Tesla pulls the plug on the Cybertruck | FT #shorts
Tesla will stop production of its Cybertruck following weak sales and multiple recalls on a product that Elon Musk described as ‘a futuristic battle tank’ designed to be the ‘toughest’ pick-up truck on the market.
In a post on X, Musk said on Friday that the carmaker was ‘winding down’ production of the Cybertruck at its gigafactory in Texas around the middle of next year as it switches to boosting output of its self-driving taxi Cybercab.
Despite Tesla’s ambitions when it was unveiled in 2019 and launched in 2023, the Cybertruck has become one of the biggest product flops for Musk and faced several recalls and safety issues, explains the FT’s Kana Inagaki.
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