--- title: "Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck" description: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk has admitted on the Third Row Tesla podcast that he was worried no one would want to buy the Tesla Cybertruck." date: "2020-02-06" modified: "2020-02-13" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-worried-nobody-buy-cybertruck" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck ![On the Third Row Tesla podcast last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that at first, he had his doubts about the company's recently announced Cybertruck.]() *\Image: Tesla/Victor Tangermann\* ## Cybertruck Doubts On the [Third Row Tesla podcast]() last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that at first, he had his doubts about the company's recently announced [Cybertruck](), an electric pickup with an [extremely divisive design](). "I wasn’t sure if nobody would buy it or if a lot of people would buy it," Musk said, referring to the truck's November debut date, on the podcast, as [quoted by *CNBC*](). "I told the team, 'Listen, if nobody wants to buy this, we could always make one that looks like the other trucks,'" he continued. "Like 'OK, that was a weird failure, but now we’ll make one that looks like the others.'" ## Most Badass Truck According to the tech billionaire, the idea was to shock audiences with a bold new design. "A lot of reasons why people buy pickup trucks in the U.S. is because it’s the most badass truck," he said on the podcast. "Which one’s the toughest truck? What’s tougher than a truck? A tank. A tank from the future." ## Heart-Stopper Musk has been obsessing over the truck for a number of years now. "It’s gonna be awesome, it’s gonna be amazing," Musk swooned on a [2018 interview with Recode](). "This will be heart-stopping. It stops my heart. It’s like, oh, it’s great." The truck is set to go into production starting in [late 2021]() and will start at $39,900. **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk on Tesla’s Cybertruck: ‘I wasn’t sure if nobody would buy it’]() \[*CNBC*\] **More on Tesla:** *[The Virus Outbreak Is Delaying Tesla Model 3 Shipments]()* ## 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]()