[jhall1468]

Well yes, just as it's easier to make snarky comments than provide actual content, as evidenced by your post.

[_Codemonkeyism]

My fail, I forgot it's sacrilege to critizize Musk here.

Model 3 production is way behind and currently does not look like it progressing. Musk is blaming Panasonic on the problems with batteries, while reports from the Model 3 factory tell about a lot of manual work.

So yes it is easier to announce a Pickup some years ahead than fix Model 3 production.