Elon Musk publicizes Tesla Cybertruck supply occasion in third quarter of 2023

Tesla could have a supply occasion for its long-delayed Cybertruck within the third quarter of 2023, Elon Musk mentioned throughout an earnings name with traders Wednesday.

After greater than three years since its preliminary announcement, Cybertruck manufacturing is anticipated to start out this summer time — although Musk has mentioned that quantity manufacturing gained’t start till subsequent yr.

“It takes time to get the manufacturing line going, and that is actually a really radical product,” Musk mentioned Wednesday. “It’s not made in the way in which that different automobiles are made.”

Requested for up to date specs, resembling vary or distinctive options, Musk demurred, noting that these particulars can be revealed throughout the hand-off occasion.

“One factor I’m assured of claiming is that it’s an unbelievable product,” Musk mentioned. “It’s a Corridor of Famer.”

One of many important causes for the delay stands out as the firm’s choice to make the Cybertruck out of chrome steel, which costs more than steel typically used in auto manufacturing. It may’t be stamped into fenders and different components due to its tendency to spring again into its unique form. And it requires particular welding strategies — all of which have made the Cybertruck manufacturing extra difficult than Tesla’s different automobiles.

Even much less essential components, like windshield wipers, have to be custom-made due to the Cybertruck’s distinctive design.