Tesla's futuristic electric pickup truck 'Cybertruck' has more than 1.2 million reservations

The electric pickup truck announced by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla in November 2019 is ' Cybertruck '. Although the release date has not yet been decided, Tesla has already accepted Cybertruck reservations, and it is reported that the number of reservations has exceeded 1.2 million units.

Far from a Flop: Tesla Cybertruck orders surpass 1.2 million units
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Tesla Now Has More Than 1.25 Million Pre-Orders For The Cybertruck
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According to the data of the online reservation tracker created by volunteers, the number of online reservations of Cybertruck has already reached 1,265,51 units, even though it is several months before the production starts at the time of writing the article. If all of this reservation is made, Tesla will have sales of $ 79 billion.

The number of reservations for more than 1.25 million is said to be the largest in the field of electric pickup trucks. The number of reservations for the rival Ford's ' F-150 Lightning ' was 120,000 in two and a half months.

Cybertruck is available in three types: single-motor rear-wheel drive, dual-motor four-wheel drive, and trimotor four-wheel drive, but approximately 48% of all reservations are dual-motor four-wheel drive. That's right. And the least popular is the single motor rear wheel drive specification, which was about 7% of the total number of reservations.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 23, 2020

In addition, CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Cybertruck will be produced at Tesla's plant 'Giga Texas' under construction. However, it has been decided that Model Y will also start production at the same factory. As a result, Cybertruck's initial production is expected to be low.

Update probably in Q2. Cybertruck will be built at Giga Texas, so focus right now is on getting that beast built.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2021

Lars Moraby, vice president of vehicle engineering at Tesla, said at Tesla's second quarter 2021 earnings announcement, 'Cybertruck is in the process of completing the basic design of the vehicle's architecture. Redefining how the car is manufactured in. Of course, the production of Model Y takes precedence over Cybertruck, but in late 2021 it moved to the beta stage of Cybertruck, and after manufacturing Model Y in Giga Texas. of we want to strengthen the Cybertruck production 'and comments have been.

Indie EVs, an electric car news site, said, 'The fact that there are so many reservations means that it takes a lot of patience to actually get Tesla's Cybertruck.' He expressed concern that Cybertruck's production could not keep up.