Production of the Tesla Cybertruck has been delayed until 2023 as the automaker makes changes and improvements to the vehicle.
A person familiar with the Tesla Cybertruck program told Reuters last week that production of the vehicle has been pushed back to the end of the first quarter of 2023. The American automaker is allegedly working to make improvements to the vehicle amid increased competition from rivals such as General Motors, Ford and Rivian. Tesla representatives did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
The Tesla Cybertruck was first unveiled in 2019 and was previously set to enter production in late 2021 before CEO Elon Musk delayed the vehicle to late 2022 and now early 2023. The strange-looking battery-electric pickup debuted with a tri-motor powertrain, enabling it to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in a claimed 2.9 seconds, along with a large battery pack providing an estimated 500 miles of range. An entry-level model with 250 miles of range and a mid-grade model with 300 miles of range were also both announced in 2019.
Since the Cybertruck debuted, Musk has said the single motor version of the truck will be dropped, with the automaker instead set to offer dual, triple and quad-motor variants only. In a tweet sent in December, Musk said initial production will focus on the range-topping four motor Cybertruck variant, which will feature “independent, ultra fast response torque control of each wheel.”
With production of the Tesla Cybertruck delayed until early 2023, it’s possible the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV will beat its sci-fi-inspired rival to market. GM said previously it would begin producing the Work Truck (or WT) variant of the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV in spring 2023, and given Tesla’s previous production setbacks and delays, it seems likely the Silverado EV will arrive to market first. The fully loaded Silverado EV RST First Edition, which is a more direct comparison with the Cybertruck, will enter production in fall 2023.
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lmao
Tesla should’ve just taken the Model X and made it a truck similar to Santa Cruz:Tucson. Could of had the first EV ‘truck’ to market a solid year before anyone else. Probably could’ve got 20% more battery capacity into it than the X and around a 350mi unburdened range. But instead Elon needed a wedge with ballistic glass and ensure everyone knows how important it is to have hidden windshield wipers.
Tesla should’ve just taken the Model X and made it a truck similar to Santa Cruz:Tucson. Could of had the first ‘truck’ to market a solid year before anyone else. Probably could’ve got 20% more battery capacity into it than the X and around a 350mi unburdened range. But instead Elon needed a wedge with ballistic glass and ensure everyone knows how important it is to have hidden windshield wipers.
He wanted to make an electric truck that was just as capable as any other full size.
If he just wanted a “truck”, then yes he could have done that.
The funny thing is, the range topping four motor model is more like performance car capable than truck capable. Why do you put a motor on each wheel? Traction in corning, but the cybertruck is a truck, not a car. Why do you have fast 0-60 times? Performance, but this is the cybertruck, a truck. His choices on dropping the single motor and adding a quad motor delaying it further dosen’t make much sense; this is a truck, and he had the opportunity to have a cheap and good truck for the common person early in the game. Now he has a truck for the more wealthy middle class that can become a performance beast on the track. I’m thinking the cybertruck will be beaten to some degree in several fields now with this change, and at this point I’m thinking it could be even longer for it to come.
It’s a Tesla though. People with money are going to buy them to show off. Having all that power at the wheels is part of it, and being able to claim it can tow some ludicrous amount of weight just gives people bragging rights.
They were never really intended as any kind of economy vehicle. They probably looked at the single motor RWD version, and just decided not to bother after they got all those pre-orders.
The thing I’m thinking about though is that eventually Tesla will start to lose share because other more mainstream manufacturers will start to produce cheaper cars that can be as good, and if they had a single motor cybertruck, or at the very least a cybertruck earlier, they could get a head start on that problem
Highly unlikely legacy manufacturers will be able to match Teslas profit margins. Purely from a lack of vertical integration… The competition is coming, but it is feeble and archaic, legacy automakers are just taking nips of the scraps or taking bites out of each other…
Tesla is the fledgling American eagle looking down at the rabid dogs…
How do you figure that?
Tesla has way more access to capital than any other manufacturer. As a company they are consistently growing at 50% each year.
GM profit for 2021….$10billion…
GM made more than 6million vehicles last year.
Tesla profit for 2021….$5.5billion…
Tesla made less than 1million vehicles last year.
What will make Tesla fail if increasing scale increases profitability?
Any company not making plans to shutter their IcE business will fail within 10 years.
Looks like Elon Trump has done one heck of a brainwashing job on you.
Tesla quality is at the bottom of the barrel and with new competition will hit a brick wall this year, including in China.
Stock is down over 40% from the high. The Tesla soufflé is a bubble within a bubble which is about to come down like a house of cards. 😂🤣
People have been using the same failed arguments to suggest Tesla will fail for over a decade now… resorting to personal insults just shows you have nothing substantive offer the discussion…
If Tesla quality is really that bad, how are they managing to achieve 50% compound yearly production growth?
Tesla stock is highly volatile and from a short term perspective is mostly disconnected from company performance.
The stock has always been disconnected from company performance. Consumer Reports rated Tesla 27 out of 28 manufacturers in quality. Now that people have choices with better quality, growth will take a hit. The Taycan is kicking the Model S in the derrière. S and X were only 2% of Tesla sales last year.
