Tesla Delays Cybertruck To Early 2023, Says Report Know Details

New Delhi: Pushing again its deadline, Tesla has introduced a brand new timeline for the preliminary manufacturing of its much-anticipated Cybertruck. The electrical car (EV) maker has talked about that it will now start the preliminary manufacturing of the Cybertruck at finish of the primary quarter (Q1) of subsequent 12 months, the media has reported. The EV maker’s CEO Elon Musk has additionally promised to share an official roadmap later in January.

Initially introduced in 2019, the EV maker had mentioned Cybertruck can be rolling off manufacturing strains by late final 12 months, however that didn’t occur. Full manufacturing was delayed to a while in 2022 and now that deadline too has been waived. Musk’s Tesla is predicted to make restricted manufacturing of the Cybertruck within the first quarter of 2023 earlier than rising output, mentioned a report by information company Reuters.

In the meantime, Tesla’s India launch plans have been dampened as nicely. In line with media stories, it seems that Tesla is lowering import duties on its vehicles for its India launch since excessive import duties will imply excessive costs and in flip will imply decrease gross sales expectations. It additionally appears first the EV maker desires to promote the Mannequin 3 and different merchandise by way of the import route after which start native manufacturing.

Earlier, the billionaire entrepreneur had mentioned that Tesla Inc, the US electric-vehicle pioneer, was “working by way of” a variety of challenges with the Indian authorities. The remark from Musk got here as he talked in regards to the plans to launch Tesla vehicles in India, nevertheless, reportedly the negotiations over import duties and native manufacturing have led to an deadlock.