Musk says Tesla will add a shift to try to finish Cybertruck orders

Elon Musk has said Tesla will add an extra shift to try to finish Cybertruck orders before the company dismantles that line for Cybercab expansion. He posted at 2:12 p.m. AST on Saturday.

Open orders exceed what the line can still build. "The Tesla Cybertruck order backlog is currently far more than we can make before dismantling the line for Cybercab expansion around June/July next year," he wrote. He did not give a count of those orders.

The extra shift is an attempt, not a guarantee. "We will add an extra shift to try to get all orders done in time," he wrote. He did not say the added shift will clear every order, and he did not say when it starts.

Saturday's date is narrower than Friday's. On Friday he said production at Gigafactory Texas would wind down around the middle of next year so Cybercab output could rise. Saturday's post puts the line change around June or July next year. He still did not say how many trucks the line can build before then.