Tesla expects Cybertruck production to start maybe sometime in summer 2023.

Production start means Tesla building the first Cybertruck on the Giga Texas production line, as announced by Tesla or credibly reported, even at a low rate. Hand-built prototypes alone do not count. Because the claim is hedged ('maybe'), the test is whether this happened by the end of summer 2023 (30 Sep 2023). True: production started on or before 30 Sep 2023, earlier included. Mostly false: before the deadline there were only prototype or validation builds and production began later in 2023. False: production started in 2024 or later, or dated reports show no production line running by the end of 2023.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Cybertrucks are coming soon. Here's what we know after Tesla's Q3 earnings report Austin American-Statesman · 19 October 2023

   “Pilot production for the first Cybertruck facilities has started in Austin, with Tesla expecting to deliver the first trucks in November, the company announced Wednesday.”

2. E2 Tesla announces Cybertruck deliveries in November, claims 125,000 production capacity Electrek · 18 October 2023

   “At Gigafactory Texas, we began pilot production of the Cybertruck, which remains on track for initial deliveries this year.”

3. E3 More Tesla Cybertruck manufacturing parts delivered to Giga Texas Teslarati · 18 September 2023

   “Tesla built its first Cybertruck at Giga Texas in July, as the automaker posted on X.”

4. E4 2023 Q2 Tesla Quarterly Update Tesla, Inc. Own record

   “Cybertruck remains on track to begin initial production later this year at Gigafactory Texas.”

Teslarati (E3), dated 18 Sep 2023, reports that Tesla built its first Cybertruck at Giga Texas in July, which Tesla posted on X. Tesla's Q3 2023 update, quoted by Electrek (E2) and the Austin American-Statesman (E1), says Tesla began pilot production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas. That quarter ran from July to September. The criteria count production on the Giga Texas line even at a low rate, so production started before the 30 Sep 2023 deadline. Some would call pilot production a validation stage, but the criteria's definition of a production start is met.