Tesla Cybertruck is delayed again — it won't arrive until at least 2023

Tesla Cybertruck is delayed again — it won't arrive until at to the lowest degree 2023

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Information technology'south official and the rumors were true: the Tesla Cybertruck has been delayed and won't be arriving this year. That was confirmed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, during the automaker's Q4 2021 earnings call.

The Cybertruck has already been delayed in one case, with the all-electric truck originally set to arrive late last twelvemonth. A recent written report from Reuters and so claimed that the truck had been pushed dorsum from its new late 2022 launch date, and would not get in until 2023.

Now we know that the study was accurate, and ways Tesla won't have any new car launches this year. Tesla has not confirmed a new Cybertruck launch date every bit of yet.

The result? Information technology looks like we tin can blame the ongoing supply chain problems again. Co-ordinate to Musk, the launch of a new car takes a lot of resource and supply bondage brand accessing those resources difficult. Right now a new launch would mean Tesla would have to forgo growth of both production and sales to launch the Cybertruck.

Tesla is already having problem fulfilling orders on certain models. The entry-level Model 3 has a delivery gauge of Oct if you go for the smaller 19-inch wheels — which are cheaper and offer better range. Meanwhile the Model Y Long Range is looking at a December delivery for the aforementioned configuration.

Anyone hoping to get a Model X is going to accept to wait until at to the lowest degree October, and even then you'd have to buy the $126,495 Model X Plaid. The standard model won't be arriving until January 2023 — no matter what configuration yous choose.

In other words Tesla could do with growing its production capacity — especially as all the bigger automakers are doing the aforementioned with their own electric cars. Ford has promised to nearly double F-150 Lightning production by next yr, while Rivian R1T production is now at 200 units a week — with the goal of hitting 150,000 EVs a year by the end of 2023.

Musk also said he hopes that Tesla volition still launch at least one car in 2023. Considering the Tesla CEO's enthusiasm for the Cybertruck, and the fact we know there are prototypes that already exist, it's likely that the truck is still next in line.

Tesla has previously said that work on the Cybertruck would begin after Model Y production kicked off at the Texas Gigafactory, which began at the tail-cease of terminal year co-ordinate to Musk. So that's one less barrier for the Cybertruck.

It's not articulate how supply concatenation problems are going to continually affect Tesla production. The Cybertruck was already delayed because the automaker couldn't become enough 4680 battery cells to build them cost-effectively. It besides puts the projected 2023 launch of the $25K hatchback and the perpetually delayed Tesla Roadster at adventure.

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