{"id":141483,"date":"2019-11-22T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T18:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=141483"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:27:05","slug":"cybertrucks-design-wont-be-only-issue-for-tesla-gm-e-truck-coming-out-at-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2019\/11\/cybertrucks-design-wont-be-only-issue-for-tesla-gm-e-truck-coming-out-at-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybertruck’s Design Won’t be Only Issue for Tesla; GM E-Truck Coming Out at Same Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Cybertruck starts at $39,900 with production starting in mid-2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not only will Tesla have to deal with detractors about the design of the new Cybertruck when it begins production sometime in late summer next year, it will have what\u2019s expected to be a more conventional-looking competitor to deal with too: General Motors.<\/p>\n

GM CEO Mary Barra told attendees at an investor conference in New York that it will have its own battery-electric pickup ready for the public in the fourth quarter of 2021, and it\u2019ll be ready to compete.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeneral Motors understands truck buyers and … people who are new coming into the truck market,\u201d Barra said. \u201cIt will be a very capable truck, I\u2019m pretty excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(<\/strong><\/em>Commentary: Tesla\u2019s New Cybertruck Makes the Long-Derided Pontiac Aztek Look Good in Comparison)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

According to Reuters, Barra was light on any other details about the truck.<\/p>\n

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GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said the company will have its first battery-electric truck ready about the same time as Tesla’s Cybertruck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prior to Barra\u2019s little tease of information about the truck, the primary bit of detail available was that the company plans to build a group of high-end battery-electric pickups and sport-utilities at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant.<\/p>\n

The plant was rumored to be set to be closed, but it became part of GM\u2019s $11 billion in new U.S. investment committed to as part of the new four-year contract with the UAW. There is plenty of speculation that the EV line-up will take on a revived Hummer name.<\/p>\n

(Musk reveals Tesla\u2019s electric pickup \u2014 Cybertruck)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

GM acquired the rights from AM General to make Hummer trucks for civilian applications in 1998. After several attempts to sell the brand in 2009, it basically was just folded up in 2010 by the company.<\/p>\n

Ford recently rolled out a battery-electric F-150, which towed a train. GM agreed to produce an electric pickup in a Detroit plant as part of its recently agreed-to contract with the UAW.<\/p>\n

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A Ford all-electric F-150 prototype hauled 10 double-decker rail cars and 42 trucks for this stunt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Additionally, Rivian has rolled out its full-size all-electric pickup and Bollinger is prepping its pickup as well. However, the EV maker may be able to carve out a profitable slice of that pie. All of these options remind that even minor success in the segment could mean major cash for the bottom line.<\/p>\n

\u201c(E)ven if the Tesla truck doesn\u2019t win over the usual F-150 crowd, it doesn\u2019t necessarily have to,\u201d said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds Executive Director of Insights.<\/p>\n

(Tesla\u2019s Musk Says Pickup Truck Design is \u201cFuturistic-like Cyberpunk\u201d)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTrucks are experiencing a transformation similar to what happened with SUVs, attracting new buyers who rarely use the utility but appreciate the space and creature comforts trucks offer. The truck segment has the fewest number of models, leaving plenty of room for growth and for automakers to carve out new niches.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only will Tesla have to deal with detractors about the design of the new Cybertruck when it begins production sometime in late summer next year, it will have what\u2019s expected to be a more conventional-looking competitor to deal with too: General Motors. Get the story at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":141458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,12,9],"tags":[],"make":[58,110],"post-state":[],"category_old":[118,150,151,123,319,155,299,243,132,125,124,139,291,207,278,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141483"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=141483"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=141483"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=141483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}