Tesla officially postpones Cybertruck production to 2022

By now, Tesla fans are well aware that the company and its CEO Elon Musk are not very good at achieve goals and time limit. So it’s no surprise that the Cybertruck, the company’s first electric pickup truck that looks like something Blade runner– has been postponed to 2022.

Spotted by Electrek saturday, order page for the Cybertruck on Tesla’s website now reads: “You will be able to complete your setup as production nears in 2022.” The message appears on purchase orders for all three Cybertruck models – single-engine RWD, dual-engine AWD, and three-engine AWD – despite the company’s earlier claims that the two- and three-engine versions would be produced first, pointed out the point of sale. .

Tesla first announced the Cyber ​​truck in 2019, later by specifying that it would go into production at the end of 2021.

However, there were signs that Cybertruck would not be shipping this year. Back in January, Musk said Tesla should to be lucky” to deliver a few Cybertrucks by the end of the year as previously announced. Even then, Musk claimed he expected volume productions will start in 2022.

In July, when Tesla released its second quarter financial results, the company maintained its late 2021 production date and said Cybertruck would be manufactured at its Gigafactory in Texas after the Model Y, according to Electrek. Given that production of the Model Y is also set to begin at the end of this year, there was some skepticism.

And when it comes to skepticism about Tesla’s targets, you’d be hard pressed not to believe it. I’m not saying this as an insult. While I personally do not own and plan to own Tesla vehicles, I believe production and delivery are commitments the company makes with the customer. If the customer is willing to wait, then who am I to judge?

It’s not the easiest truck to build either. The body of the steel exoskeleton, for example, will require new manufacturing processes to complete it. You’re here also said he has to order certain equipment and machines to start production.

This is to inform people with Cybertruck orders – which could exceed 1 million, according to a crowdsourcing follow-up of reservations Quoted by various outlets – which they should mentally prepare to wait until 2022.