Tesla Celebrates Delayed Arrival of First Electric Cybertruck Off the Assembly Line – The Hill

Tesla celebrated the arrival of its first electric pickup truck, Cybertruck, after it rolled off the assembly line on Saturday, years after unveiling the first prototype in 2019.

The EV company initially announced that production would begin in late 2021, but delays have been encountered. Now, almost two years later, the first Cybertruck has been officially built.

The company celebrated the milestone on Twitter with a photo of workers in hats and yellow vests surrounding the truck at its Gigafactory Texas facility near Austin.

Tesla owner Elon Musk retweeted The photo reads, “Congratulations Tesla Team!”

The truck’s journey did not get off to a good start after when it was first unveiled in 2019, a window believed to be unbreakable cracked after being hit by a large metal ball.

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Tesla was largely silent about its plans for the vehicle after that, but announced in late 2021 that an updated version was coming. In January 2022, Tesla announced it would delay production until 2023, and in November of that year, speaking to financial analysts in November of that year, Musk said production would start “mid-2023,” according to Portal.

The wedge-shaped, stainless steel-bodied truck allows Musk’s company to compete in the electric pickup truck market.

The Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian Automotive’s R1T are two of Tesla’s competitors, but the Ford and Rivian versions are more like traditional pickup trucks.

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