INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tesla says its first production Cybertruck electric pickup has rolled off the assembly line, nearly two years behind the original
schedule.The company tweeted a photo on Saturday showing scores of workers in helmets and yellow vests surrounding the truck.&First
Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!& Tesla tweeted.Musk unveiled the truck in late 2019, and Tesla had said production would start in late 2021,
although the company has since cautioned that production would begin slowly and in smaller numbers than Tesla&s other vehicles.With its
wedge shape and stainless-steel body — which Tesla calls the exoskeleton — the Cybertruck looks nothing like a traditional pickup
Some analysts have panned it as a niche product that won&t have broad appeal, Associated Press reported.Musk said in April that the company
expected to deliver the first truck probably in the July-through-September quarter
He said that as with other new products, production would start slowly and then speed up.&It takes time to get the manufacturing line
going,& he said, &and this is really a very radical product
It&s not made in the way that other cars are made
So let&s see.&The truck&s 2019 unveiling veered off course when a window that was touted as unbreakable was spider-cracked when hit by a big
metal ball.Tesla originally said it would make three versions of the truck, ranging from about $40,000 to $70,000
Later the company removed prices from the page.Competitors have rushed into the electric truck market, including the Ford F-150 Lightning
and Rivian Automotive&s R1T
Both look like conventional pickups.The post Tesla&s 1st electric pickup truck rolls off assembly line first appeared on Ariana News.
