--- title: "Elon Musk Confirms Tesla “Cybertruck” Debut Date" description: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the electric company's long-awaited pickup truck, or \"cybertruck,\" will be unveiled on November 21." date: "2019-11-06" modified: "2019-11-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-cybertruck-debut-date" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "electric cars" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Confirms Tesla “Cybertruck” Debut Date ![Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the electric company's long-awaited pickup truck, or "cybertruck," will be unveiled on November 21.]() *\Image: Jafari\* ## Cybertruck Tesla watchers have been [breathlessly hunting for clues]() about the company's long-awaited "Cybertruck." Now that wait might be coming to an end. On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk [announced on Twitter]() that the long-awaited truck will be unveiled on November 21 near the SpaceX rocket factory in the port of Los Angeles. ## Pet Project The truck has been Musk's much-beloved pet project for years. In a [2018 interview with Recode](), Musk described it as a "futuristic-like cyberpunk, 'Blade Runner' pickup truck. It’s gonna be awesome, it’s gonna be amazing. This will be heart-stopping. It stops my heart. It’s like, oh, it’s great." We don't know an awful lot about the truck, but Musk has previously [described it]() as a massive 6-seater with an option for anywhere between 400 and 500 miles of range, packing a monstrous [300,000 pound towing capacity](). ## Armored Personnel Pickup Last month, Musk also [tweeted]() that the forthcoming vehicle will be "closer to an [armored personnel carrier]() from the future," suggesting the vehicle could be used by the military. Will Tesla's potential customers like the bold new design? Musk thinks so. "All the time people try to make products that they think others would love, but that they don’t love themselves," Musk said at yesterday's U.S. Air Force Space Pitch Day in San Francisco. "If you don’t love the product, you shouldn’t expect others to." **READ MORE:** [Tesla’s ‘Cyberpunk’ Pickup Truck pitched for potential military use]() \[*Teslarati*\] **More on the truck:** *[These Images May Hold Clues About Tesla’s “Cyberpunk” Truck]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()