A soldier walks next to a Tesla Cybertruck donated to the National Guard in the Pacific Palisades community west of Los Angeles, California, as strong winds fueled devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area and forced evacuations. day.
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Tesla Reportedly starting this week to offer discounts on new Cybertruck vehicles in its inventory Checklist on the company website.
The listing shows that the new Cybertruck is discounted by up to $1,600, with price reductions depending on configuration, with the stock truck demo being discounted by up to around $2,600. Production of angular, unpainted steel pickup trucks has Reported slowdown in recent weeks at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas.
Customer deliveries of this unconventional pickup truck will begin in 2023. The base price is nearly $80,000.
Wall Street previously viewed the Cybertruck as an important driver of Tesla’s core vehicle sales growth.
Although Cybertruck sales exceed Ford According to data tracked by Cox Automotive, the Lightning F-150 was launched in the United States last year and became the fifth-best-selling electric vehicle in the country. Repeat memories Production problems in Austin hampered growth. In November, Tesla launched its sixth recall in a year to replace defective drive inverters.
As CNBC previously reported, Tesla’s deliveries in 2024 are still down slightly year-over-year despite record global demand for electric vehicles. A slew of new competing models from numerous automakers have eroded Tesla’s market share.
according to Cox dataIt is expected that the annual sales of electric vehicles in the United States will reach 1.3 million units in 2024, an increase of 7.3% over the previous year. However, Tesla’s full-year sales fell by approximately 37,000 vehicles.
Tesla’s Model Y SUV and Model 3 sedan rank among the top two best-selling electric vehicles by a wide margin. But sales of both older, more affordable Tesla models fell from the previous year. Cox estimated Tesla sold about 38,965 Cybertrucks in the U.S. last year.
In recent days, Musk has apologized to California customers for delays in delivering the Cybertruck. He said the trucks are now being used to deliver supplies and wireless service to people affected by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
Musk: “Apologies to those who were expecting Cybertruck deliveries in California in the coming days.” Wrote “We need to use these trucks as mobile base stations to provide power to Starlink Internet terminals in the Los Angeles area that do not have network connections. A new truck will be delivered this weekend.”
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