When the company’s CEO took the stage in early 2020 to unveil the Cybertruck, he didn’t know that three years later the electric truck would still not be on the roads of the United States. Undoubtedly, one of the most problematic launches in Tesla’s short history.
But now, as of October 19, 2023, we can say that the Tesla Cybertruck finally has a delivery date, according to a company post on Twitter.
Alongside its third-quarter earnings today, Tesla announced that the long-delayed electric truck Cybertruck will have its first deliveries during an event on November 30 at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. By the way, have you heard about their new beer?
The company is also expected to announce the official price of the car, which was originally set at $39,900 when it was first announced in 2019.
A very difficult car to make, and they expect to sell few of them
CEO Elon Musk has said he wants to “temper expectations” as increasing Cybertruck production will be extremely challenging. Musk stated that Tesla is aiming for a quarter of a million Cybertrucks per year in the future, but that won’t happen until after 2024. He confirmed that more than 1 million people have pre-ordered the truck.
“We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck,” Musk said. “The Cybertruck is one of those special products that come around only once in a while. And products that come around once in a while are incredibly difficult to bring to market at scale, to be successful,” he explained.
In recent months, Cybertrucks have started to appear on the roads, all labeled as RC for testing or as prototype vehicles. The company had previously stated that there would be a delivery event in the third quarter, but it never materialized.
Earlier this year, Tesla said that the Cybertruck would have limited production this summer, with mass production slated to begin in 2024.
The Cybertruck was originally announced for 2019, but its production was delayed multiple times throughout the cholera pandemic. The company did not meet its initial pre-production target in 2021.
