--- title: "Elon Musk: “Highly Likely” Europe Will Get a Smaller Tesla Cybertruck" description: "According Elon Musk, Tesla is \"highly likely\" to produce a smaller version of it's long-awaited Cybertruck for the European market." date: "2020-08-04" modified: "2020-08-04" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-highly-likely-europe-smaller-tesla-cybertruck" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk: “Highly Likely” Europe Will Get a Smaller Tesla Cybertruck ![According Elon Musk, Tesla is "highly likely" to produce a smaller version of it's long-awaited Cybertruck for the European market.]() *\Image: Tesla/Victor Tangermann\* ## Small But Mighty According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the electric car company is "highly likely" to produce a smaller version of its long-awaited [Cybertruck]() for the European market, as [*Electrek* reports](). When asked if there will be a smaller version for the EU on Twitter Tuesday morning, [Musk responded]() "highly likely down the road." ## Scaled Down One Twitter user [suggested]() that "reducing width is more important than reducing length, at least when it comes to cities," on Twitter, which Musk [replied]() to with "true." The news comes after Tesla [decided not to shrink]() the Cybertruck by three percent in May after Musk sat down with chief designer Franz von Holzhausen. It's still unclear how big a European Cybertruck will end up being — let alone if or when such a vehicle will ever roll off the lot. ## Everything is Bigger in Texas What is clear, as *Electrek* points out, is that the American pickup market dwarfs truck sales in Europe. Without a major market, it's less likely Tesla will attempt to scale down the Cybertruck for the EU market. "We're really, fundamentally making this truck as a North American ass-kicker, basically," Musk [told *Automotive News*]() in an interview earlier this week. "The goal is to kick the most amount of ass possible with this truck." As of right now, over [200,000 people]() have signed up to reserve a Cybertruck, according to Musk — a number that may be subject to change, but still shows a healthy appetite for such a vehicle in the US. **READ MORE:** [Tesla is ‘highly likely’ to make smaller Cybertruck for Europe, says Elon Musk]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()