Tuesday 3 October 2017

Is this the first sighting of the Tesla semi truck? – update



Tesla semi truck?
Credit: Electrek

Is this the first sighting of the Tesla semi truck? It is consistent with the teaser image first shown by Elon Musk at a Ted Talk & reported here in May of this year.1

Whatever the veracity of the image, we'll know soon:


Update – unveil delayed until mid November:


Electrek – “Is this our first glimpse of the Tesla semi truck?”
https://electrek.co/2017/10/03/is-this-our-first-glimpse-of-the-tesla-semi-truck/

Teslarati – “Tesla’s Semi-truck has been spied ahead of official unveiling event”
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-semi-truck-spy-shot-photo-first-look/
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1 HitchHiker’s Guide 2 Tech: “Elon Musk – why Tesla is Boring, SpaceX, Mars, autonomy, semi (video)”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2017/05/elon-musk-why-tesla-is-boring-spacex.html

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