--- title: "Tesla Awaiting Delivery of Giant Press for Stamping Out Cybertrucks" description: "It seems like Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck may finally be becoming a reality now the giant press that will make them are being shipped out to Texas." date: "2022-10-27" modified: "2022-10-27" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-cybertruck-giant-press" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Tesla Awaiting Delivery of Giant Press for Stamping Out Cybertrucks ![It seems like Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck may finally be becoming a reality now the giant press that will make them are being shipped out to Texas.]() *\Image: IDRA\* ## Stay Pressed It seems like Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck may finally be coming into focus, now that the machines that will stamp them out are being shipped to the electric carmaker's factory in Texas. In a [post on LinkedIn](), Italian die casting firm IDRA Group, which over the summer [was confirmed as the supplier]() of the large presses needed for the Cybertruck, announced that it had packed up and shipped the parts to Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas. Just last week, the firm also teased a photo of the gigantic "platen" for the Giga Press, which is slated to be the largest of such presses in the world. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1584927452136095751 ## The Waiting Game News of the 9,000-ton press finally making its way to Tesla will undoubtedly be welcome to those who purchased Cybertruck reservations, whose numbers [climbed past one million]() last year and who, collectively, are worth more than $80 billion once they pay full price for their futuristic pickups. Earlier in October, a Tesla enthusiast with a drone [spotted new Cybertruck prototypes being delivered]() at the company's Giga Factory in Texas, and a week later, videos began circulating on Twitter of a newly-tweaked Cybertruck design, which the [*Tesla Oracle* blog notes]() has improved taillights and optional mounting equipment. https://twitter.com/AstroS3xy/status/1583819107744370688 The stakes are high. On the one hand, you have to hand it to Elon Musk for perhaps finally delivering on the brutally sci-fi design of the Cybertruck. But on the other, he's already way past deadline for the truck's shipment repeatedly since [first announcing]() that he was making them back in 2019. His current estimate puts them being [delivered early next year](), and given the speed at which things are moving now, that date might actually stick. **More Tesla:** [*Elon Musk: Tesla Working on Next-Gen Car That Costs Half as Much as a Model 3*]() ## 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]()