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Paywall source: https://www.autonews.com/cars-conce...s-pack-cybertruck-elon-musk-confirms-progress
EV pickup visionary Tesla now trails the pack
Tesla's Cybertruck will be late to the party when it arrives late next year, but there are new signs of progress confirmed by CEO Elon Musk.
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EV pickup visionary Tesla now trails the pack
Tesla's Cybertruck will be late to the party when it arrives late next year, but there are new signs of progress confirmed by CEO Elon Musk.
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- AutoForecast Solutions puts the start of Cybertruck production in the fourth quarter of next year (2023) — after the Silverado in spring 2023 and the GMC Sierra EV in the fall. Tesla's full-size, stainless-steel-body pickup is, however, still expected to beat Stellantis (Ram) into the EV pickup market. Sam Fiorani, AutoForecast vice president of global vehicle forecasting, put Ram 1500 EV production in the fourth quarter of 2024. "Other EV trucks will include the Hyundai and Kia pickups in 2026 along with Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon EVs that same year," Fiorani said.
- Despite the Cybertruck's delay, there are signs of life in Tesla's vehicle development program. A new prototype of the electric pickup made an appearance at a California green-power event last week.
- "In just recent days, photos have emerged of what's believed to be the production-intent model," DeGraff said. "And Musk confirmed, via Twitter, that an Idra Giga Press is being assembled for the Cybertruck."
- When the Cybertruck was revealed in 2019, Musk promised production by 2021, beating rivals. In March of this year, Musk said Tesla plans to finish development of the pickup this year and start production in 2023.
- Meanwhile, Ford said it delivered 201 Lightnings to dealers in May. Rivian had 1,145 R1T registrations in the first four months of the year, according to Experian, and GMC had 159 through April. Rivian and GMC don't report monthly sales.
- For now, Tesla fans are hanging on Musk's every word about Cybertruck development, confident that Tesla's EV leadership will produce a superior vehicle that's worth the wait.
- On Twitter, Musk responded with the comment "Cybertruck body," as well as a video of Idra's NEO 9000 Giga Press being assembled in Italy. And in response to a video of the Cybertruck prototype in California, he wrote, "It will be our best product ever imo," meaning "in my opinion."
- The prototype appeared at a Pacific Gas and Electric event to mark the installation of Tesla Megapack batteries at a renewable energy facility in Moss Landing, Calif. The prototype had the yoke-style steering wheel now standard in the freshened Tesla Model S and X, along with a large center screen and instrument cluster that mimic those vehicles. "Lots could change before the final version of the Cybertruck comes out for real, but it seems very, very likely that this is the current prototype they are going with, and by the time the Cybertruck launches, it will have both displays," Shaw said in his video last week.
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