Tesla CEO Elon Musk , ill-famed formaking grand promises and not follow through on them , announced Thursday that the company would be release its monstruous Cybertruck in the middle of 2023 . Knowing Musk , the date could be something he just threw out on the touch . Yet , it might also be unfeigned , in which case , may God have mercifulness on our roads .
In a call with investors on Wednesday , Musk said Tesla was very excited about the Cybertruck and declared that it might be the company ’s “ best product ever . ” The electric car party unveiled the motortruck — which Musk oncedescribedas “ an armored personnel office carrier from the future”—in 2019 , delighting Tesla fanboys everywhere . However , exactly when the pickup would reach customer has never been clear , as the company hasrepeatedlychangeditsexpected productiondates . As belatedly as January of this year , the company said the Cybertruck would beon the road in 2022 . Then it removed that date from the Teslas website .
“ We are still expecting to be in production with the Cybertruck in middle of next twelvemonth , ” Musksaid on Wednesday . “ We ’re very excited about that ware . It might actually be our best product ever . ”
The Tesla fanboys are waiting.Photo: Frederic J. Brown / AFP (Getty Images)
The company project to bring about the Cybertruck at its Gigafactory in Austin , Texas , and Musk explicate in the call that Tesla has been working on preparing it for production . He say that the truck would benefit from what Tesla has learned on increased efficiency in fabrication .
“ We ’ll bring another level of chasteness and fabrication advance with Cybertruck and future products that we ’re not quite ready to babble out about now , ” the Tesla CEO said .
Tesla has not publicly announced how many reservations it has received for the Cybertruck , but an online tally managed by fans put the number atnearly 1.5 millionearlier this twelvemonth . Tesla requires interested customer to fork over $ 100 , which is fully refundable , to make a reservation to buy a vehicle .
In May , the companystopped taking reservationsfor the Cybertruck in Europe and Asia and only currently accepts reservations from client in North America . At that time , Musk say that Tesla had more club of the first Cybertrucks than it could possibly fulfill “ for three years after the start of production . ”
The tech billionaire ’s proclamation on Cybertruck output is no doubt a welcome distraction from Tesla ’s 2nd quarter results , also released on Wednesday , which revealed that the society had seen adecline in profitsfor the first clock time in over a year . Tesla also reported convert 75 % of its bitcoin into cash , adding $ 936 million to its balance sheet of paper , an surprising development consideringMusk ’s support of cryptocurrency .
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