Cybertruck Sales Appear to Be Crashing

Elon Musk's Tesla has long refused to publish a breakdown of vehicle deliveries per model — and judging by how few Cybertrucks the company has sold, there could be a good reason for the company hiding that data. On Thursday, a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed that the EV maker was recalling the truck for the eighth time since it went on sale in November 2023. The reason for the latest recall was a giant piece of metal that was haphazardly glued to the exterior, which was at risk of flying off at fast speeds. What the filing also revealed was how many Cybertrucks the carmaker had actually sold so far: a measly 46,000. As Electrek reports, that would mean Tesla will only have delivered somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000 trucks in the first quarter of this year, down from between 10,000 and 12,000 Cybertrucks in the last two quarters respectively. That's despite Tesla desperately trying to boost sales numbers. The truck even became eligible for a ... Read full article.