© Reuters. Tesla (TSLA) to indicate Cybertruck in China
Tesla (NASDAQ:) China introduced plans to embark on a national tour to exhibit its main Cybertruck pickup, as revealed on WeChat, China’s social media messaging platform.
The precise dates for the tour weren’t supplied by the U.S. automaker. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, talked about on the X platform that the corporate may ship some Cybertruck prototypes for show in China, acknowledging the challenges of constructing the automobile road-legal within the nation.
“Getting Cybertruck road legal in China would be very difficult, but we could ship some prototypes over for display,” The CEO posted on X.
In distinction to the US, pickups have been a specialised product in China, with a number of metropolis governments, together with Beijing, proscribing their entry into downtown areas.
The substantial dimension of the Cybertruck poses challenges for nations past North America. In Europe, the place roads are usually slim, pickups are a uncommon sight. Whereas they do exist and are pushed, they might not be probably the most sensible selection for the market as a consequence of their dimension.