Tesla reported on Saturday that it’s constructed its first Cybertruck at its Austin manufacturing facility.  

The announcement, which units the stage for additional dialogue throughout Tesla’s quarterly replace for shareholders Wednesday, was accompanied by no new details about the electrical truck, or perhaps a verification that that is actually a manufacturing mannequin. Additionally nonetheless lacking as of but are particulars about precise pricing and specs of the Cybertruck, which Tesla has faraway from its web site, though it’s continued to build up $100 deposits. 

First Cybertruck constructed at Giga Texas! pic.twitter.com/ODRhHVsd0t

— Tesla (@Tesla) July 15, 2023

After varied hints of an upcoming “Cyberpunk Truck” and a pickup with some particular sci-fi influences, Tesla revealed the Cybertruck in 2019 in production-bound idea kind, with the corporate promising a $39,900 beginning worth, 0-60 mph acceleration in lower than three seconds, a payload of three,500 kilos and as much as a 14,000-pound tow ranking, and as much as 500 miles of vary. The idea truck’s “practically impenetrable exoskeleton,” manufactured from stainless-steel, seems to have made it by to manufacturing, and it’s possible the unbreakable home windows, which broke throughout an illustration, will arrive improved. 

Tesla Cybertruck idea (Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.)

Tesla has been skinny on data since then, and the Cybertruck, which was initially due in 2021, has been given a number of delays. In Could 2020, after suggesting the Cybertruck can be about 5% smaller in manufacturing kind, CEO Elon Musk stated that the proportions and measurement of the idea truck can be preserved within the manufacturing model. Additionally search for a “game-changing” air suspension providing a wider vary of energetic experience peak and energetic damping than different vehicles. 

In December Musk confirmed that the Cybertruck will make the most of its Supercharger V4 tech, permitting DC quick charging doubtlessly as much as 1 megawatt. 

2019 Tesla Cybertruck Prototype (Petersen Automotive Museum)

It’s been urged that the Cybertruck will arrive with a considerably greater worth than the unique $39,900. Ford CEO Jim Farley lately urged that the Cybertruck is a distinct segment product for “Silicon Valley individuals.” However Farley has additionally referred to as Ford’s next-generation electrical truck arriving in 2026 the Millennium Falcon of vehicles, with loads of nods to superior tech and a futuristic kind. For now, the Cybertruck will rival the F-150 Lightning, which now begins effectively over $60,000, in addition to the Chevrolet Silverado EV and, in 2025, the Ram 1500 REV.  

Musk hinted in Could that Cybertruck manufacturing would possibly attain 500,000 models per 12 months. The announcement, whether or not it marks the beginning of a really gradual manufacturing ramp or whether or not it’s merely constructed a brand new prototype, just isn’t prone to sign Cybertruck mass manufacturing—anticipated in 2024—fairly but.