Following Musk’s introductory remarks, Tesla execs Lars Moravy and Franz von Holzhausen joined the stage to explain the company’s “production hell” and the obstacles of producing the stainless steel Cybertruck. Nonetheless, Moravy believes that the lessons acquired will help Tesla construct its Gen 3 vehicles more effectively and in a much smaller production footprint. After a loud wave of applause, von Holzhausen said that the Cybertruck will arrive later this year, a substantially earlier date than Musk’s prior public prediction that production would not begin until next year.
Regrettably, there will be no new car announcements at this occasion, according to von Holzhausen. That announcement will take place “at a later date.”
The business did tease a new film in which the Tesla Robot walks autonomously and without the use of a support frame, however no live demonstration was provided. Despite issues finding adequate off-the-shelf actuators and motors for the humanoid robot platform, “we should bring and real manufacture to market at scale that is useful considerably faster than anyone else,” Musk stated.
