{"id":80062,"date":"2019-10-14T15:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=80062"},"modified":"2019-10-14T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:21:00","slug":"elon-musk-describes-tesla-pickup-as-armored-personnel-carrier-from-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=80062","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk describes Tesla pickup as &#039;armored personnel carrier from the future&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s upcoming electric pickup truck could be unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/mobility\/6988\/elon-musk-says-to-look-for-the-tesla-cyberpunk-truck-reveal-in-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as soon as November,<\/a> and internet is teeming with mockups showing what it could look like.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The problem with those images (see examples <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/teslamotors\/comments\/b3o4ut\/tesla_pickup_in_the_real_world_mockup_front\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topspeed.com\/cars\/car-news\/here-s-everything-we-know-about-the-tesla-pickup-truck-ar181660.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPathole\/status\/1183584228455272448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>) is that they&#8217;re nothing like the real thing, at least according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cybertruck doesn\u2019t look like anything I\u2019ve seen bouncing around the Internet. It\u2019s closer to an armored personnel carrier from the future,&#8221; Musk tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cybertruck doesn\u2019t look like anything I\u2019ve seen bouncing around the Internet. It\u2019s closer to an armored personnel carrier from the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1183583315263131648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s tweet echoes an <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/mobility\/5522\/elon-musk-says-tesla-pickup-will-look-like-it-came-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier comment<\/a> of his, when he said the truck will be like &#8220;something that came out of a sci-fi movie.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If all of this sounds vague, just check out Tesla&#8217;s own teaser image of the pickup, below. Yes, you can see next to nothing in that image, which allegedly depicts the front of the truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><img alt=\"There's a pickup somewhere in this image.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!b1aa\" data-image=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1062030%252F873ec305-5fd3-4f61-bfb5-beb14ab9a716.png%252Ffull-fit-in__1200x2000.png?signature=DjJtgM7R1BLwtFCJ7_C-ZXHUvYA=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\"  ><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a pickup somewhere in this image.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  Tesla<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s new tweet spawned more guesses of what the pickup might look like, this time more in the vein of an armored personnel carrier type of vehicle, only futuristic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How close am I, your Lordship?<\/p>\n<p>On a scale from 0 (virgin) to 11 (Chad????????)? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7o0SkMosdY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7o0SkMosdY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pope Of Muskanity v10 (@RationalEtienne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RationalEtienne\/status\/1183585566807474176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z12c5wEbuZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/z12c5wEbuZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pope Of Muskanity v10 (@RationalEtienne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RationalEtienne\/status\/1183583799784943616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Basic forms? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcJGXd4JuK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zcJGXd4JuK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CHARL\u03d2\u039e (@Charly_Electric) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Charly_Electric\/status\/1183589824437149697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the official reveal inching closer, we should find out what it really looks like soon enough. Other than it looking like it&#8217;s from the future, we don&#8217;t know much about the pickup&#8217;s features, but Musk did say before that the price will likely start <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2019\/06\/02\/tesla-pickup-truck-price-f150-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">under $50,000<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/7455\/elon-musk-describes-tesla-pickup-as-armored-personnel-carrier-from-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Tesla&#8217;s upcoming electric pickup truck could be unveiled as soon as November, and internet is teeming with mockups showing what it could look like.\u00a0 The problem with those images (see examples here and here and here) is that they&#8217;re nothing like the real thing, at least according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u00a0 &#8220;Cybertruck doesn\u2019t &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80064,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80062\/revisions\/80064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}