GoKawiilElon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023.
Tesla posted a teaser video on X sparking speculation that the electric carmaker could be gearing up to release a new car.
The first video posted on Sunday shows a spinning component which many online said could be an internal component of a vehicle. The video ends with the numbers "10/7," indicating Tuesday's date.
A second video also posted on Sunday shows just the headlights of a car.
The teasers have sparked conversation online and among analysts about what Tesla is up to — and two theories have emerged.
The first is that it could be the next-generation Roadster vehicle that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising for years.
The second is that Tesla could be about to unveil a long-awaited mass market model.
Musk teased the next-generation Roadster concept back at an event in November 2017, and in June 2018 in a series of tweets.
The billionaire has since hyped the vehicle repeatedly and, in September, said on X that "the new Roadster is something special beyond a car."
Musk has a history of promising things that are either not delivered or take substantially longer than he initially says.
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