{"id":217341,"date":"2022-01-14T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=217341"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:56","slug":"tesla-cybertruck-delayed-again-until-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2022\/01\/tesla-cybertruck-delayed-again-until-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Cybertruck Delayed \u2014 Again \u2014 Until 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have Q1 2023 in your betting pool for when production of the oft-delayed Tesla Cybertruck will begin, you\u2019re the new favorite to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cybertruck
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been delayed again. Production is now expected to begin in Q1 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The new pause in pickup progress, according to a Reuters report, is due to some last-minute updates designed to keep the truck competitive with the influx of new battery-electric pickups that are already on the road or set to arrive this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybertruck was the first battery-electric pickup shown to the public, debuting in November 2019, with a scheduled arrival date of \u201clate 2021.\u201d Last August, the delay until 2022 was formalized<\/a><\/u><\/strong> when it showed up on the company\u2019s website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a reservation holder \u2014 of which there were reportedly more than 250,000 \u2014 went to check the configurator on the Tesla website it read: \u201cYou will be able to complete your configuration as production nears in 2022.\u201d Now it reads, \u201cYou will be\u00a0able to complete your configuration as production nears<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Elon
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last July isn’t worried about the success or failure of Cybertruck, saying “I don’t care. I love it so much even if others don’t.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A variety of things have conspired to add time to the arrival date, such as Gigafactory Austin, where Cybertruck will be built, being a bit behind in its construction and some materials shortages, in addition to the aforementioned tweaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the leader of the pack has fallen to middle of the pack as Rivian\u2019s R1T began rolling off the line in September<\/a><\/u><\/strong> with 1,015 being produced in 2021. Perhaps the biggest competitor to the unconventionally styled Cybertruck is the GMC Hummer SUT, and it began rolling off the line at General Motors new Factory Zero EV production center during the last two weeks of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Ford\u2019s F-150 Lightning is set to begin production in late Spring and it has 200,000 reservations for the pickup. It\u2019s actually allowing reservation holders to configure their vehicles and place orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GM\u2019s looking to strike twice, revealing the new all-electric Chevrolet Silverado EV<\/a><\/u><\/strong> at the recently concluded CES 2022. It\u2019s slated to arrive in \u201cearly 2023\u201d meaning Cybertruck could be behind another competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the excitement about?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Cybertruck
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been delayed again. Production is now expected to begin in Q1 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cybertruck will have an estimated range of 250 miles with options to push that to 350 and 500 miles. It will run from 0 to 60 mph in just under 6.5 seconds, and perhaps most importantly, it will tow 7,500 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new truck has a starting price of $39,900 for the single motor rear-wheel drive model. It jumps to $49,900 for the dual motor all-wheel drive version and up to $69,900 for the tri motor all-wheel drive version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the hubbub about Cybertruck has generated a lot of buzz, one person\u2019s remained largely unaffected by the potential success or failure of the pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be frank, there is always some chance that Cybertruck will flop, because it is so unlike anything else,\u201d Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last July, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t care. I love it so much even if others don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That relaxed attitude may have changed by the time he hosts the EV maker\u2019s earnings call Jan. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have Q1 2023 in your betting pool for when production of the oft-delayed Tesla Cybertruck will begin, you\u2019re the new favorite to win. Find out why the truck with the polarizing design\u2019s being pushed back again at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":141477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,10,3185,2648,9],"tags":[2079,4434,990,2077,386],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217341"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217352,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217341\/revisions\/217352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217341"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=217341"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=217341"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=217341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}