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Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks
Tesla sells about 20,000 Cybertrucks annually versus planned 250,000 capacity, prompting Musk’s SpaceX and xAI to buy hundreds to reduce inventory.
- Last week, hundreds of Cybertrucks were delivered to SpaceX at Starbase and to xAI offices, with reports saying deliveries will continue into the coming weeks.
- Tesla has struggled this year, selling around 20,000 Cybertrucks against a planned capacity of over 250,000 and only 5,385 sold in the third quarter, per Cox Automotive.
- At SpaceX, deliveries to Starbase in Boca Chica and the Starlink factory in Bastrop, Texas, will replace internal combustion engine fleets for engineering and operations staff, Wes Morrill confirmed recently.
- Elon Musk arranged for his private companies to buy hundreds of unsold Cybertrucks while Tesla shareholders will vote next month on investing in xAI.
- Observers note Tesla’s Cybertruck faces its first real commercial flop, with reports finding 10,000 or more unsold units and Elon Musk’s companies buying inventory internally.
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