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Originally Posted by SCA

Tesla beat BMW for 2021 luxury crown. Surprising?

Tesla Cybertruck is delayed until 2023

Tesla will not be launching output of the Cybertruck EV pickup this year as it focuses on increasing capacity at current plants in California and China and begins production at new factories in Texas and Germany, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday.

“We will not be introducing new vehicle models this year,” Musk said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. “It would not make sense.”

Musk said the company is focused on optimizing a limited supply of computer chips that operate basic vehicle functions such as electric seats and window switches, and that introducing new models and new complexity would actually reduce vehicle output.

Musk said the company continues engineering and planning work on the Cybertruck, the Tesla Semi cargo truck, the Roadster and the Tesla robot that’s being called Optimus.

But in terms of production of new products, that would only come when they increase Tesla output rather than limit it. “It will be dependent on [when we] will be able to produce more or fewer,” he said.
Musk said there are no plans for a cheaper Tesla, which some observers refer to as the Model 2.

Kind of curious how they define "luxury" and what the average transaction price is for Tesla vs the competitors.