Tesla delays truck launch, eyes battery power for Puerto Rico

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Tesla said Friday it was delaying the
planned launch of its electric transport
truck, diverting resources to step up
production of its Model 3 sedan and to
produce batteries for storm - ravaged
Puerto Rico .
The electric carmaker ’s chief executive
Elon Musk announced the news on
Twitter, pushing back the launch of its
semi- truck which had been set to be
unveiled October 26 in California .
The news comes after a slower- than -
expected debut for Tesla’s Model 3 , the
$ 35 , 000 sedan — half the price of
earlier models — which aims to bring
electric vehicles to a broader market .
The company said earlier this week it
had received some 450 ,000 pre - orders
for the Model 3 but that production has
been hobbled by a bottleneck in
“ manufacturing subsystems . ”
“ Tesla Semi unveil now Nov 16 ,” Musk
tweeted Friday.
“ Diverting resources to fix Model 3
bottlenecks & increase battery
production for Puerto Rico & other
affected areas. ”
In a series of exchanges on Twitter
Thursday and Friday, Musk said the
company could help restore electricity
to Puerto Rico — whose power system
was decimated by Hurricane Maria —
by using solar panels and batteries.
Responding to a tweet asking if Tesla
could help , Musk answered : “ The Tesla
team has done this for many smaller
islands around the world, but there is
no scalability limit , so it can be done for
Puerto Rico too .”
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosello
joined the conversation, tweeting to
Musk : “ Let ’s talk. Do you want to show
the world the power and scalability of
your # TeslaTechnologies ? PR could be
that flagship project. ”
Musk then responded: “ I would be
happy to talk. Hopefully, Tesla can be
helpful .”
Tesla and Musk have for years been
seeking to push the auto industry to
electric to reduce the use of fossil fuels ,
and more recently have introduced
residential and commercial solar
batteries which can operate off the
electric power grid .

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