Tesla Unveils Cybertruck: Electric Pickup with Range Up to 500 Miles, Stainless Steel Body, Starting Price of $39,900

November 21st, 2019

Update: Tesla Already Received 146,000 Cybertruck Pre-Orders Worth Over $8 Billion

Update: Tesla Cybertruck Will Have Solar Roof Option to Add 15 Miles of Range Per Day

Will people ignore how weird it looks in order to get specs that no other truck has?

Probably.

Via: Electrek:

After months of hype, Tesla has finally unveiled its Cybertruck electric pickup truck today in Los Angeles. The vehicle features up to 500 miles of range, a starting price of just $39,900 and much more.

Three versions of the Tesla Cybertruck are going to be available with different battery packs and drivetrain configurations.

The single motor RWD version will offer 250 miles of range.

A dual motor all-wheel-drive version will reach 300 miles of range and a tri-motor version will have 500 miles of range…

6 Responses to “Tesla Unveils Cybertruck: Electric Pickup with Range Up to 500 Miles, Stainless Steel Body, Starting Price of $39,900”

  1. Dennis says:

    First thought: Woohoo!
    Second thought: Those corners look a little sharp.

  2. Kevin says:

    I’ve never bought a vehicle based on looks, but even I can tell that this thing looks pretty weird.

    Stainless steel body, though. Fits my entire family. Room to spare. Front/rear subframes wouldn’t crack on what passes for roads here in middle of nowhere NZ.

    *drool*

  3. Kevin says:

    Forgot to mention: I could drive it for free nine months out of the year here (solar power).

    But please don’t let any of this sound like I would consider buying this truck. Even if I had the money, which I certainly don’t, it wouldn’t make sense.

    I could buy roughly 15 of the Nissan minivans that I currently get by with for the price of that base model Tesla truck. haha

  4. Dennis says:

    Ah, the Nissan minivan: the Honda Cub of NZ small farms.

  5. Dennis says:

    Would having a powerwall make it driveable all year round? Actually, I wish their cars could be used as mobile powerwalls.

  6. Kevin says:

    “Would having a powerwall make it driveable all year round? Actually, I wish their cars could be used as mobile powerwalls.”

    No. For a roughly eight week period, from the middle of June to the middle of August, our solar system + Powerwall can’t supply enough electricity. This period can extend from the beginning of June to the end of August. That’s with the Powerwall absorbing all excess generation/exporting nothing, our system doesn’t generate enough power for us during this time.

    It comes down to hot water.

    It would be a matter of installing a wood burning stove with a wetback to be able to do it. Then we would easily have enough / effectively be off grid. It’s a long story why we don’t do this, but let it suffice to say that it’s not a good option for our situation.

    A heat pump water heater might be able to get us through those months, but I’d have to do much more careful math to figure that out. The cost and hassle of doing it is really not worth it at this time for us, despite how cool it would be.

    If I drop our grid use much lower, we’ll lose the yearly $200 credit from the grid operator. In other words, I don’t mind paying in a year what I used to pay in a month to be able to use the grid as a backup.

    As for using the car as a Powerwall, Nissan had this system several years ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-crZIHWYM

    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/you-can-power-your-house-nissan-leaf

    https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/19/nissan-launches-nissan-energy-solar-one-energy-solution-uk-homes/

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