A week after insinuating that production of the Tesla Cybertruck could be delayed until 2022, the car manufacturer has officially confirmed that this is indeed the case.
During Tesla’s Q2 2021 financial results announcement, it said that production of the Cybertruck would begin in Austin, Texas after the Model Y, but didn’t specify a date. The online configuration page for the Cybertruck has now been updated and notes that customers will be able to complete their configuration “as production nears in 2022.”
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As the Cybertruck was unveiled back in November 2019, the delay means customers will have waited more than two years before taking delivery of their electric pickups. However, that’s nothing compared to the Tesla Semi and second-generation Tesla Roadster, two vehicles unveiled in November 2017 that haven’t yet hit the production line.
While recently speaking about the Tesla Cybertruck, the automaker’s vice president of vehicle engineering, Lars Moravy, said that “the Cybertruck is currently in its alpha stages” and confirmed that it shares parts with the Model Y.
“It carries much of the structural pack and large casting designs of the Model Y being built in Berlin and Austin,” he said. “Obviously, those take priority over the Cybertruck, but we are moving into the beta phases of Cybertruck later this year, and we will be looking to ramp that in production and take it to Texas after Model Y is up and going.”
