There’s no denying it, the long-delayed launch of the Cybertruck has been a gross sales success for Tesla. The angular behemoth has change into one of many best-selling six-figure automobiles and it’s now the third-best-selling electrical car in America. That spectacular run may very well be coming to an finish, nevertheless, because it appears like Tesla could have reached the underside of its reservation checklist.
In the course of the third quarter of 2024, Tesla offered greater than 16,000 Cybertrucks right here in America. This added to the greater than 11,000 Cybertrucks that have been shipped by Tesla within the first half of the 12 months. For lower than a 12 months of deliveries on a automobile that begins round $100,000, that isn’t too shabby.
Whereas greater than 27,000 Cybertrucks offered is to not be sniffed at, it’s considerably decrease than the lofty ambitions Tesla had for the truck previous to its launch. Earlier than lastly commencing deliveries of the Cybertruck, Tesla executives claimed they had greater than 1 million reservations, or shut to 2 million reservations, relying on who you requested.
Now, it seems to be like Tesla could also be reaching the tip of its ready checklist, as new consumers can reportedly choose up a model new Cybertruck a lot ahead of they could count on, in keeping with a report from Inside EVs. Regardless of claiming to have greater than 1 million reservations for the truck, Cybertrucks can now be picked up nearly instantly no matter if you place your order:
Customers are mentioning that reservation holders aren’t solely getting their vehicles ahead of anticipated however that those that go to order a truck now are sometimes being directed to purchase the non-Basis Sequence vehicles that have been solely accessible at launch.
“I say confirmed as a result of [Tesla is] now inviting somebody like me, who reserved eight months after launch/first buyer deliveries, to order and take supply of an everyday (non-Basis) Cybertruck inside 60 days,” one discussion board person wrote. “Except I’m some particular case (not), all of the folks on the reservation ready checklist of ‘over 1 million’ or ‘nearly 2 million’ (relying on who was talking) that have been there [in] Nov. 2023 have been invited for each Basis and non-Basis Sequence. And they’re previous that group and onto folks like me who ordered only some months in the past.”
The person added, with some hypothesis, “The multi-year pre-launch backlog has dissipated earlier than the primary 12 months was out.”
The dialogue has been a scorching matter over on the Cybertruck Homeowners Discussion board, the place consumers and reservation holders have chimed in with their very own two cents on the problem. One proprietor, who took supply of a Basis Sequence truck earlier this 12 months, had a second truck provided up shortly after, regardless of “pondering i’d have to attend a few yrs” for the second truck.
Some did speculate that reservation holders could, as a substitute, be ready for the “proper time” to choose up their Cybertruck, as discussion board person Igs added:
Nope. The reservations will nonetheless exist till Tesla refunds them. There are nonetheless a whole lot of hundreds of reservations that haven’t been stuffed but because the holders look forward to the appropriate time, or the appropriate value. A reservation holder will all the time have precedence over a non-reservation holder. And for those who reserved with FSD, the worth of FSD shall be locked in.
In the meantime, folks with out reservations are already ordering and taking deliveries.
If these reservation holders are ready out for a extra inexpensive mannequin of the Cybertruck, they might be ready a while. Regardless of promising that the Cybertruck would begin at $39,900, the electrical pickup now retails at near $100,000 after Tesla killed off its base RWD Cybertruck, which was meant to promote for $60,990.
Moreover, there’s the problem of abroad reservation holders. Because it stands, Tesla can solely promote the ridiculous truck within the U.S. with ambitions to carry it to Canada quickly. European Tesla followers shall be ready for much longer to get their fingers on the truck, as wise folks throughout the Atlantic have pedestrian security requirements that the truck will in all probability fail.
