---
title: "Photo Shows Cybertruck on Tesla Assembly Line"
description: "Tesla released an assembly line photo of their new Cybertruck at the Fremont factory. Find out more about this new prototype model."
date: "2020-09-28"
modified: "2020-10-07"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/photo-cybertruck-tesla-assembly-line"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
  - "transportation"
---

# Photo Shows Cybertruck on Tesla Assembly Line

![A photo of the assembly line at Tesla's Fremont factory shows what appears to be another, freshly-assembled Cybertruck prototype.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/photo-cybertruck-tesla-assembly-line.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla\</em\>*

## Candids

Based on a photo purportedly snapped inside Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, the electric automaker seems to be assembling at least one more prototype model of the [upcoming Cybertruck](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-worried-nobody-buy-cybertruck>).

Details surrounding the image are scarce — it was [shared on the subreddit r/teslamotors](<https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/j0vcg3/not_mine_but_really_cool/>) Sunday by a user who didn't share any information other than that they didn't personally take the picture. [But *Teslarati* speculates](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-prototype-spotted-fremont-production/>) that it's a new prototype because it wouldn't make sense to drive an already-finished vehicle onto an assembly line, raising questions about Tesla's plans or a possible future demo.

## Limited Access

There have been very few actual Cybertruck sightings since it was first unveiled in November 2019, *Teslarati* reports. One prototype spent some time in the Petersen Automotive Museum, and Jay Leno used one while shooting a scene for "Jay Leno's Garage." Oh, and there was [the brief joyride](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-spotted-joyriding-california-cybertruck>) that Elon Musk and friends took down the streets of Los Angeles.

With this new prototype — assuming that's what it is and that this was a recent picture — it's possible that we might get some more appearances or public demos of the electric truck in the near future.

## Unusual Shift

The production of a prototype Cybertruck would be unusual for another reason, *Teslarati* reports. Normally, toward the end of the fiscal quarter, Tesla focuses on producing as many vehicles as it can to position the company better in shareholders' eyes.

Taking a break, as the end of Q3 looms ahead, would be an unusual and difficult-to-explain shift.

**READ MORE:** [Tesla Cybertruck prototype spotted on Fremont production lines](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-prototype-spotted-fremont-production/>) \[*Teslarati*\]

**More on the Cybertruck:** *[Elon Musk Spotted Joyriding Around California in his Cybertruck](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-spotted-joyriding-california-cybertruck>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
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