Elon Musk Announces Teaser for Potentially New Electric Car and ‘Something Else’

Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and several other successful companies, published in his microblog a teaser of a potentially new electric car or related technology. On his Twitter page, the American entrepreneur wrote that “the presentation of D will take place on October 9,” that is, next week. Users wonder what the word is behind the mysterious letter.

Some readers suggested that it could be a new electric car with an on-board driver assistance system, others noticed the similarity of the model on the teaser with the previous Model S.

Presumably, we can talk about a speed control system, a lane change warning system and an automatic braking system. Musk's message also mentions "something else" besides the "D." Later, after a series of controversial comments, his page was updated with a new message:

“I love the Internet. I am laughing at the comments.”

What does “D” mean, car or technology? To this day, this remains a mystery. Some users saw the letter "P" instead of "D" in the image, but again, they could not explain its meaning.





One Reddit forum participant dared to suggest that Elon Musk is going to announce a driver assistance technology designed for already released Tesla cars:

The teaser image shows the Model S, whose front end is equipped with sensors and equipment for Driver Assist.

Meanwhile, other forums devoted to the activities of Tesla, suggested that the company announced a car with all-wheel drive.

In July, Tesla unveiled the Model 3, a more affordable version of its electric car. In the US, it was valued at $35,000. At the same time, Musk expressed his dissatisfaction with the inability to use the letter “E” in the name of his new model due to objections from Ford. As he later admitted, he needed a letter taken by another manufacturer for "sex." Previous Tesla models are called Model S and Model X. If you add the Model E, you get the SEX trio.





From a recent interview with Auto Express magazine:

We were going to call the new model “E”, but Ford sued us, saying that he wanted to use the Model E. Ford’s attempt to kill the SEX is just crazy. So we have to come up with another name. ?

Could the new teaser have anything to do with Tesla’s self-driving car? Quite likely. The secret of the letter "D" will be revealed next week. Follow the news on our website!

Source: hi-news.ru