production of the second-generation Tesla Roadster has been pushed back once again to 2023, adding yet one more year to the wait between the electric sports car’s preliminary expose as well as its on-sale date.
Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, made the statement in his typical roundabout fashion during the company’s annual shareholder meeting, citing supply chain difficulties as the primary obstruction to getting both the Roadster as well as the upcoming Cybertruck on the road.
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Musk explained: “This year has just been a constant struggle with parts supply. just to be clear, if we had five additional products, we would not modification our car output at all, since we were just essentially restricted by several supply chain shortages.
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“Like, so numerous supply chain shortages, so numerous times. as well as not just chips; there were great deals of supply chain shortages,” Musk said. “So it truly wouldn’t matter if we had the Semi or the Cybertruck or anything, as we’d just not be able to make it.
“So I believe what we’ll see is for Cybertruck to begin production at the end of next year as well as then reach volume production at the end of 2023. ideally we can likewise be creating the Semi as well as the new Roadster in 2023 as well.”