--- title: "Elon Musk Admits Tesla “Dug Our Own Grave” With Cybertruck" description: "There's fewer than six weeks until Tesla's Cybertrucks start being delivered, and already, CEO Elon Musk is trying to set the bar low. " date: "2023-10-19" modified: "2023-10-19" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-cybertruck-grave" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Admits Tesla “Dug Our Own Grave” With Cybertruck ![There's fewer than six weeks until Tesla's Cybertrucks start being delivered, and already, CEO Elon Musk is trying to set the bar low. ]() *\Image: Frederic J. Brown via Getty\* ## Coming Due There's fewer than six weeks until Tesla's long-delayed Cybertrucks will allegedly start being delivered — and already, CEO Elon Musk is trying to set the bar low. "We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck," Musk said during Tesla's Q3 quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, [per *Insider*](). In the call, the multi-hyphenate billionaire said that the trucks would [start being delivered on November 30](), but that he wants to "temper expectations" about the futuristic-looking electric pickup all the same. "I do want to emphasize that there will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with the Cybertruck and then making the Cybertruck cashflow positive," he said. "This is simply normal." Normalcy aside, this is far from Tesla's first struggle with the Cybertruck, which has officially [been in the works since 2019](), and unofficially been [teased by the CEO]() for more than a decade. ## Overdue Notice Between then and now, there's obviously been a lot going on — COVID, [Musk having]() a bunch [more children]() and [buying Twitter](), et cetera — but as long as the Cybertruck has been out there, it's been nearly synonymous with its [ballooning waitlist]() and [repeatedly pushed delivery deadlines](). Over the past year, a [steady drip of leaks]() and [unauthorized photos]() have shown the world what the Cybertruck is really going to look like. Spoiler alert: nearly everything we've seen so far has done the [opposite of inspiring confidence](), from its [single gigantic windshield wiper]() to its "[ninja death star]()" hubcap that has, at least once, [flown off the car]() and up into the air while driving down the freeway. https://youtu.be/SQ5A4mFtFJQ ## The Process As Musk suggested during this most recent earnings call, some of these design flaws are to be expected. "When you've got a product with a lot of new technology or any brand new vehicle program, especially one that is as different and advanced as the Cybertruck, you will have problems proportionate to how many new things you're trying to solve at scale," the CEO said on the earnings call. One would think that with all the delays, however, the prototypes at least would look better and stop being [spotted broken down]() with the scheduled November 30 delivery date looming. **More on Tesla:** [*Tesla Charges Couple $20,000 After They Drove It in the Rain*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()