.Tesla's long-anticipated Cybertrucks will begin making deliveries next year, CEO ElonMusk announced Thursday night.
The electric pickups will be accompanied by the Tesla Roadster and the Tesla Semi EV, the company's first attempt at producing electric semi haulers, in entering the marketplace in 2023, Musk announced at the"Cyber Rodeo," an event organized by Tesla on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the Texas Gigafactory.
The CEO initially announced the Cybertruck in 2019, claiming that it would go into production in 2021. However, that model was delayed in 2021 and 2022 due to supply chain problems. The Texas Gigafactory is its fourth factory in the United States, following the car factory in Fremont, California; the battery factory in Sparks, Nevada; and the solar factory in Buffalo, New York. Tesla spent more than $1 billion building the Texas plant, according to the Verge.Musk has moved several operations to the Lone Star State, including the construction of a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas.
The Tesla CEO made news on Monday when he was revealed to be the largest shareholder of Twitter, with Musk promising"significant improvements" to the Big Tech company. He was later invited to join Twitter's board of directors on Tuesday.
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