Tesla is recalling the Cybertruck as well, but it's another way to update the software over the air, so it's not a big deal. But what it does do is reveal how many Cybertrucks Tesla has produced so far.
The Cybertruck has been in production for almost a year now and Tesla has yet to officially share how many have been produced or delivered.
Tesla recently released its Q3 production and delivery results, but the automaker is the most opaque in the industry when it comes to disclosing each model's delivery. It combines the sales of the Model 3 and Model Y together and then the rest of the vehicles, the Model S, Model X, Cybertruck, and Tesla Semi, all in the same category.
However, when it comes to the Cybertruck, we were able to freely track its delivery progress thanks to a series of four memories.
The last one came in late June and revealed that Tesla has delivered about 11,000 Cybertrucks so far.
Now, Tesla is issuing a new Cybertruck recall related to a problem with the rearview camera:
In certain affected vehicles, under certain conditions, the vehicle's system (including the reverse image) may not complete the shutdown process before the system is instructed to start. If the driver initiates an assist event before the vehicle system has completed shutdown and activation, the rearview image may not display within two seconds of putting the vehicle in reverse as required by FMVSS 111, S6.2.3.
A fix is an over-the-air software update.
So, the most interesting part to remember is the “population affected”. It seems to affect all Cybertrucks produced until mid-September:
The target population includes certain Model Year (MY) 2024 Cybertruck vehicles built between November 13, 2023, and September 14, 2024, that are running or were running certain low-power hardware software.
Tesla says 27,185 vehicles are affected.
And, by the end of June, Tesla had produced 11,000 Cybertrucks. Yesterday, Tesla reported that it delivered 22,915 “other vehicles,” including the Cybertruck.
Electrek's Take
With just a few weeks left in Q3, at 27,000, Tesla may have had about 30,000 Cybertrucks at the end of the quarter and 11,000 at the end of June.
It means that about half of the ~23,000 “other cars” Tesla delivered in Q3 were Cybertrucks.
That doesn't look good on the Model S and Model X.
As for the Cybertruck, I also thought it would be higher now that it's almost a year out of production.
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