When Tesla announced its new entry-level $62,235 Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive Cybertruck last week, the website said orders would start shipping in June. It turns out the early birds may have gotten the worms.
The estimated date for deliveries has now been pushed back to Sept.-Oct., which means one of two things.
Demand may be outstripping supplies, which is putting new reservations at the back of a lengthening line. Elon Musk cryptically posted that the model would only be available for 10 days, which may have spurred a rush to order, although he didn’t clarify if he meant the price or the new configuration itself.
The trim has a 325-mile driving range, a 7,500-pound towing capacity and a lockable bed cover. It comes with textile upholstery, a lower-spec audio and infotainment system than other Cybertrucks and no rear touchscreen display. Further cost savings are realized by not offering an air spring suspension system or Gear Locker storage compartment under the rear floor.
The other possibility is that Tesla realized it needs time to get things sorted at the factory to build the new model and pushed back production, but it hasn’t said either way.
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As far as the availability is concerned, the timing of Musk’s post suggests the current offering will be good through the end of February, so we should find out next week what happens next. In any event, these developments. are in stark contrast to last year’s short-lived $72,235 Rear-Wheel Drive Cybertruck, which was announced in April and discontinued in September, without any mention of how many were sold.
Tesla appears to be looking for a way to salvage the Cybertruck program, which hasn’t come anywhere near its original expectations. The Austin factory that builds it is currently capable of producing more than 125,000 per year and Musk once spoke of it reaching 250,000-500,000 sales.
Instead, Tesla sold just 20,237 Cybertrucks in the U.S. in 2025, which was a drop from 38,965 the prior year and second in the full-size electric pickup segment to the 27,307 for the Ford F-150 Lightning, which went out of production in October. With the Ford out of the way, it now competes against the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, GMC Hummer EV pickup and the smaller Rivian R1T. During Tesla’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call, Musk said the model may one day end up being repurposed as an autonomous cargo carrier instead of a consumer product.
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