The announcement you’ve been waiting for: when the Tesla Cybertruck will be launched

The carmaker also plans to launch a wide beta of Full Self-Driving technology in North America this year.

Tesla will finally start selling Cybertruck next year, Elon Musk announced at the opening party of the Giga factory in Texas. During his presentation on stage, Musk showed the standard Cybertruck vehicle, which still looks like previous versions, except that its doors no longer have handles. The car will be able to tell that you are there and will know that it should open its doors. He also apologized for the delay in launching the Cybertruck launch, which was first announced in 2019. Tesla’s initial and very optimistic launch target date was 2021, but it delayed the launch of the vehicle until 2022, and now until in 2023.

The carmaker will produce Cybertruck at Texas Gigafactory, which is expected to become the “largest volume” car factory in America. Musk also talked about the other planned Gigactories around the world and how the manufacture of vehicles near the place where they are to be delivered is much more environmentally friendly. This year is about increasing production – a scale that “no company has ever reached in human history,” Musk said during the presentation – while next year is about launching a “massive wave of new products.” .

Tesla has enough projects underway

In addition to Cybertruck, the company plans to launch the Tesla Semi EV next year, as well as other products it has not yet revealed.

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will also begin production in 2023, Musk said, and will be designed to perform any task that humans do not want to do. Another product is a dedicated robot taxi, which will be designed to look quite futuristic. However, first of all, Tesla will launch a comprehensive beta version of Full Self-Drive technology in North America this year.

You can watch Musk announce the new Cybertruck release date below: