Throughout a latest interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared some attention-grabbing particulars concerning the upcoming Cybertruck, together with what number of models the automaker is trying to produce per yr.
When requested on the podcast what number of Cybertrucks Tesla could make in a month, Musk advised Rogan that Tesla is trying to construct round 200,000 Cybertrucks per yr upon scaling manufacturing.
“We’re aiming to make about 200,000 a yr at quantity manufacturing,” Musk stated. “Perhaps somewhat extra, however I simply can’t emphasize sufficient that manufacturing is way a lot more durable than the preliminary design.”
“Not that the Cybertruck was straightforward to design, I’m not making an attempt to trivialize design. What I’m making an attempt to do is to emphasise the issue of producing which isn’t understood by the general public as a result of there’s no film about it,” Musk added.
The acknowledged determine would put Tesla at over 16,500 models per thirty days, for a weekly manufacturing output of greater than 4,000 Cybertrucks. In Could, Musk predicted Tesla would finally construct between 250,000 and 500,000 Cybertrucks per yr.
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Throughout Tesla’s Q3 earnings name, Musk additionally stated that ramping up Cybertruck manufacturing would take 12 to 18 months. Musk’s assertion additionally echoed previous sentiments surrounding the issue in ramping up manufacturing of any automobile, like the numerous occasions he has referred to the Mannequin 3’s ramp-up as “manufacturing hell.”
Along with discussing the Cybertruck manufacturing ramp, Musk shared how a lot he seems as much as Ford Motors Founder Henry Ford, even calling him a “next-level genius.”
“The superb factor about vehicles was not a lot the invention of the auto, however the invention of the manufacturing unit and mass manufacturing,” Musk stated. “And for that, Henry Ford deserves a number of credit score. He was a next-level genius. In reality, Ford is de facto chargeable for the complete mass manufacturing trade as a result of he really based Cadillac, which was the center of Normal Motors, then he bought kicked out after which began Ford. After which different corporations copied him.”
The manufacturing particulars got here amongst a number of different matters mentioned in the course of the podcast, which is over two hours lengthy. You may take heed to the complete podcast under on Spotify.
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