Tesla is reducing production of the Cybertruck as it shifts workers to Model Y production because the fleet of electric trucks is piling up.
The automaker had planned a production capacity of 250,000 Cybertrucks a year at the Gigafactory Texas, and CEO Elon Musk said he could see this ramped up to 500,000 a year.
However, things don't work out that way.
After selling nearly 40,000 Cybertrucks in its first year of production (2024), Tesla is already scaling back Cybertruck production, according to documents obtained by Business Insider.
The report says Tesla has asked employees working on Cybertruck production to switch to Model Y production for “business needs”:
“As we continue to evaluate schedules to meet business needs, we will be making changes to the Model Y and Cyber plans and want to ensure that your preferences are considered.”
The moves come as Tesla faces growing Cybertruck inventory and has begun directly discounting them by $1,600 and adding “free charging for life” to the list:
Last month, we reported that Tesla even removed the “Foundations Series” badges from some Cybertrucks to sell them as cheaper regular ones and bundled the US Cybertrucks into the Canadian market to try to sell them.
With the release of its sales report for Q4 2024, Tesla indicated that Cybertruck deliveries in Q4 are flat or lower compared to Q3 despite introducing cheaper models of the car during the quarter.
The move of workers from the Cybertruck to the Model Y also comes as Tesla prepares to build a new version of the Model Y at the Gigafactory Texas after launching it in China.
However, Tesla usually does not start new production with the damage of another car system, but in this case, it is easy because of the problems that Cybertruck wants.
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