Tesla Cybertruck supply occasion: Every little thing Elon revealed concerning the EV pickup

With dubstep because the soundtrack and neon lighting because the backdrop, Elon Musk handed the primary Cybertrucks over to a choose group of shoppers that included Reddit co-founder and VC fund Seven Seven Six founder Alexis Ohanian and Trousdale Ventures founder and CEO Phillip Sarofim.

The livestreamed portion of the Tesla Cybertruck delivery event was a brief affair — round half-hour. However the occasion nonetheless had all the normal trappings one has come to count on from Tesla: the pomp and pumpy music, VIP visitors and, after all, Musk.

The Tesla Cybertruck deliveries come a minimum of six years since Musk first tweeted about constructing a truck and 4 years since he debuted the futuristic-looking pickup.

Trying past a few of the flashier options — it’s bullet proof — right here’s all the things we all know thus far. The tl;dr: the Cybertruck is much more costly than the targets Musk shared in 2019. And what different particulars have been shared, have been scant. 

Three variations

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The Tesla Cybertruck will finally be out there in three configurations.

The most affordable of the batch, a rear-wheel model with 250 miles of vary, a 6.9-second zero to 60 miles per hour acceleration charge and a $60,990 base value, won’t be available until 2025. That leaves an all-wheel model and the so-called Cyberbeast.

The all-wheel drive variant has an estimated 341-mile vary, prime velocity of 112 mph and $79,990 beginning value. The Cyberbeast comes with an estimated 320-mile vary mannequin with 845 horsepower that may journey 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.6 seconds, can hit a prime velocity of 130 mph, and comes with estimated $99,990 price ticket. Each of those variations have a claimed towing capability of 11,000 kilos.

The corporate can also be going to supply a variety extender that can push the all-wheel drive model to an estimated 470 miles and the Cyberbeast to greater than 440 miles of vary. However Tesla gives no different particulars concerning the vary extender or the pricing. After the occasion, Musk did take to X, previously Twitter, to offer a barely much less opaque rationalization. He mentioned the vary extender can be an “optional pack that fits in about 1/3 of the truck bed. Still room for plenty of cargo. It’s meant for very long trips or towing heavy things up mountains.”

Nonetheless no phrase on what it should price. Both approach, any EV truck or SUV priced above $80,000 gained’t qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit score. Which implies that center tier variant with a variety extender most likely gained’t.

The numbers above differ from the unique specs first shared by Musk on the Cybertruck debut event in 2019. The corporate was planning on three variants, however the costs, towing and vary have since modified. In 2019, the corporate deliberate for its most cost-effective model to price $39,900, and have a towing capability of seven,500 kilos and greater than 250 miles of vary. The center model was slated to be a dual-motor all-wheel drive priced at $49,900, have a towing capability of greater than 10,000 kilos and be capable of journey greater than 300 miles on a single cost. The third model was presupposed to have three electrical motors and all-wheel drive, a towing capability of 14,000 kilos and battery vary of greater than 500 miles. That model, often called “tri motor,” is priced at $69,900.