Tesla CEO took over Elon Musk The platform at the company’s headquarters in Austin, Texas, to reveal details of the new Cybertruck pickup truck.
On a dimly lit stage at the company’s headquarters, he told the audience: “What we have here is a truck that is better than a truck, and at the same time a sports car that is better than a sports car in one vehicle.”
Musk explained that the Cybertruck’s solid steel frame is bulletproof, that its windows are “rock-resistant”, that it can pull more than 11,000 pounds (about 5,000 kg), accelerate from 0 to 60 miles (100 km) per hour in 2.6 seconds, and features a base. An “extremely tough” vehicle, it is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. He added that the car “will change the appearance of the roads,” and that dreams for the future finally seem to have come true.
The Tesla CEO did not directly mention the price and range on a battery charge, but Tesla’s website stated that the price of the base rear-wheel drive model of the Cybertruck is now approximately 50% higher than the $40,000 mark the company was originally aiming for. Before any tax breaks or other incentives.
On an earnings call last October, Musk made a note about production volume, saying, “There are going to be huge challenges in getting to production volume on Cybertruck and then making that product cash flow positive.” He also added at the time: “We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck,” noting the “unique challenges” in producing that truck and putting it on the market.
Specifications and prices
According to Tesla’s website, the company will sell its basic, rear-wheel drive version of the Cybertruck for approximately $60,990, and the Cyberbeast version for $99,990, with deliveries of both models starting next year. Tesla also plans to sell the all-wheel drive version of the Cybertruck for $79,900 starting in 2025.
The basic model of the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck has a battery range of 250 miles (about 400 km) per charge and an acceleration from 0 to 60 miles (100 km) per hour in 6.5 seconds. As for the four-wheel-drive Cybertruck model, the battery range reaches 340 miles (547 km). km) and goes from 0 to 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour in 4.1 seconds. The advanced CyberBeast model will have an estimated range of 320 miles (513 km), with a top speed of 130 miles (209 km) per hour.
Tesla revealed for the first time the Cybertruck with its solid, unpainted steel body in November 2019. It had previously said that production of the car would begin in 2021, and the truck would be sold at an initial price of $39,900 for the rear-wheel drive model, while the price of the higher-end model was about $69. One thousand dollars, which are prices much lower than the prices recently announced by Tesla.
While Tesla revealed the design of the Cybertruck in 2019, it began production in July of this year, and Musk presented several “Cybertruck” to customers at the event.
Drivers’ experiences and impressions
After the Cybertruck truck reached the hands of users, a number of car and technology enthusiasts conducted detailed experiments and reviews of the new truck, and the most prominent of these is the famous YouTuber Marcus Brownlee, who specializes in technology, as well as the Top Gear program website on YouTube, which specializes in cars.
Brownlee did a complete review of the truck in terms of design, range and technologies used, and also tested it on the street. Although Brownlee did not test it on rough roads or put it under difficult tests, he found that the most important characteristic of this truck is its power and speed compared to traditional trucks, but at the same time he saw that its new price was exaggerated, and it was double the price that Musk proposed when it was first announced in 2019.
As for the Top Gear website, it gave other details about the car’s uses and its resistance to bullets, and hosted those responsible for developing the car. The program presenter, Jack Rex, concluded that the Cybertruck may not be the best truck we know, but it is definitely a truck from a different world, and he advised those who have money and can afford its high cost. He bought it because it might be the first in a future generation of trucks.