Elon Musk said on a podcast that Tesla’s forthcoming pickup truck will cost less than $50,000. “We don’t want it to be really expensive,” he told the Ride the Lightning podcast. He continued to say the truck will be better than the Ford F-150, which has been among the top-three best-selling pickup trucks in the US for years. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Tesla’s forthcoming pickup truck will start at no more than $50,000, chief executive Elon Musk said on a podcast published Sunday. “We don’t want it to be really expensive,” Musk told Ride the Lightning, which touts itself as the unofficial Tesla podcast. “I think it’s got to start at less than $50,000, it’s got to be like $49,000 starting price max, ideally less.” Musk has been discussing a pickup truck since at least 2013, but things ratcheted up in 2018. Amid other possible features, Musk tweeted that the truck would have “crazy torque,” a dynamic suspension that adjusts for load, and outlets for power tools. By December, Musk said a prototype would be available in 2019, adding that it would be built right after the Model Y. Given that the Model Y has yet to…
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