Tesla’s Chief Car Designer, Franz von Holzhausen, lately mentioned in a podcast that the much-anticipated Cybertruck is mainly prepared for manufacturing, however in typical Tesla style, stopped wanting providing concrete info.

As a visitor on Ryan McCaffrey’s podcast Journey the Lightning, the person well-known for breaking the unbreakable armor glass was requested if the corporate’s electrical pickup was prepared “from a design perspective”, to which von Holzhausen answered, “Yeah. Mainly, sure.”

The assertion comes three years after Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the angular-shaped EV and after a number of delays in manufacturing resulting from provide chain points attributable to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. 

As famous by Teslarati, the podcast’s host talked about the rumors surrounding the beginning of manufacturing, making an attempt to get a affirmation for the mid-2023 estimation that’s floating round on the web. Tesla’s Chief Designer didn’t deny or affirm the knowledge, saying that the corporate doesn’t have a “pencils down” mentality with car design, which means that Tesla might make adjustments to the design of a automotive every time it feels there’s a necessity for it.

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“We work constantly by way of your complete course of, and we’re consistently engaged on each element, and the refinement of that,” von Holzhausen mentioned on the podcast. “And we study issues by way of the engineering phases and the manufacturing improvement phases that we are able to enhance on, and so we do,” he added.

Tesla’s lead designer additionally half-heartedly confirmed that the upcoming Cybertruck would possibly include the controversial yoke steering wheel as normal, saying that it “is sensible,” however the firm hasn’t confirmed this and it’s unclear if it is going to ever supply any data on this matter earlier than the truck will get to reservation holders.

Tesla beforehand supplied the yoke steering wheel as normal on the Mannequin S Plaid and Mannequin X Plaid, nevertheless it lately launched a traditional spherical steering wheel as a no-cost possibility for brand new vehicles ordered on its web site. So whereas the yoke seems cool, it appears the American EV maker listened to those that mentioned that it’s impractical, particularly when it is advisable do lots of maneuvers in tight areas.

Hints of Tesla’s intentions of beginning manufacturing on the Cybertruck have been noticed a number of occasions, with pictures and supply notes of the 9,000-ton Giga Press from IDRA making its option to the automotive firm’s Texas manufacturing unit earlier this 12 months.