Tesla will wind down manufacturing of its Cybertruck automobiles at its Texas manufacturing facility subsequent yr, Elon Musk says.
He didn’t spell out whether or not it plans to cease making them completely or shift manufacturing elsewhere, however did say the choice was to “make room” for constructing extra of its self-driving Cybercab vehicles.
However the undertaking’s lead engineer, Wes Morrill, appeared to recommend the car was being discontinued, writing on X: “Cybertruck was an unimaginable expertise improvement platform and lives on via Cybercab.”
With its distinctive angular seems, the Cybertruck attracted diehard followers, however was beset by delays earlier than being launched in 2023 and has had disappointing gross sales numbers since.
Tesla followers have been mourning the information on-line, with one individual calling it “the perfect car Tesla has ever made, exterior” as he lamented it being “discontinued subsequent yr”.
Musk responded to the consumer, exterior with the phrase “true”, including: “However the Cybertruck fleet will probably be round for a very long time.”
The car has at all times been a ardour undertaking for Musk. He mentioned it was “far more superior than folks realise, exterior” in March, and known as it the “finest product Tesla has ever made thus far, exterior” in April.
However there have at all times been large questions on whether or not shoppers shared that view and whether or not the Cybertruck may lower via and earn a spot within the US’ profitable truck market.
It was not helped by inauspicious introduction to the general public in 2019 when Musk tried to point out off the Cybertruck’s apparently unbreakable glass, just for it to shatter throughout a dwell demonstration.