October 23, 2022
By Gabe Rodriguez Morrison
Tesla is set to begin production of the Cybertruck at Giga Texas in mid-2023, a timeline that was reaffirmed during Tesla’s Q3 earnings call.
After initially unveiling the electric pickup truck in 2019, Tesla has delayed production several times due to supply chain challenges among other economic issues.
While the Cybertruck is going to be built at Giga Texas, Tesla plans to start manufacturing battery packs for the upcoming truck at its Fremont factory, a plant that is already operational. It was previously expected that the batteries would be manufactured at Giga Texas, the same factory where the Cybertruck will be assembled however, battery cells and cell pack manufacturing are not yet ready to begin mass production at its newly constructed Gigafactory in Austin, Texas.
Earlier this year, Tesla applied to build a battery…