Musk says Cybertruck production extension is not the profit-maximizing move

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Today Elon Musk said on X that extending Cybertruck production through the end of summer 2027 is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint, but that there must be some room in this world for sentimentality. "This is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint btw, but there must be some room in this world for sentimentality or what’s the point?" Musk wrote, in a follow-up to his earlier post. He had said that in order to work through more of the Cybertruck order backlog, production will be extended through the end of summer 2027. He did not say how large the remaining backlog is. [1] [2]

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  1. Elon Musk (X): In order to work through more of the Cybertruck order backlog, production will be extended through the end of summer 2027

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  2. Elon Musk (X): This is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint btw, but there must be some room in this world for sentimentality or what’

    Elon Musk (X) · · Excerpt

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