Cybertruck

This story originally appeared on Jalopnik. If you follow social media, you’ll know that there have been more than a few crashes and fender benders involving the Tesla Cybertruck. Yet another such crash happened in Beverly Hills last night, reportedly involving the actual owner of the truck.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsWe came across the incident on Twitter X. A user by the name of @jackdidthat tweeted that the valet at the Beverly Hills Hotel had crashed their friend’s Cybertruck along with a picture…

The rough rollout that’s beset the long-awaited Tesla Cybertruck continued this week in Los Angeles after one of the sought-after vehicles was involved in an accident outside The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday night. In a social media post flagged to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on his other company’s platform, X (formerly known as Twitter), user @jackdidthatt asked Musk if a friend could have a new Cybertruck after the user said it was crashed by a valet driver just beneath the swanky hotel’s entrance sign. An…

A Tesla Cybertruck sold at auction for $244,000 – more than twice the retail value of the electric pickup truck. Before turning its reservations into orders, Tesla tried to take precautions against early buyers flipping the Cybertruck for profits. However, there are limitations when it comes to enforcing these things. After all, you should be able to do what you want with a product you own, including reselling it for a profit. That’s why I’m not surprised to now see an early Cybertruck being sold…

Brian Lovell has only had his Tesla Cybertruck for a week and already the 48-year-old has experienced a range of unfettered reactions from passersby: Some people point and gape, others rush over to take a photo, and a few even ask if he would take them for a quick spin in the much-hyped EV.“I might as well be driving a UFO,” says Lovell, who’s based in Murrieta, California. It’s not exactly surprising that people are aghast to see something that looks more like something out of Tron than a motorized vehicle you might find…

Tesla is talking about soon bringing the Cybertruck to Canada while Rivian quickly accelerates deliveries in the market. The automaker started delivering Cybertruck to customers in the US, primarily in Texas and California, late last year. It has slowly started to expand throughout the US. Generally, it takes a while for Tesla to expand to another market, generally Canada first, after launching in the US. Rohan Patel, head of government affairs and business development at Tesla, was asked about…

Tesla has started rolling out its new Cybertruck wheel caps, which shouldn’t fall off this time, but the solution is not easy on the eyes. Earlier this month, we reported on Tesla stopping to deliver Cybertrucks with wheel caps. We learned that the issue was the design of the wheel cap being subject to accelerated wear that could lead to them falling off. That’s partly because a part of the cap is basically attached to the wheel and not just the tire. Tesla told Cybertruck buyers taking…

Tesla Cybertruck is often described as a tank, but it now literally comes a lot closer to one with these massive snow tracks. When Elon Musk first talked about the Cybertruck, he described it as an “armored personnel carrier from the future” and a “tank inspired by Blade Runner”. The stainless steel exterior does invoke a tank or armored vehicle. The only thing missing is tracks instead of wheels. A bunch of mechanics fixed that. Dave Sparks, better known as Heavy D Sparks, has unveiled a…

Tesla appears to be significantly ramping up Cybertruck production as more deliveries are happening and a large fleet is spotted at Gigafactory Texas. The Cybertruck ramp is a bit of a mystery. Tesla started production late last year, and it frustratingly refused to disclose deliveries in Q4. The automaker now bundles all Model S, Model X, Tesla Semi, and Cybertruck deliveries into a single category: It leaves us wondering how many Cybertrucks Tesla has delivered to date. One of the best…

Tesla Cybertruck owner drove the electric pickup truck through water in one of the first real-world tests of the Wade Mode. Warning: this is not covered by the warranty. Elon Musk has often made claims before about how Tesla vehicles could float and briefly serve as a boat. They have never been taken too seriously as Tesla’s warranty says something different about taking the vehicle into the water. But the CEO doubled down on the claim with the Cybertruck – for which it makes more sense since it…

I think Cybertruck was a mistake for Tesla as it created this gap in growth for the company, but the automaker is making the most out of it as it turns the electric pickup truck into a marketing tool. Tesla never had a dud. All its vehicle programs were successful in their own rights, some even wildly successful. It’s too early to say if the Cybertruck is also going to be successful. It is enjoying a large reservation backlog, but it will be interesting to see how the demand holds once the vehicle’s…