Tesla unveils new-look Cybertruck – 4 years after embarrassing gaffe at launch presentation

Tesla has shared a brand new look of its upcoming Cybertruck car – nearly 4 years after it was introduced.

The uncommon wanting electrical pick-up truck, first unveiled again in 2019, is nearing full manufacturing – and firm boss Elon Musk has mentioned deliveries ought to start by the top of the yr.

He offered the replace throughout the carmaker’s second-quarter earnings name, the place photographs have been shared of the Cybertruck being constructed at a manufacturing facility in Texas.

It got here just some days after Tesla revealed the primary mannequin had been accomplished.

The images launched throughout Wednesday’s earnings name present the angular car being assembled.

Tesla mentioned it’s nonetheless testing the long-delayed truck for “final certification and validation” earlier than full-scale industrial manufacturing can get underneath means.

Musk added the Cybertruck can be the one car of its kind with 4 doorways, a 1.8m (6ft) mattress, and a sufficiently small footprint to suit inside a 6m (20ft) storage.

“One of the elements of good design is it should feel bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside,” he added.

Analysts have been fast to forged doubt on his supply ambitions, although, with rivals like Ford having unveiled way more typical wanting electrical pick-ups which are simpler to fabricate.

Seth Goldstein, of Morningstar Research, mentioned there is probably not “meaningful volumes” of Cybertrucks till 2025.

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Musk: ‘We’re in turbulent occasions’

Cybertruck has endured a protracted path to market – struggling a number of delays since an embarrassing debut when its supposedly unbreakable home windows shattered twice throughout a stunt to show how robust they have been.

Musk claimed demand had been robust regardless of the gaffe, with 150,000 orders positioned inside days.

Back then, the beginning value was $39,990 (£31,000) – however Musk’s hinted it might change. Tesla has lowered costs of some current vehicles to drive progress amid the unsure financial local weather.

The billionaire admitted he did not know “what the hell is going on” with the economic system throughout the earnings name.

“One day it seems like the world economy is falling apart, next day it’s fine,” mentioned the world’s richest man.

“I don’t know what the hell is going on. We’re in, I would call it, turbulent times.”