Tesla rolls out its first electric pickup, the Cybertruck
Monday, 17 July 2023
NEW YORK, July 16 (AFP): US automaker Tesla on Saturday announced that its first electric pickup-a slick-looking silver Cybertruck-had rolled off the assembly line at its huge plant near Austin, Texas.
"First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!" says a tweet from the company, accompanied by a photo of the futuristic vehicle amid a sea of helmeted and yellow-vested Tesla workers.
Elon Musk, who owns both Tesla and Twitter, reposted the tweet with the comment "Congrats Tesla Team."
Tesla did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on Saturday.
The company had promised in April that it would be rolling out the first Cybertrucks before the end of the year.
Plans for the vehicle, with its silvery, tortoise-like shape and unusual angles, were first announced in November 2019.
Its original introduction went awry when Musk urged a Tesla employee to strike one of the prototype's windows with a hunk of steel to show its solidity.