The Tesla Cybertruck has amassed 1.5 million pre-orders and finally got a little more information from potential customers with a photo of the body taken at the Gigafactory in Texas.
An update to the production version with final specifications and pricing was expected last year, but the automaker decided not to talk about the electric car, which was already delayed. Tesla introduced the Cybertruck in 2019 and said the electric pickup will hit the market by the end of 2021. However, as the deadline approaches, the automaker said production has been pushed back another year.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk later said production was scheduled to begin “at the end of 2022.” It was later confirmed that the automaker intended to complete development of the Cybertruck for production in mid-2023. In its messaging, Tesla has stuck to that schedule over the past few months, and the arrival of actual production equipment at the Gigafactory in Texas destined for the Cybertruck (which the photo confirms) reinforces the promise.
The image of the body of the future Tesla Cybertruck appeared on the Kim Java YouTube channel. It is reported that the body arrived at the Gigafactory in Texas two months ago.
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Large cast parts can be seen in the body of the truck, it looks like the automaker uses both aluminum and steel parts for the frame. Tesla initially claimed that the Cybertruck would be equipped with an “exoskeleton,” though some have dismissed the term for a car because it’s not clear if parts of the outer body are structural.
This is how Tesla describes the electric pickup truck on its website:
“Cybertruck has an outer shell that provides maximum strength and protection for passengers. From the near-impenetrable exoskeleton, every component is engineered for superior strength and endurance, from ultra-hard, cold-rolled stainless steel structural skin to armored Tesla glass.
Last week, Tesla shipped the first electric Semi trucks that were first announced in 2017. Their production was supposed to start in two years, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a global shortage of parts. PepsiCo representatives, who reserved 100 Semi almost immediately, were looking forward to the first batch of trucks, but the cars did not reach them until 5 years after the announcement.
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Source: Electric
