Tesla's nightmare.
Musk Company "Digging Its Grave"
with Cybertruck!
Elon Musk fears Tesla is "digging its own grave" through Cybertruck
with some experts claiming it would be cheaper
for the company to
cancel production of the stainless steel car altogether.
The first Cybertrucks is due to be officially launched next week
after years of unveiling the unconventional-shaped car in 2019.
Musk
Tesla's chief executive, blamed the production delay on
battery prices and the decision to cover the future
looking car with stainless steel alloy.
He said:
We dug our own
grave using Cybertruck.
It is one of
those special products that only comes once every long time.
It is therefore extremely difficult to
bring to the market and to achieve prosperity. "
Musk
revealed that it would take 12 to 18 months of fatigue
sweat and tears" to reach the required volume of production.
Industry experts said that
part of the Cybertruck problem was that
it was designed for a "non-existent" market.
Eric Noble
president of The CarLab
a consulting firm for automotive products and design
said:
"The very obvious problems with Cybertruck relate to the same concept.
The market was not asking for a stainless steel finishing
or a strange side view.
these are all answers to a question not posed by the pickup market ".
The first Cybertrucks are scheduled to be presented to customers on November 30
in a special live-streamed event at Tesla Gigafactory in Austin
Texas
with Musk introduced.
Musk
revealed that full mass production of
the car will not begin until 2024.
Up to 1.5 million buyers are believed to
have already paid $100 to book the Cybertruck.
It is not clear when these buyers will receive their vehicles
as the offer forms go to the stores.
Cybertruck has an estimated battery range of up to 500 miles
and will be able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds.
problems for the vehicle's repeated delays
saying each Cybertruck
would have cost $1 million if it had gone on sale in 2021.
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