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06:36 GMT, December 29, 2017Tesla boss Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the EV maker plans on making pick-up trucks in the future.
Musk went to Twitter to ask his followers on the social networking service how Tesla can improve further.
Musk tweeted:
“Wanted again to send a note of deep gratitude to Tesla owners WW for taking a chance on a new company that all experts said would fail. So much blood, sweat & tears from the Tesla team went into creating cars that you’d truly love. I hope you do. How can we improve further?”
One of the replies Musk received called for the need of an electric pick-up truck.
Musk replied back, promising that Tesla will make an electric pickup truck right after Model Y. He said that he is “dying to build it”.
“[I] have had the core design/engineering elements in my mind for almost five years,” he added.
Wanted again to send a note of deep gratitude to Tesla owners WW for taking a chance on a new company that all experts said would fail.
So much blood, sweat & tears from the Tesla team went into creating cars that you’d truly love. I hope you do.
How can we improve further?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2017
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.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2017
Pick-up trucks account for around 18% of total vehicles sold in the US. According to Morningstar Equity research, sales by the three leading truck manufacturers add up to an estimated $90bn (£67bn) a year.
In response to a question about the size of the truck Tesla has planned, Musk said that it might be “slightly bigger” than the Ford F-150 pick-up to account for a really “gamechanging” feature that Musk would like to add.