特斯拉下周将发布电动卡车

It has been hailed by Elon Musk as “unreal,” and Tesla’s electric truck is set to finally be unveiled next Thursday, the firm has revealed.

Last month, Musk boasted that the truck has “better specifications* than anything that was suggested in the media to date.”

The entrepreneur* has repeatedly teased the trucking industry with the prospect of a battery-powered heavy-duty* vehicle.

The firm hopes that such a vehicle could compete with conventional* diesels*, which can travel up to 1,000 miles (16,095 km) on a single tank of fuel.

Tesla’s electric big-rig* truck could have a working range of 200-300 miles to compete with more conventional diesels.

Tesla has been making strides in self-driving technology and implementing it in an electric truck could potentially move it forward in a highly competitive area of commercial transport, also being pursued by Uber and Waymo.

In August, it was discovered that Tesla was developing a long-haul*, electric semi-truck that could drive itself and move in “platoons” that followed a lead vehicle, according to an email discussion of potential road tests between Tesla and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.(SD-Agencies)