tesla inc‘s tsla cybertruck may blow expectations for demand in the long term as per investor sawyer merritt what happened merritt a selfdescribed tesla fan and cofounder of sustainable lifestyle clothing startup twinbirch highlighted the challenge of gauging demand for the cybertruck due to its distinct and unique design drawing parallels to the model y‘s success merritt pointed out that initial expectations were based on the luxury suv segment but many honda crv and toyota rav4 owners ended up trading up for the model y making it one of the bestselling suvs globally merritt believes that the cybertruck has the potential to exceed expectations in the long run citing the appeal to nontraditional truck buyers and the fact that current truck buyers are often more focused on lifestyle than utility describing the cybertruck as the “most badasscoolest truck yet” merritt predicts that it could achieve high volumes especially considering the significant truck market in southern california why it matters at tesla’s annual shareholder meeting last week elon musk confirmed that the cybertruck delivery event would take place later this year the ceo said that he expects to sell 250000500000 cybertrucks every year once production is fully ramped up “i’d say a quarter million a year is a reasonable guess and it might be 500000 i don’t know we’ll make as many as people want and can afford” musk had said last year ford motor co‘s f fseries was the bestselling pickup truck in the us ford sold over 653000 fseries trucks including 15617 of the electric f150 lightning pickup in a february tweet musk said that handling demand for the cybertruck won’t be an issue but ramping production will likely be a challenge check out more of benzingas future of mobility coverage by following this link read more elon musk says this upcoming tesla vehicle will be his daily ride