There’s no denying it, the long-delayed launch of the Cybertruck has been a gross sales success for Tesla. The angular behemoth has grow to be one of many best-selling six-figure vehicles and it’s now the third-best-selling electrical car in America. That spectacular run might be coming to an finish, nevertheless, because it feels like Tesla might 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 yr. For lower than a yr 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 appears to be like like Tesla could also be reaching the tip of its ready checklist, as new patrons can reportedly decide up a model new Cybertruck a lot before they could count on, in accordance 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 virtually instantly no matter if you place your order:
Customers are stating that reservation holders will not be solely getting their vehicles before 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 obtainable 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 consumer wrote. “Until I’m some particular case (not), all of the folks on the reservation ready checklist of ‘over 1 million’ or ‘virtually 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 just a few months in the past.”
The consumer added, with some hypothesis, “The multi-year pre-launch backlog has dissipated earlier than the primary yr was out.”
The dialogue has been a sizzling subject over on the Cybertruck Homeowners Discussion board, the place patrons and reservation holders have chimed in with their very own two cents on the difficulty. One proprietor, who took supply of a Basis Sequence truck earlier this yr, had a second truck supplied up shortly after, regardless of “pondering i’d have to attend a few yrs” for the second truck.
Some did speculate that reservation holders might, as a substitute, be ready for the “proper time” to choose up their Cybertruck, as discussion board consumer Igs added:
Nope. The reservations will nonetheless exist till Tesla refunds them. There are nonetheless a whole lot of 1000’s of reservations that haven’t been stuffed but because the holders look ahead to the fitting time, or the fitting worth. A reservation holder will at all times have precedence over a non-reservation holder. And for those who reserved with FSD, the value of FSD will likely 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 reasonably priced mannequin of the Cybertruck, they could 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 difficulty 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 will likely be ready for much longer to get their fingers on the truck, as smart folks throughout the Atlantic have pedestrian security requirements that the truck will most likely fail.
