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Tesla announces electric truck and teases a new sports car

HAWTHORNE, Calif. - Tesla announced the new Tesla Semi Thursday night - and surprised everybody with a working prototype of a new Roadster sports car.

CEO Elon Musk claims the car will do 60 mph in 1.9 seconds - the first production car to perform that in under 2 seconds, he said. Top speed is 250 mph. Price: $200,000.

He said production is planned to begin in 2020.

He was sketchy about the new electric Tesla Semi. He claimed a range of 500 miles, far more than anyone anticipated. He provided no detail about the size and weight of the battery, but did

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