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The angular, polarizing design of the Cybertruck will help boost the Tesla brand, the electric vehicle maker's chief designer said on Thursday, adding that the pickup was no experiment. "Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter, and it gets people talking about the brand," Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen said at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, which is adding Cybertruck models to a Tesla exhibit. The long-delayed Cybertruck starts at a price of $60,990, over 50% more than what CEO Elon Musk had touted in 2019, with a smaller range than orig...

>> what was happening inside? >> well, at this stage, i understand that there was a number of gunshots that were heard, which caused officers to move slightly to what we call an ea, emergency ashction plan, th caused them to enter. >> i'm not in a position to confirm that. now is not the time to secondguess or speculate. we have an investigation. we need to get it right. we have talked to the coroner. we understand the coroner's jurisdiction. there is much to be done. >> reporter: was the gunman -- >> at this stage, i'm not going to go into that. right now we're dealing with this critical inci...

Freya, what is the scene there right now like? >> reporter: it's quite somber here. many of the family members of the hess tajs are gathered here. a few have already left the building presumably to go to the hospital where their family members are being held. but as i said, it's quite a somber scene here at the moment. sydney is coming back to life. it's sort of early morning here now, but it's still very, very quiet and a very sad scene here outside the courthouse where the families are. >> what do we know about the conditions of those hostages? >> reporter: it's understood that three people ...

We believe a police officer was injured by shrapnel. he's been treated. we're waiting for the police commissioner to address the country and the media and give us the latest on what is the dramatic end about 3 1/2 hours ago and reveal as much as he can about what happened at the cafe. >> cath, when you look at the national response, we know that the prime minister asked australians to go about business as usual. that that's the best way to defy this kind of attack. people are just waking up there. are they paying heed to that? are they outraged? what is the mood on the streets? >> reporter: we...

>> reporter: he's obviously well known to police. what was the last contact police had with -- >> again, that's -- that's part of what will come out once we go further into this. at this stage, we're not going to enter into that. sorry, excuse me. >> reporter: the explanation of the gunman's actions inside. [ inaudible ] >> look, i've got no advice to that. >> reporter: are you concerned -- [ inaudible ] >> well, i'm concerned that there was a vicious, horrendous attack that has taken place in the heart of our city. there are many questions that will come in the coming hours, days and weeks. w...