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I'm Shocked to Report Tesla Cybertruck Mass Production Is Delayed Again

A boxy Cybertruck cruising along a test track
A boxy Cybertruck cruising along a test track

If you’ve been holding your breath since 2019 for a Tesla Cybertruck you need to think of your family and breathe; CEO Elon Musk announced in a call with investors Wednesday that volume production of the giant electric truck would likely only start in 2024.

Musk, of course, loves to say new products will come at some point in the future until they don’t. He said the Cybertruck would go into production in late 2021 back when the vehicle was revealed in 2019. In 2021, production was delayed to 2022. When 2022 came around, Musk pegged production at the end of 2023. Now we’re in 2023, and Musk has kicked the can further down the road.

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There was some good news on the call: Tesla earnings rose 33 percent in the fourth quarter over a year ago beating projections and earning the automaker $21.3 billion, CNBC reports.

Musk also told investors that some Cybertrucks would roll off the line this year, but mass production wouldn’t start for a while, according to the Verge: