Diesel has to die – there is no reverse gear on this Read more“The point of doing this is just to give a hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars,” Musk said. Musk said the car’s acceleration from 0 to 60 mph and 0 to 100 mph, as well as its quarter-mile speed, were all “world records” for production cars. Competition in the electric truck market has been heating up. In September, Daimler AG announced the delivery of its first electric trucks to the United Parcel Service (UPS). Other companies working on electric trucks include Volkswagen, Cummins and Nikola.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 06:23 UTC