Tesla launches Cybertruck with up to 470 miles of range, starts at $61,000
Tesla launched Cybertruck with up to 470 miles (756 km) of range and starting at $61,000 for the base version.
But we are getting more questions than answers despite deliveries starting.
We have been waiting four years for this, and it is finally here.
After several delays, Tesla has officially started deliveries of the Cybertruck, and with the first deliveries, Tesla has released the official specs and pricing for its first electric pickup truck.
Let’s get right into it.
Tesla Cybertruck Specs and Pricing
The specs are pretty close to the original announcement for the first two versions of the Cybertruck, but the top version got a significant downgrade.
Here are the main specs:
| Rear-Wheel Drive | All-Wheel Drive | CyberBeast | |
| Price | $60,990 | $79,990 | $99,990 |
| Range | 250 miles | 340 miles | 320 miles |
| Range with extender??? | Not mentioned | 470+ miles | 440+ miles |
| Acceleration 0-60 mph | 6.5 sec | 3.9 sec | 2.6 sec |
| Drivetrain | rear-wheel drive | All-wheel drive | All-wheel drive |
| Top speed | 112 mph | 112 mph | 130 mph |
| Towing | 7,500 lbs | 11,000 lbs | 11,000 lbs |
The prices are way up from the original unveiling in 2019, but that was to be expected.
The biggest changes are to the range since the top version of the truck was advertised at 500 miles of range.
Now, Tesla is advertising 340 miles of range for the dual motor version and 320 miles for the tri-motor version, which is now called “Cyberbeast”.
However, the automaker is now talking about a “range extender” that can add range for those two versions, but the company hasn’t explained what this range extender entails.
In the past, other automakers have used the term “range extender” for small gasoline generator, like in the BMW i3. I doubt that Tesla is going to use any kind of fossil fuel. It’s most likely going to be a battery add-on, but it would have been nice for Tesla to explain.
Tesla confirmed that the Cybertruck’s bed is 6′ by 4′ and the truck has a 6,859-lb curb weight
The electric truck also out pulls a Ford F-350 in a test that they shared during the launch event:
The design might be polarizing, but it does deliver. on aerodynamic performance with a 0.335 drag coefficient, which is better than I and most people expected.
The vehicle comes with 35″ all-terrain tires and has 17″ ground clearance through out the whole truck thanks to a flat belly.
Tesla also confirmed that the Cybertruck is its first steer-by-wire vehicle, which we suspected following a recent patent.
Another first is the 48-volt system. Congrats to Tesla for having the guts to move away from 12-volt. It’s going to result in 70% less wire inside the vehicle.
In terms of performance, the Cyberbeast version can do a quarter mile in less 11 seconds and CEO Elon Musk even claimed that the truck can beat a Porsche 911 on the quarter-mile while towing another 911.
Electrek’s Take
The event in itself was really disappointing. It was basically a redo of the original event in 2019 with a few deliveries.
Elon even claimed that they were going to remake the infamous steel ball test, but they did it with a baseball, which is hardly the same as a steel ball.
I can forgive that, but what was weirder is the fact that Elon didn’t even discuss range and pricing during the event. We had to wait until Tesla updated the configurator to know about those.
Then we have even more questions after the mention of a “range extender”. You can’t write that without going into more details and we are trying to learn more about it as I write this.
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Tesla launched Cybertruck with up to 470 miles (756 km) of range and starting at $61,000 for the base version.
But we are getting more questions than answers despite deliveries starting.
We have been waiting four years for this, and it is finally here.
After several delays, Tesla has officially started deliveries of the Cybertruck, and with the first deliveries, Tesla has released the official specs and pricing for its first electric pickup truck.
Let’s get right into it.
Tesla Cybertruck Specs and Pricing
The specs are pretty close to the original announcement for the first two versions of the Cybertruck, but the top version got a significant downgrade.
Here are the main specs:
| Rear-Wheel Drive | All-Wheel Drive | CyberBeast | |
| Price | $60,990 | $79,990 | $99,990 |
| Range | 250 miles | 340 miles | 320 miles |
| Range with extender??? | Not mentioned | 470+ miles | 440+ miles |
| Acceleration 0-60 mph | 6.5 sec | 3.9 sec | 2.6 sec |
| Drivetrain | rear-wheel drive | All-wheel drive | All-wheel drive |
| Top speed | 112 mph | 112 mph | 130 mph |
| Towing | 7,500 lbs | 11,000 lbs | 11,000 lbs |
The prices are way up from the original unveiling in 2019, but that was to be expected.
The biggest changes are to the range since the top version of the truck was advertised at 500 miles of range.
Now, Tesla is advertising 340 miles of range for the dual motor version and 320 miles for the tri-motor version, which is now called “Cyberbeast”.
However, the automaker is now talking about a “range extender” that can add range for those two versions, but the company hasn’t explained what this range extender entails.
In the past, other automakers have used the term “range extender” for small gasoline generator, like in the BMW i3. I doubt that Tesla is going to use any kind of fossil fuel. It’s most likely going to be a battery add-on, but it would have been nice for Tesla to explain.
Tesla confirmed that the Cybertruck’s bed is 6′ by 4′ and the truck has a 6,859-lb curb weight
The electric truck also out pulls a Ford F-350 in a test that they shared during the launch event:
The design might be polarizing, but it does deliver. on aerodynamic performance with a 0.335 drag coefficient, which is better than I and most people expected.
The vehicle comes with 35″ all-terrain tires and has 17″ ground clearance through out the whole truck thanks to a flat belly.
Tesla also confirmed that the Cybertruck is its first steer-by-wire vehicle, which we suspected following a recent patent.
Another first is the 48-volt system. Congrats to Tesla for having the guts to move away from 12-volt. It’s going to result in 70% less wire inside the vehicle.
In terms of performance, the Cyberbeast version can do a quarter mile in less 11 seconds and CEO Elon Musk even claimed that the truck can beat a Porsche 911 on the quarter-mile while towing another 911.
Electrek’s Take
The event in itself was really disappointing. It was basically a redo of the original event in 2019 with a few deliveries.
Elon even claimed that they were going to remake the infamous steel ball test, but they did it with a baseball, which is hardly the same as a steel ball.
I can forgive that, but what was weirder is the fact that Elon didn’t even discuss range and pricing during the event. We had to wait until Tesla updated the configurator to know about those.
Then we have even more questions after the mention of a “range extender”. You can’t write that without going into more details and we are trying to learn more about it as I write this.
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