tesla is working on an autonomous electric truck that can operate in convoys led by a main vehicle. Testing has been conducted in Nevada, and details have leaked from correspondence between Tesla and the Department of Motor Vehicles of that U.S. state.
