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(Elbil24): Then Elon Musk and Tesla showed off his Cybertruck pickup in November 2019, the audience responded with everything from shock to wild excitement. Some even thought it was all a joke.
Many wrote off the car with the futuristic and angular design as a gimmick that would never reach the production line, but Musk insisted that the car would go into production and be ready for delivery in 2021.
And despite the criticism, the car quickly gained many followers, and Tesla confirmed in May this year that over one million customers have reserved the car, most in the USA – but also here at home many could imagine a copy. Already a year ago we could report that the car had been reserved by over 6,000 Norwegians.
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Delayed – again
In August, however, the message came that the car would not go into production until 2022. Now Elon Musk has just announced in a meeting with shareholders, that the car will not go into volume production until 2023.
However, Tesla hopes to be able to produce a modest number of cars in 2022, but due to the ongoing chip shortage in the market, according to the company, it will not be possible to start volume production until the following year. The factory in Austin, Texas that will build the car is still not finished and operational, which makes the situation even more difficult.
The postponement also applies to another Tesla novelty, the sports car Roadster, which will also not go into production until 2023.
If you reserves a copy via Tesla’s Norwegian online store now, you will still receive the following message:
“You will be able to complete the configuration as production approaches in late 2022.”
However, we already know that the American market will be given priority, which means that Norwegian customers will have to wait even longer.
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There has also been uncertainty as to whether the heavy, angular and hard car would pass the EU’s strict regulations for type approval, which, among other things, sets requirements for soft zones that benefit pedestrians and cyclists in the event of a collision.
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It is therefore likely that there will be a separate, smaller version for the European market, which we have written about earlier.
Elbil24’s editor-in-chief Fred Magne Skillebæk thinks this will take time.
– Now it’s mostly about getting Model Y, then Cybertruck for the American market. They also have a Semi going out, in addition to the new Roadster. I personally do not think a smaller pickup is ready for Norway until 2024 at the earliest, but it will be pure guesswork, says Skillebæk.
However, the reservation costs only NOK 1,000, and Tesla emphasizes that the amount will be fully refundable.
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