Tesla Cybertruck Production Delayed Until Next Year Tesla CEO Elon Musk first unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, saying they'd be done later this year.
By Emily Rella
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Production on Tesla's Cybertruck has been delayed until 2022, according to a brief update on the company's website.
Interested customers who click "Order Now" on the landing page for the company's first electric pickup see this message under "Due Today": "You will be able to complete your configuration as production nears in 2022."
Tesla CEO Elon Musk first unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, saying they'd be done later this year.
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He upheld that timeline during Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call in January, telling investors to expect a "few deliveries of the Cybertruck toward the end of this year," but adding he expected "volume production to be in 2022."
The electric pickup was again addressed during July's second-quarter earnings call, but the signs that production would be delayed were there.
Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering, Lars Moravy, said the vehicle was "at a stage where we finished basic engineering of the architecture" and the company would be "moving into the beta phases of Cybertruck later this year."
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