Tesla Roadster delayed again
Production of all-new Tesla sports car pushed back until at least 2023, with Musk citing global supply issuesTesla boss Elon Musk has announced that the arrival of the brand's halo Tesla Roadster sports car has been delayed once again, this time until 2023, citing global supply chain issues.
Early in 2021, Musk hinted that the new Tesla Roadster wouldn't arrive until late in the third quarter of 2022, which is two years after it was originally planned to go on sale.
"2021 has been the year of super-crazy supply chain shortages," Musk tweeted. "Assuming 2022 is not mega drama, new Roadster should ship in 2023."
2021 has been the year of super crazy supply chain shortages, so it wouldn’t matter if we had 17 new products, as none would ship.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2021
Assuming 2022 is not mega drama, new Roadster should ship in 2023.
It's not just Tesla that has been hit hard by the ongoing global shortage of semi-conductors and other factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which are behind much of the delays across the car industry. Ford, GM and Volkswagen are just a few high-profile car-makers that have been forced to slash production in response to, in some cases, non-existent chip supply.
In the past, Musk has spoken publicly about how the Tesla Roadster was a lower priority than core models like the incoming Tesla Model Y.
The Roadster will also take a back seat to the development of the Tesla Cybertruck after the wedge-shaped pick-up racked up a rumoured one million pre-orders.
The car-maker is also in the midst of constructing a new European production hub in Berlin, Germany.
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