Why Tesla’s Cybertruck Is So Hard To Manufacture

When Tesla unveiled its vision for an electric pickup truck in November 2019, it shocked the world. Four years later, it’s finally here. But getting the Cybertruck to market has been a big challenge. Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasized how difficult building it has been, and has tempered expectations around scaling production. CNBC explores why Tesla’s new stainless steel truck is so hard to mass produce and what it will take for Tesla to meet the demand.

Chapters:
00:00 - 1:32 Intro
1:33 - 3:56 A stainless steel truck
3:57 - 10:50 Manufacturing challenges
10:51 - 14:52 What’s ahead

Produced, Shot and Edited by: Andrew Evers
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Narration: Robert Ferris
Animation: Gene Woo Kim
Additional Footage: Tesla, Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, IDRA, MuddRuttzz, Getty Images

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Why Tesla’s Cybertruck Is So Hard To Manufacture

[dmac]

Stainless steel., just don't get it wet, clean it immediately if it gets dirty, and don't drive it off road and you'll be fine. You could also pay an extra $5, 000 for a protective coat that comes standard on every other vehicle sold.

What's amazing is that the people in this clip were able to get through the interviews almost without laughing.

[mikeHamilton-wx]

The cyber truck looks like every child’s first attempt at drawing a car😂

[saturnomega]

The entire Cybertruck thing is so funny at so many levels and speaks volumes about social media age....

Our real life Tony Stark fake genius invents a totally unnecessary car, delays it for years, tripples the costs while worsening traffic safety and everybody is admiring him because is looks like terminator iron-man stealth tank... the entire thing is so solely style driven 🤣

[adotintheshark]

It's not only hard to build, it's nearly impossible to look at.

[derricklivanze]

Just imagine if this monster hits your regular car at high speed😢

[jonathanrose]

There is a reason pickup trucks have been designed the same way for over 100 years, They work

[momoneyinvesting]

he's saying that "experts were saying it was impossible" as if he created a flying car than ran on solar power.

He created a boxy electric truck that costs 100k

[frankcoffey]

One note. If you have to scrap a gigacasting the entire part is made of the same "stuff" so it's easy to recycle it right away. You don't have to take it back apart and sort out all the different types of metals to recycle it.

[jjpjpj]

we build stainless steel cars in the Philippines by hand about 50 years ago.

[Agatesforbrains]

The stainless steel was not the problem. The problem was when they went 48v every part that had anything to do with electricity had to be custom designed and tested out. 1000s of parts... everything available is 12v they need 10000 of 1000s of pieces in 48v every week in order to meet capacity. They are hoping to be at 1000 a week by the beginning of 25'

[entertaintech]

It’s like if a 5yo drew a truck with a distinct lack of design 😂

[Ramiarmuni]

Interesting how CNBC Produces great investigative journalism not shying away from being skeptic when it is not about one of their advertiser's products!

[Kai...]

As a mechanical engineer, I have to say a lot of things about the cyber truck seem odd. Like the design decisions seems like it would make things harder for them, while not really having a practical benefit. But I mean... I guess?

[EHomer]

Kind of makes me appreciate it more, just knowing how hard to produce and develop it.

[AdamFrugoli]

Let’s be fair I bought a Ford F150 for 38k in 2018 today my 2023 F150 was 72K. CNBC can we agree EVERYTHING is much MORE expensive than 2019??😂

[hugoochoa]

Now we need a feature film with the Cyberttuck

[klauszinser]

Thank you for going deep into technical details that have not been discussed in other - mainly -videos.

[kirkdameron]

Thank you CNBC for doing a comprehensive piece on the issues of actually building this crazy new-look design of a vehicle. Good context. It is clear there are big challenges, so it will be up to Tesla to demonstrate what sort of a car company they are to make a few, or a lot, of these stainless steel body trucks. Definitely is an interesting truck. And will be interesting to see what this will all be like in production, and how long they hold up, and whether the price can come down over the next few years.

[sunxiao]

love the t shirt in reference to the window accident last time lmao.