Tesla Cybertruck: Here’s Why It Seems Like a Major Flop

Tesla has made major decisions to streamline its Cybertruck lineup and revealed ridiculous waiting times.

If you want a Tesla Cybertruck, know that there is no longer a waiting list. After delivering about 16,000 units to early customers, Tesla seems to have exhausted demand. So much so that if you place an order for a Cybertruck today, Tesla tells you the delivery will be between August and September 2024. Except we are already in August 2024…

So, where has the million orders touted by Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk gone? Vanished? Already produced and delivered? The American manufacturer no longer communicates about sales figures, but about production, once a quarter, like any audited and publicly listed company. There’s no choice but to play transparently.

Nevertheless, significant decisions have been made in recent days. Firstly, the disappearance of the two-wheel drive version, the most affordable one, which was promised for 2025. Simply postponed… or thrown to the wayside?

Now, only two versions remain in the lineup: the AWD and the Cyberbeast, both in the Foundation Series launch trim very well-equipped. Prices start at $99,990 excluding taxes (€91,500, or €110,000 including French VAT) for the AWD and rise to $119,990 excluding taxes (about €132,000 with French VAT) for the Cyberbeast, the first units of which are promised for this winter 2024.

Does this streamlining of the lineup follow the admission that Tesla was losing money on every Cybertruck sold?

No more waiting

After opening its order books to Canada and Mexico, the Tesla Cybertruck no longer hides its delivery times. Within a few weeks, it is delivered just like a Model Y priced at €36,990. There can be no other explanation than a cruel lack of demand for this vehicle.

The Cybertruck is certainly impressive, graphic, disruptive, but its performance in terms of range is too limited to make it a real everyday vehicle.

Tesla is also taking advantage of the redesign of its store to finally display the much-criticized Range Extender purchase option priced at a friendly $16,000 excluding taxes (about €17,500 with French VAT). Let’s hope it doesn’t cross the Atlantic in the coming months, despite Tesla’s attempts to sell a few.

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