• With a simple tweet, we learned about a new Fisker model. Then it was deleted.
  • Details are limited to what we can see in the picture, and Fisker won't even confirm the name of the truck.
  • This is just the latest in a growing field of plug-in pickups, with several choices coming from both startup and traditional automakers.

With just three words, another pickup truck seems to have entered the electric fray. Henrik Fisker, the CEO of Fisker Inc., tweeted out and then quickly deleted an image of a new truck called the Alaska with the words “Electric pick up!” earlier today.

Fisker Alaska Pickup
Henrik Fisker via Twitter

This is the first time any mention of such a vehicle has been made public, and Fisker's response to multiple people who responded to his tweet only added to the mystery. In each case, all he said was, “Sorry mistake: will delete.”A Fisker spokesperson confirmed to Car and Driver that the tweet was unintentionally sent by Henrik and was quickly deleted.

"We can't confirm the model or name of a vehicle that may have been seen in the tweet," the spokesperson said, "We can, however, confirm that Fisker Inc. is indeed working on a modular electric vehicle platform that may underpin several different affordable EV models in the future."

Fisker Alaska Pickup
Henrik Fisker via Twitter

However the image came to our attention, the Alaska truck looks like it is ready for adventure with an almost comically wide stance enhanced by even wider tires. Unsurprising for a Fisker design, the Alaska's rear features strong vertical and horizontal design lines, and the name appears in all caps across the back. Thin taillights and red accents enhance the feel that this is an electric truck.

Exactly when Fisker might officially reveal its electric truck is something we can speculate about. The company says that it will bring the Fisker Ocean electric luxury SUV to the Geneva auto show (no mention of the Alaska), which leaves the auto shows in New York (in April) or Detroit (in June) as the next most likely locations to pull the wraps off. Of course, Fisker could host its own reveal on its own timetable or just throw the information up on Twitter one day as well.

The electric-truck category is rapidly filling up with offerings from automotive startups. The Tesla Cybertruck, the Rivian R1T, the Bollinger B2, and the just-announced Nikola Badger are all garnering attention and preorders as we wait for them to actually arrive.

That's not all that the Alaska could one day compete against, since traditional automakers are not sitting this fight out. GMC is reviving the Hummer nameplate for an all-electric model, and Ford is already pulling the hype train for its all-electric F-150.

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Sebastian Blanco has been writing about electric vehicles, hybrids, and hydrogen cars since 2006. His articles and car reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Automotive News, Reuters, SAE, Autoblog, InsideEVs, Trucks.com, Car Talk, and other outlets. His first green-car media event was the launch of the Tesla Roadster, and since then he has been tracking the shift away from gasoline-powered vehicles and discovering the new technology's importance not just for the auto industry, but for the world as a whole. Throw in the recent shift to autonomous vehicles, and there are more interesting changes happening now than most people can wrap their heads around. You can find him on Twitter or, on good days, behind the wheel of a new EV.