Their site went live today: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck
3 models, with the tl;dr:
- RWD at $60,990 w/ 250mi range
- AWD at $79,990 w/ 340mi range
- “Cyberbeast” at $99,990 w/ 320mi range
Their site went live today: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck
3 models, with the tl;dr:
All of that range and it still can’t do truck things.
Not necessarily. It’s towing capacity (11000lbs) exceeds the Ford Lightning (10000lb). It’s able to push out 11.5kW of 240V power vs the Lightning’s 9.2kW. The Lightning’s payload capacity (2235lbs) is lower than the Cybertruck’s (2500lbs). And the Lightning doesn’t have a comparable AWD build with similar range anywhere close to $70k because the Platinum is around $90k (and you also go down to 8500lbs towing capacity…)
The R1T is a bit worse with 1764lbs payload, though they match the towing capacity of 11000lbs. Unfortunately it’s like $10k more expensive.
Not what I meant - the truck is bed relatively small (especially compared to some ICE trucks. Also, good luck accessing things near the cab in the bed without having to actually get into it), and it apparently can’t go up mild inclines as we saw in that video vs the lightning. Towing isn’t the only thing a truck should do (although that is one thing).
Besides not being a real truck capable of offroading though, they went from 500+ miles @ $70,000 at announcement to less than 350 miles @ $100,000. That’s insane, and not what Tesla promised customers that preordered.
Sure, when comparing it to ICE pickups it’s definitely going to come up short, but I’m not comparing it to ICE pickups.
Since you bring up bed size, I got curious and it’s still not bad compared to other EV pickups.
Cybertruck: 72"x48" (assuming their claim of a “6’ by 4’” bed is actual numbers and not rounding them off) Lightning: 67.1" x 50.6" R1T: 54’’ x 50"
As far as the video, it’s hilarious that it performed so poorly. I’m waiting on a neutral reviewer to drive it versus basing my opinion on a viral video though. If it ends up being as bad as that video, then they would have successfully made the most useless truck for tasks involving anything more intensive than grabbing groceries.
It’s basically the same bed for any double cab configuration on ice trucks. The lightning and cybertruck are only available in these double cabs though.