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Tesla announced that it will continue to expand its electric vehicle product line. Production of the Model Y crossover and Roadster sports car has been finalized from next year, while electric pickup trucks are also in the new car plan. The new car is expected to be released before the end of 2019 and put into mass production in early 2022.

Tesla announced plans for a new electric pickup truck for the first time after releasing Model Y and electric trucks.

The new Tesla Roadster, officially unveiled in November 2017, will give gasoline models a "hard core hit," with speeds from 0 to 100km/h in 1.9 seconds, torque of 10000 Nm, a range of 620 miles and a top speed of more than 250 miles per hour, Elon Musk said. Musk also proudly claimed that the new Roadster would be the fastest car the company had ever built.

At present, Roadster has been opened for reservation in China. The reservation deposit for ordinary version is 332,000 yuan, and the reservation deposit for founder series limited to 1000 units is 1.659 million yuan.

The Model Y crossover is built on the same platform as the Model 3. The new car was launched in March 2019 and is scheduled to be put into production in the second half of next year. It will also be put into production at Tesla's Shanghai Super Factory in the future. It is expected that the Model Y will have more similarities with the Model 3, and there will be a standard battery version and a 7-seater version with a lower price.

Pickups are Tesla's new entry, and the company expects to officially launch pickup trucks by the end of 2019 and put them into mass production in early 2022. Musk has claimed that Tesla pickup trucks will have a range of 500 miles (800 kilometers) and be able to tow 300,000 pounds (136 tons).

Finally, Tesla's electric truck Semi was released in November 2017, and Tesla plans to start mass production in 2020, with 300-mile and 500-mile versions. Tesla electric truck Semi has received orders from United Parcel Service, PepsiCo and other companies since its launch, with 125 ordered for the former and 100 for the latter.

About the Shanghai plant in China, Tesla's second super factory in the world, will start production of Model 3 models by the end of this year, achieving the goal of producing 3000 Model 3 electric vehicles per week within the year.

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