Tesla boss Elon Musk has hit the brakes on the next-generation Roadster in an attempt to get the Cybertruck on the road sooner and prioritise other projects.
However, the outspoken Tesla boss did not outline when the Cybertruck might arrive in showrooms or confirm if the production version will look like the controversial wedged-shaped concept vehicle unveiled last year.
Tesla just made its giant battery reserve in South Australia even bigger
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The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery, Tesla's Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, has received a capacity bump of around 50 per cent, courtesy of a major expansion project that promises to bring even more reliability to the state's grid.
Electric carmaker Tesla and its partner Neoen, the French renewable energy provider that owns the reserve, have completed a project deploying more storage capacity at the site, which is located in Hornsdale, north of Jamestown, in South Australia.
Earlier this afternoon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk put out a celebratory Twitter post claiming Tesla had just produced its one-millionth car.
Rolling off what looks to be the Nevada ‘gigafactory’ production line, the red Model Y marks not only the millionth car built by Tesla, but also places Tesla as the first-ever marque to produce one million electric cars.
Congratulations Tesla team on making our 1,000,000th car!! pic.twitter.com/5M99a9LLQi
Tesla will reveal its electric ute on November 21, as it prepares to take on the Rivian R1T and upcoming pure-electric Ford F-150.
Elon Musk used Twitter to reveal the "Cybertruck" will be unwrapped in Los Angeles, near the SpaceX rocket factory. If that date sounds familiar, it's because Blade Runner references it – and it's smack-bang in the middle of the Los Angeles motor show's media days.
Tesla Model S: Modified EV spotted near the Nürburgring
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Spy photographers have snapped a modified Tesla Model S testing near the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Last month, the Porsche Taycan set a 7:42 minute lap time on the famous racetrack, claiming the record for fastest four-door production electric car.
The Taycan's effort didn't go unnoticed in Silicon Valley. Just a day after the first-ever electric Porsche was revealed, Elon Musk tweeted about plans for a record run in the Model S.
