Tesla roadmap update coming on January 26 — what to expect

Tesla roadmap update coming on January 26 — what to await

Tesla Cybertruck speeds throug the desert

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Tesla has a lot lined upwardly for the future, just thanks to several delays we accept absolutely no idea when those new products are coming. That's peculiarly true of the Cybertruck, which was originally supposed to launch last yr, but now isn't expected until this fall at the earliest.

Tesla has just announced it will release its earnings report for Q4 2021 on January 26. Elon Musk previously revealed that he would render to this call, despite claims he was skipping them from now on, to offer an update on Tesla'due south product roadmap.

Which is a good affair, because information technology means we'll start to get an idea of what to await from Tesla — both this year and beyond.

Plainly the elephant in the room is the Cybertruck, which has fallen into the pit of delays like so many Tesla cars earlier it. The truck was supposed to showtime rolling off the production line at Gigafactory Austin late concluding year, ready for volume production in 2022. Even so, Tesla chose to prioritise production of the Model Y at the Texas found, leaving Cybertruck production in limbo.

In the by Musk and Tesla take pointed out that the Cybertruck's unique design, namely the all-steel exoskeleton frame, required a whole new casting process — one that had yet to exist finalized. Likewise the Tesla CEO said that a shortage in 4680 battery production apparently fabricated it incommunicable to build the truck for an affordable price.

Recently the company removed Cybertruck specs and pricing from its website, which didn't bode well for its release. Only this earnings telephone call is a perfect opportunity for Tesla to reply some burning questions. We'll likewise likely hear more most extended Model Y production, happening in Austin and Berlin, which has been going on for a few months now.

But those aren't the merely vehicles Tesla has in the pipeline. At that place's also the perpetually-delayed second generation Tesla Roadster, the Tesla Semi truck and the mysterious $25K hatchback Musk announced concluding year.

The Roadster has been in the works for over a decade now, and in 2011 Musk suggested the second generation model could get into production past 2014. More teases happened over the following years, until the automobile was announced at the same time as the Tesla Semi in 2017 — aiming for a 2020 launch. Further delays pushed the auto back to late 2021, so 2022 and at present 2023.

Meanwhile the Semi looks to be close to hitting the streets, with low volume product already starting at Tesla's Nevada plant. There was even speculation that the first few units could be delivered, to PepsiCo no less, earlier the stop of last year. All the same, it's not clear whether that happened or non — not that ordinary people will be buying one of these trucks. After the Cybertruck, this is the upcoming vehicle nosotros expect to hear the near about on January 26.

As for the fabulous hatchback, which would see Tesla actually lower its pricing for once, that remains a mystery. Musk announced the car would be coming one-time in 2023, though that was before the latest string of delays. Don't expect to hear a lot about this detail car, though there may well be a cursory mention — and possibly even an update on its launch window.

We'll bring you more news once the earnings call really takes identify in simply nether two weeks.

Tom is the Tom'south Guide's Automotive Editor, which ways he can unremarkably exist found knee deep in stats the latest and all-time electric cars, or checking out some sort of driving gadget. It's long style from his days equally editor of Gizmodo Britain, when pretty much everything was on the table. He's usually found trying to squeeze another giant Lego set onto the shelf, draining very large cups of coffee, or complaining that Ikea won't let him purchase the stuff he really needs online.