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Tesla has been hyping up the prospect of an electric pickup truck for a long time (you're looking at an artist's rendering above), but when can you expect to see it? You might have a clearer idea. As part of a call for feedback, Elon Musk has promised that the pickup will be made "right after" the Model Y crossover arrives between 2019 and 2020. We'd take that commitment with a grain of salt (remember how Tesla expected widescale Model 3 deliveries to start in 2017?), but it at least gives you an idea of what the EV maker is shooting for.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/26/elon-musk-promises-to-make-tesla-pickup-truck-after-model-y/
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @05:38PM (3 children)
The really critical thing Elon Musk and Tesla Motors has done is kickstart electric car investment in the other automakers. I won't be too upset if Tesla folds. I can buy a Chevrolet with four seats and a 200 mile battery range (the Bolt), or another Chevrolet with a 40 mile battery range and an onboard gasoline power generator to extend it (the Volt), and the next generation of the battery-powered Nissan Leaf is rumored to have a 150 mile range. Ford has the Focus Electric, BMW has the i3, Volvo has announced that every model they sell will be either hybrid or all-electric within five years.
In terms of investments, I don't understand the modern American stock market at all. The conservatives state that they have to cut corporate taxes to promote growth. As far as I understand it corporate profits and the value of most big stocks are at the highest they have ever been. Wouldn't that mean all possible job-creation and economic growth would already be happening? And doesn't it hint that we're in another market bubble? I have three quarters of my pathetically small retirement savings in cash equivalents in anticipation of another recession or worse. Maybe I'll just be kicking myself for stupidity in twenty years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @07:09PM (2 children)
> I have three quarters of my pathetically small retirement savings in cash equivalents in anticipation of another recession or worse. Maybe I'll just be kicking myself for stupidity in twenty years.
Well, you are not alone, I've done essentially the same thing with my retirement funds. Where do you want to meet up in 20 years, to trade notes?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 28 2017, @07:16PM
Out by one of the dumpsters in Portland?
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(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday December 28 2017, @08:29PM
The two of you might be proved right: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/23/complacent-regulators-have-two-years-to-prevent-financial-crash [theguardian.com]