Tesla's truck aims for 200 to 300 miles a charge

Tesla next month plans to unveil an electric big-rig truck with a working range of 200 to 300 miles, Reuters has learned, a sign that the electric car maker is targeting regional hauling for its entry into the commercial freight market. Chief Executive Elon Musk has promised to release a prototype of its Tesla Semi truck next month in a bid to expand the company's market beyond luxury cars. The entrepreneur has tantalized the trucking industry with the prospect of a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle that can compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel. Chief Executive Elon Musk has promised to release a prototype of its Tesla Semi truck next month in a bid to expand the company's market beyond luxury cars, and revealed this teaser image, claiming the vehicle was'seriously next level' A Goldman Sachs Economics Research report issued earlier this year found that autonomous vehicles will take large numbers of jobs away from drivers in the US. The analysis has found that it is truck drivers who are at the highest risk of being replaced by a machine.