In an occasion Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered a manufacturing model of the Tesla Cybertruck. It appears to be like very like the chrome steel genre-bender Tesla premiered in 2021, however the electrical truck doesn’t come anyplace near the $39,900 beginning value or vary of as much as 500 miles that had been prompt at the moment.

Musk mentioned little or no of precise manufacturing specs for the long-awaited electrical truck, and the CEO asserted that “it’s not only a grandstanding showcase,” partway by way of the presentation. The presentation was streamed solely on X, the social media web site previously often called Twitter that Musk acquired in 2022.   

Tesla confirmed how a lot a Cybertruck can pull subsequent to a Ford F-350 Tremendous Obligation diesel, leaving a whole lot of questions. It additionally confirmed that it may be “quicker than a 911, whereas towing a 911,” as Musk put it, exhibiting a clip of the Cybertruck and Porsche’s iconic sports activities automotive in a drag strip dash. 

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

Musk claimed the Cybertruck has extra torsional stiffness than a McLaren P1, has such a low heart of gravity that it gained’t roll over, and affords 17 inches of floor clearance to “drive over just about something.”

Grandstanding however, vary and beginning value are sometimes core bragging rights of the Tesla presentation—the $35,000 Mannequin 3, as an example—and the omission was confirmed a bit later when extra particulars have been launched on Tesla’s web site.

Tesla Mannequin 3 design prototype – reveal occasion – March 2016

As much as 470-mile vary with…“vary extender” ?

Digging into the few numbers and particulars a bit extra, which Tesla up to date in the course of the presentation, there will probably be Rear-Wheel Drive, All-Wheel Drive, and Cyberbeast variations, with estimated costs of $60,990, $79,990, and $99,990, respectively. These three fashions return a respective vary of 250 miles, 340 miles, and 320 miles, based on Tesla. 

Tesla additionally hints {that a} 440-mile or 470-mile vary (Cyberbeast and AWD, respectively) might be enabled with a “vary extender.” This key piece of Cybertruck tech was fully omitted within the presentation, and it was initially unclear what that may be—whether or not Tesla is bringing again battery swapping, as an example, or whether or not it permits among the payload to be occupied by batteries. 

Non-obligatory pack that matches in about 1/3 of the truck mattress. Nonetheless room for loads of of cargo.

It’s meant for very lengthy journeys or towing heavy issues up mountains.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2023

Musk later clarified, by way of X (above), that it’s the latter—an elective pack becoming into about one-third of the truck’s mattress, with the CEO asserting that there’s nonetheless loads of room for cargo. 

Tesla Senior Vice President of Powertrain and Power Engineering Drew Baglino later added that the vary extender is “a toolbox-sized battery in opposition to the again of the cab within the mattress.”

Tesla Cybertruck

In any case, this serves as a form of alter-ego to the upcoming Ram 1500 REV that has 500 battery-electric miles of vary claimed from a 229-kwh battery pack, however a separate Ramcharger plug-in hybrid could have 145 battery-electric miles plus 545 extra miles afforded by an inside combustion vary extender. Because it’s presently being delivered (in restricted numbers), the Chevrolet Silverado EV supplies EPA scores of as much as 450 miles.

Tesla lists the utmost charging price at 250 kw—the present max for Supercharger V4 tech, though it’s anticipated to be raised quickly with a larger rollout. That’s ok for including 128 miles in quarter-hour for the Cyberbeast or 136 miles for the AWD, based on Tesla; however with an 800-volt structure the Cybertruck is probably going able to charging at a lot larger charges.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

That determine is a sign that in effectivity, Tesla sees the Cybertruck going simply over 2 miles per kwh—so depend on roughly 170 kwh for the 340-mile AWD Cybertruck pack. It hasn’t but clarified how you’d cost the vary extender or how lengthy which may take whereas towing and hauling on lengthy highway journeys.

It’s unclear whether or not that is an EPA-cycle vary determine, because the Cybertruck is nearly sure to be categorised as a medium-duty (generally known as heavy-duty, or super-duty) truck. Tesla quoted preliminary curb weights ranging as much as 6,843 kilos, which might convey its GVWR nicely above the 8,500 kilos that is the ceiling for light-duty automobiles. GM, as an example, selected to publish one anyway for its GMC Hummer EV.

Tesla Cybertruck

RWD, AWD, and Cyberbeast

Single-motor Rear-Wheel Drive fashions, which gained’t be accessible till 2025, will speed up to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds, whereas All-Wheel Drive variations will do 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds and the Cyberbeast will sprint to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds. Energy scores for the latter two fashions are 600 hp and 845 hp.

The Cybertruck boasts an 11,000-pound tow score, based on Tesla—1,000 kilos forward of these of the Ford F-150 Lightning and Chevrolet Silverado EV—whereas claiming a payload of as much as 2,500 kilos. Tesla additionally quoted torque figures of seven,435 lb-ft and 10,296 lb-ft for the AWD and Cyberbeast variations, respectively, but it surely’s seemingly these are wheel torque and never the motor torque that might enable them to be in comparison with these of different pickups.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

It’s 223.7 inches lengthy, with an general top of 70.4 inches, and it’s a bit wider than most full-size vans at 86.6 inches with the mirrors folded. The official floor clearance is 17.44 inches in an Extract Mode, seemingly using the aptitude of the air suspension. 

As Musk has lengthy hinted, the Cybertruck does with no 12-volt lead-acid accent battery, and it shifts to ethernet-based communications. Neither of those are market firsts.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

Appears apart, many Cybertruck market firsts

However there are many market firsts. The Cybertruck’s stainless-steel building will probably be a primary for any mass-produced automobile—for higher or worse, we’ve but to see. So will its claimed rock-chip-free exterior and shatter-resistant armor glass. And inside, its 18.5-inch touchscreen will probably be one of many largest but.

Different less-revolutionary off-road and maneuverability-savvy tech contains locking differentials, rear torque vectoring, and a steer-by-wire system that employs a really fast ratio at parking-lot speeds and an extended ratio on the freeway, making it simple to drive, mentioned Musk, whereas providing a turning circle smaller than that of the Mannequin S’s roughly 40 ft.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

Additionally of notice: Tesla claims the Cybertruck affords as much as 11.5 kw of energy for the house, or different automobiles—though there weren’t any supporting particulars but as to how that characteristic may be enabled. This would be the first use of a type of bidirectional charging for any of its automobiles, so take note of how that is marketed alongside its Powerwall residence power programs. 

2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

The Cybertruck is a long-awaited entry into the pickup fold and has an exotic-car stage of appears to be like and tech. Will Tesla’s choices that went into this product make sense in the actual world? For that, we’ll want to attend many months, earlier than extra than simply an preliminary spherical of followers take the squircle-shaped wheel.