Yep.
The Model 3 was not so easy to build. The Cybertruck should be way easier, but they're doing alot of new things with it that no one has practiced yet. The Model 3 ramp will probably be the most like the Cybertruck.
Its really interesting to see how tesla controls its vehicle flow with pricing. I mean look at the S and X. Does it really make sense that the S is double the cost of a Y. No. its not double the car. its trim is a little nicer and it has features here and there that are nicer. But not double the car. So why? Obviously the $90k price tag limits a lot of people from purchasing it. If the S were $65k they would probably sell 250k more every year. So why don't they ramp up production like they are on the Y and drop the price to sell more. I think the answer is simple. The model 3 and Y are more popular vehicle types and if they can make as many as they can possibly sell at a happy profit margin why focus your resources on anything else. I think they keep the X and Y around at low volume to simply have a more robust offering and to capture the "luxury" market buyers willing to pay more. All that to say that Elon would be making an incredible mistake by not targeting the CT to the middle class and workers. If the CT lands in their luxury side such as the Ford Raptor that is really going to suck and it will show Elon to be much less of a visionary in my opinion. 5 of the top 10 vehicles sold last year were trucks AND all 5 beat the Model Y in sales volume. That's 5 trucks that each sold more volume than the Model Y in the US.
Elon literally just said its very difficult to build. "The Cybertruck is a hard car to make because it's such a radically new design you can't just use conventional methods of manufacturing," he said. "We had to invent a whole new set of manufacturing techniques in order to build an exoskeleton-based car instead of an endoskeleton-based car. It's extremely non-trivial to build the Cybertruck."
Yes.
That would cost a lot of time and effort which they can use for scaling up the Cybertruck, their Gen 3 products, improving their Model 3 (Highland), and similar efforts. They are prioritizing the highest volume products.
Look at the original pricing on the Cybertruck.
It almost sounded to me like he was saying, you know we found out that putting thick stainless steel panels on the outside of the vehicle really isn't the best or most efficient way to build a vehicle and as such we are going to limit pr
Actually, I went back and watched the video again and it was not associated with any questions. But arguably he was mostly talking about building the production line. He did not clarify if they expect the production line to be faster once it is constructed due to the methods of fabrication.
He said initial production target is 250,000 and they would adjust based on demand.
I'm not too far behind you. If I get mine by April 2024 I will consider myself fortunate.
