Elon Musk: Tesla Semi will be released this year, and Cybertruck – next year
Elon Musk not only sold a large block of Tesla shares worth nearly $7 billion despite an April promise not to sell any more, but also shared an update on the timing of the release of future cars – in a laconic tweet from the CEO after mentioning the grand development plan from 2016, he confirmed that the Tesla electric truck The Semi will be released this year, with the Cybertruck following next year.
Semi
We are talking about the basic version with a 500 kWh unit, which will be able to cover 480 km on a single charge. This is interesting because until now, Tesla planned the start of serial production of the Tesla Semi for 2023. It is possible that Elon Musk has in mind the shipment of the first batches with a very limited number of trucks.
Tesla 500 mile range Semi Truck starts shipping this year, Cybertruck next year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 10, 2022
Tesla first announced the Semi back in 2017 alongside the new Roadster sports car, but Tesla’s first truck, which is set to revolutionize the world of trucking, has yet to go on sale. In the spring of 2021, Tesla has been actively testing new prototypes of the Semi — it is expected that the first version will go on sale with a basic version with a 500 kWh unit, which will be able to cover 480 km on a single charge, and a longer-range version capable of driving 1,000 km on a single charge will be released later . The Tesla Semi is equipped with four independent electric motors on the rear axles and can accelerate from 0 to 96.56 km/h in 20 seconds. At least such characteristics were announced from the very beginning and the company has not changed them yet. Prices start at $150,000, and since the announcement, Tesla has received several large orders from companies like Walmart and FedEx. In addition, in May, Tesla opened pre-sales through the American website and began collecting orders for the Semi with a mandatory deposit of $20,000.
Cybertruck
As for the Tesla Cybertruck, there are no changes here — as before, serial production of the sensational armored pickup should begin in 2023. Until now, Tesla has already postponed the release of the Cybertruck several times – let’s recall, the presentation of the futuristic armored pickup took place in November 2019, and Elon Musk’s company initially expected that the first Cybertrucks would come off the assembly line by the end of 2021, but in the end the company faced production difficulties, as well as a lack of batteries and chips.
As of early August 2021, Tesla had more than 1.2 million orders for the Cybertruck — there have been no new order statistics since then. At the same time, the founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, announced at the FT Future of the Car 2022 conference last week that the company is already secured with Cybertruck orders for three and a half years. Meanwhile, in May 2022, Tesla took and completely stopped taking orders for the Cybertruck everywhere except North America.
In a tweet today, Elon Musk hinted that the third part of this big Tesla business plan is entirely about scaling sustainable energy on a global scale to ensure a brighter future for the Earth and its inhabitants (whatever that means).
Coming soon. Part 3 is about scaling sustainable energy at a civilizational level to enable a bright future for Earth.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 10, 2022
Now Tesla is focused on increasing production and is looking at a place to build a new Gigafactory – according to preliminary data, Elon Musk’s company will build a new car factory in Ternopil, Canada.
