Tesla will finally start selling the Cybertruck next year, Elon Musk announced at the opening ceremony of the Giga Factory in Texas. During his onstage presentation, Musk showed off the stock Cybertruck vehicle, which still looks like previous versions, except its doors no longer have handles. The car recognizes that you are there and knows to open the doors. He also apologized for the delay in releasing the Cybertruck, which was first announced in 2019. Tesla’s original (and very optimistic) target for release was 2021, but it delayed the vehicle’s launch to 2022 and now to 2023.
The automaker will make the Cybertruck at its Gigafactory in Texas, which it expects to become the “highest-volume” auto factory in America. Musk also addressed his other planned gigactories around the world and how much more eco-friendly manufacturing vehicles is closer to where they ship. This year is all about expanding production — a scale that “no company has ever reached in human history,” Musk said during the presentation — while next year is all about launching a “massive wave of new products.” ‘ to bring to market.
In addition to the Cybertruck, the company also plans to release the Tesla Semi EV next year, as well as other products that it has yet to unveil. The electric big rig, designed to transport cargo long distances, was supposed to launch in 2019, but its launch has also been delayed a few times. Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, will also start production in 2023, according to Musk, and will be designed to do all the jobs humans don’t want to do. Another future product that we seem to have a lot to look forward to is a special Robotaxi that will look pretty futuristic. Before all of that, however, Tesla will be rolling out a broad beta of its Full Self-Driving Technology in North America this year.
Below you can see Musk announce Cybertruck’s new launch date:
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