Hilarious…. What entity is the main contributor to consumer reports? The bias against Tesla and EVs generally in CR is laughable.
S & X last year? Tesla barely made any because they were prioritising chip supply to 3 & Y and also the new refresh meant ramping up essentially two completely new vehicles.
What is the global production of both Taycan vs Model S?
Taycan 9.5k in 2021
Model S 24.5k in 2021…
How is less than half the deliveries kicking anything but an air swing?
Taycan is not competition for Tesla, it’s completion for the Panamera and 911.
vaporware
At the GM truck plant in Oshawa the company used to put on a big BBQ every summer for the employees in the plant parking lot. GM would display their new vehicles well before anyone else got to see them…….Avalanche, Impala and so on. I remember having a mouthful of burger and catching a first look of the new addition to the GM fold. Nearly spit out the burger when I saw the new Pontiac Aztek!! WTF moments in life are rare but that was one. Everyone looking at it said the same thing……NO WAY are they gonna make this ugly thing. It’s déja vu when I look at this….whatever it is.
I guess you could always paint it beige, slap an S.S. Georgie on the side of it and drive through rain storms. Other than that I really don’t see a purpose for this fugly monstrosity.
Who did not see this coming?
What will be first the long over due truck, over due roadster or over due Semi?
This is why announcements shouldn’t be 2-5 years in advance.
Postponed to early 2023? Thought it was postponed indefinitely.
Think I’ve read that Tesla’s website doesn’t specify a date. However, online stories suggest it will be first half 2023. It’s expected Musk will add clarity (aka lies) to timing of availability.
Some sites did announce that it was delayed “indefinitely”, which is technically true, since they didn’t define when it would be released.
Ford begins assembling the F-150 this March, so Rivian and Ford beat GM and Tesla. Note to Cybertruck reservations: cash in now and get the Ford.
The Ford F-150 Lightning on paper isn’t even playing the same Sport as the upcoming Silverado and Cybertruck.
Besides being like 8 months earlier than GM and Tesla, why would any Customer pick the Ford over those two?
Unless it is simply due to being a Ford loyalists.
It has by far and away the worse specs of them all.
First to market is absolutely irrelevant when those manufacturers are barely trying to compete on production volume.
Tesla giving GM a few months lead with the Bolt did nothing to the uptake of Model 3.
The Cybertruck will gain at least 60% of the ev truck market for some time to come.
@Tim
I completely agree with you. Tesla will not be able to make these fast enough as I predicted the Day this Product was revealed.
Still worth more then gm though lmao.
Still worth more then gm lmao.
government motors spreading fud.
Cybertruck was supposed to be released end of 2022 in limited numbers with more coming 2023 anyway.
so,…
Good. Let’s hope (in it’s current design form) that it never hits the streets. I understand that Musk WANTS to have the attention and make statements, but some times things just go too far. This is one of those times.
Trucks should be trucks. Thus far, when it comes to the new EV trucks, my opinion is Ford is first (because it looks the most like the regular truck). Chevy is second and Hummer last. This Cyber truck thing couldn’t even land on my list. I’m really looking forward to seeing the Ram EV. Based on what Ram has been doing for the past decade, I’m thinking it will be fantastic.
Isn’t this version of the cybertruck not street legal? I thought I had heard the actual production version would like very different from this for many safety and other reason?
Nope, it’s just opinion pieces trying to create uncertainty and doubt about Tesla.
Have a look at the Cybertruck launch video, it actually addresses this exact point…
Trucks should be trucks? A tool should be fit for purpose, aesthetics are absolutely irrelevant.
Even the Ram EV will beat the Cybertruck to market.
I admire a lot of things about Tesla.
This isn’t one of them. Yuck.
Can’t even imagine what the visibility looking out of this truck!! Think maybe there might be some blindspots etc.on this thing ?? PS I think it’s down right ugly!!!
This thing will be cool for about 30 minutes… Nice movie prop and that’s it.
Like every thing else from Tesla, it looks like it was designed by preschoolers with a penchant for sci fi.
Schwarzenegger said he wants one of these. Not because it’s green but because it looks like the taxi from Total Recall. They asked him how long he’ll enjoy driving the truck and he replied, “ 2 WEEKS, 2 WEEKS, 2 WEEEEEKS.”
Gets uglier every time I see it. Can’t be euthanized soon enough.
Probably for safety reasons (sarcasm) seeing how they can’t produce the cars they’ve been producing without forgetting to install some crucial components like brake pads and what not.
Everyone who has commented on this story has to admit that when they first saw Elon was on stage with this thing and they broke the supposedly “ Impenetrable “ glass window, people were thinking…..WOW this is an expensive, elaborate joke. I thought it was a promotional gag for the Tesla nameplate, not an actual vehicle reveal.
Design by T square and straight edge. What happened to bio kinetic design?
The Millenials and Generation Xer’s are tripping on this design from their input to me at last years SEMA Show.
First to market will be of no consequence if GM doesn’t have a meaningful production target. Tesla is going to wipe the floor with the Silverado when Cybertruck starts getting pumped out of the Austin Factory at 250k per year…. How many EVs are GM going to make this decade? Less than 1million….if they can make it to the end of the decade.
The CT is basically a movie prop. It’s Tesla’s Aztek.