Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) electric pickup truck is helping to haul the company’s share price uphill, with its founder Elon Musk championing the prototype vehicle’s progress with a high-profile demonstration on Nov. 21, with preorders of 250,000 during the following five days and with a surprising third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ expectations.

One planned version of the futuristic-looking electric pickup truck, named Cybertruck, is capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in as little as 2.9 seconds and offers a travel range of up to 500 miles on a single charge. Tesla Inc.’s share price has roared ahead 74.3 percent in the past six months between May 28 and Nov. 26, despite giving back 2.21 percent on Nov. 26 when it dipped to $328.92.

Tesla’s shares jumped 17.1 percent on Oct. 24 for its biggest single-day rise since May 2013 after reporting third-quarter 2019 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.86 vs. an expected loss of $0.46 per share. The results were fueled by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $876 million, beating analysts’ consensus forecasts of $646 million.

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