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Elon Musk has announced that the reveal of the Tesla semi-truck has been delayed from October 26 to November 16. In a tweet, the company’s chief executive said Tesla will divert resources “to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas.” Musk’s decision isn’t surprising. The entry-level Model 3 is well behind schedule and the automaker has openly admitted that it is in “production hell” trying to build the car. Inevitably, Tesla has also decided to delay the semi’s launch in an effort to avoid criticism about it focusing resources on the truck despite the more pressing issues the firm is facing. After all, spy images and teasers have already shown that the design of the semi prototype is finished. In reality, Tesla could reveal it tomorrow, if it really wanted to. Either way, current speculation asserts that the all-electric semi will have a range of between 200 and 300 miles (321-482 km) on a single charge. Carscoop...

Maserati has  pushed back  the launch of the Alfieri sports car once again to early next decade in a shake up of the firm's future range. According to  Autocar , the next-generation  GranTurismo and GranCabrio  will now arrive 2018-2019 before the Alfieri in 2020-2021. This comes despite the fact that Maserati originally intended on launching the Alfieri in 2016. While speaking with the publication, general manager of Maserati Europe, Giulio Pastore confirmed the news, “The Granturismo and Grancabrio will not be dropped. We won’t forget that Maserati is very well known in its history for beautiful 2+2 GT cars and we will replace them, then the Alfieri.”  No explanation has been given for why Maserati will now launch new GranTurismo and GranCabrio models before the Alfieri's arrival but Pastore's comments suggest the marque is in no rush to launch a dedicated  two-door sports car , saying its final design may not be signed off until 2018. Despite the...