Elon Musk to unveil all-electric ute in November
The Tesla ute has been a pet project of Musk’s since he first mulled over the idea to Twitter in July last year, when he asked followers what they wanted to see in an electric ute.
Answering a question from a follower about the unveiling of the much anticipated electric ute, Musk said this weekend: “November most likely”.
To date the electric vehicle industry has not offered a mass-market zero emissions alternative to the gas-guzzling American pickup trucks and Australian utes.
Musk has said it will be priced under $US50,000 ($A73,000 at today’s rates) making it, while Rivian’s vehicles will be priced over $US70,000 – $A102,000 converted.
In true Tesla style there are still a number of unknowns about the electric ute, such as what it will be called.
Some believe it may be called the “Model B” following a recent number of bee-themed tweets by the Tesla CEO in August.
Neither do we yet know any specs such as range, battery size or if any special features, such as the ability to power tools off the battery, will be built into the Tesla electric ute.
When it will produced is also somewhat anyone’s guess at this point, as first Tesla needs to get the Model Y underway (this is expected to begin in 2020).
If it doesn’t prove popular, Musk has said that Tesla will make a more conventional electric pickup.
Nevertheless, the anticipation around the cyberpunk styling has spawned a number of pretty interesting renders from a variety of sources, such as these ones that we particularly like from car designer Emre Husman:
Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology, as well as using her technical skills in managing our websites.
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