Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has removed from its website all references to its Cybertruck going into production in 2022, suggesting another delay for the pick-up truck’s launch.
The change in status was picked up by news outlets, with news agency Reuters citing an unnamed source, reporting Tesla now plans to start producing the Cybertruck in the first quarter of 2023.
The causes for another delay – the model was originally scheduled to launch last year – are changes to the features and functions of the vehicle, which when (if) launched will compete with electric pick-up trucks already in the marketplace from the Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and Rivian Automotive.
Tesla’s founder and boss Elon Musk unveiled plans for the pick-up truck in 2019 with early 2021 pencilled in as the initial launch date. The pandemic and the concomitant supply issues led to further delays, with the company hoping to release the vehicle, which looks like it was designed on a 1980s home computer using vector-based graphics software, in 2022.
Musk has previously indicated that the Cybertruck single motor RWD model would have a retail price of US$39,000 and would be able to tow up to 535 stone but those specifications have also disappeared from the Tesla website.
The Cybertruck single motor RWD model is expected to have a range of more than 250-miles while the dual-motor AWD model is expected to have a range of more than 500 miles.