Tesla's Cyber Truck has been delayed and will likely not be produced until next year

Tesla apparently dodged questions about the truck's production schedule during a recent earnings call when the 2021 release of the Cyber Truck was in question Furthermore, since we are talking about Tesla, delays are Tesla's bread and butter

Tesla seems to have avoided a grand announcement that the cybertruck is delayed, and instead quietly updated the cybertruck order page on its website

Heading over there, we see that Tesla is asking for a $100 deposit today, noting that buyers can complete the truck's configuration closer to production

Importantly, even the Tri and dual-motor Cyber trucks, which were supposed to start rolling off the assembly line by the end of 2021, this is said to be 2022

Of course, this could also mean that Tesla has so many pre-orders that they cannot offer a 2021 delivery date In particular, the truck appears to have over a million pre-orders But all joking aside, the signs that the Cyber Truck will not meet its ambitious launch date have been fairly obvious for some time

And not only because of the very high hurdle of fulfilling one million pre-orders by the end of the year

Elon Musk said on Tesla's Q2 earnings call (via InsideEVs) that if the cybertrucks were built right now, they would "literally cost a million dollars a car"

Obvious exaggerations aside, without the right batteries, electric vehicles cannot be built, and without enough to start mass production, the cost of individual trucks is not feasible This is also why the Tesla Semi trucks have suffered another delay

Musk has previously stated that there are challenges in manufacturing cybertrucks One example is the steel exoskeleton, which apparently required an entirely new manufacturing process Similarly, Tesla has only recently completed the engineering design of the Cybertruck, making a 2021 launch even less likely

Meanwhile, Tesla is ramping up construction of the Tesla Model Y at its Texas plant The company previously confirmed that construction of the Cybertruck will begin after Model Y production begins at the plant Apparently, this will happen "by the end of the year"

The exact timeline has not yet been determined, but it is a good sign that Tesla will meet that particular deadline, as the Tesla Model Y is already in production at Tesla plants around the world When that happens, Tesla will finally be able to offer people an electric truck and the 500+ miles of range it is supposed to carry