Tesla’s Cybertruck pickup is closer to production than ever before and new pictures prove it. Over the last few days, a batch of at least nine trucks have slowly made their way from Texas to California. A number of different citizens have snagged photos as the boxy EVs made the journey.
Elon Musk last said that Cybertruck production would begin late this year and then expand to mass scale in 2024. Tesla itself has reiterated those claims since Musk’s prediction and for once it looks like things might actually be on track. After a series of production-related events earlier in the year, we’re getting a glimpse of nine Cybertrucks that just showed up at Tesla’s Fremont plant.
In total, the nine trucks showed up on three car haulers, each with three trucks in tow. These Cybertrucks all look nearly identical to the other examples we’ve seen. Within the group of nine, most sport the same set of 7/14-spoke black wheels though at least one has the wheel covers of the original concept truck.
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As the trucks went from Texas to California they were captured by a number of different people. Multiple posts began to pop up on Reddit and Twitter/X of the angular pickups. The Buttonwillow chapter of the California Highway Patrol also jumped into the mix to show off photos of the trucks on Interstate 5.
There’s no word on what these trucks might be doing at Tesla’s Fremont plant but it could be all manner of things. The facility makes the Model S, the Model 3, and the Model Y. Not far from there is Palo Alto, the design headquarters for Tesla.
It’s worth noting that we can’t be sure about exactly what stage of development these trucks represent. For all we know they’re release candidates or early or late pre production prototypes. Regardless of what they are, it’s clear that Tesla is inching closer and closer to production. Whether or not they end up in customer’s hands before the end of the year is anybody’s guess.