In Tesla’s annual shareholders’ assembly, held Thursday, CEO Elon Musk pointed to the availability chain—and batteries specifically—as associated to the delay of the corporate’s electrical pickup, the Cybertruck.
Musk confirmed that the beginning of manufacturing for the Cybertruck will occur in 2022, with quantity manufacturing in 2023.
Both the Semi and Roadster are additionally due for manufacturing in 2023—with a sure outdoorsy product additionally due in 2022 or 2023: the ATV that has been known as Cyberquad.
“We’re definitely going to be making Cybertruck here, and so probably the ATV too,” mentioned Musk, from its ‘Giga Texas’ plant in Austin. “The ATV is an interesting design challenge because ATVs are pretty dangerous—so we want to make an ATV that is the least-dangerous ATV.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk – Shareholders’ presentation, October 2021
Musk mentioned the smaller car, doubtlessly charging within the mattress of the Cybertruck when not in use, can have a low middle of gravity due to its battery pack.
“I think we can do some things with the suspension, just make it really hard to roll this thing,” mentioned Musk. “When ATVs roll is when bad things happen, so it’ll be the ATV that won’t roll…you’ve gotta have one with the Cybertruck.”
The long-awaited Cybertruck is, at $41,100 based mostly on the order website and at present’s $1,200 vacation spot price, the lowest-priced product in Tesla’s lineup after a hike in costs for Model 3 and Model Y earlier this week. Tesla hasn’t introduced a worth for the Cyberquad.
Tesla Texas
Musk introduced that Tesla is shifting its headquarters to Austin, Texas—confirming what he introduced in May 2020, on the peak of a showdown with public officers over Covid-19 protocol. Tesla isn’t leaving California, although; it would proceed to develop its actions within the state, Musk mentioned, and truly enhance output at Fremont.
The CEO additionally confirmed that Tesla’s pilot plant in California is producing its new, larger-format 4680 cells in sufficient amount for Giga Texas to begin scaling manufacturing of Model Y in 2022. He didn’t relate that again to the Cybertruck however has hinted earlier than that they’re important for the mission for his or her power density.