Tesla has unveiled its all-electric pick-up truck, the styling of which can be described as visionary. The Cybertruck, as it’s called, is nothing like its type designation suggests, looking like something right at home in a sci-fi movie or a Bertone design book from the ’70s.
If the looks suggest that the imposing vehicle is ready for Armageddon, the specifications agree – the Cybertruck features what the company says is an impenetrable exo-skeleton, with every component designed for superior strength and endurance.
The list is led by an Ultra-Hard 30X Cold-Rolled stainless-steel structural skin, and even the glass is armoured – Tesla claims that the ultra-strong glass and polymer-layered composite that is used is able to absorb and redirect impact force for improved performance and damage tolerance. The material however, didn’t fare too well during the launch event, cracking when a metal ball was thrown at it (Elon Musk said that this shortcoming will be fixed).
Fragile glass aside, the rest of the numbers continue the might parade. The Cybertruck has an operating range of more than 800 km (500 miles) on a single charge in the most efficient examples, with base versions managing more than 400 km.
It can also haul up to 1,590 kg (or 3,500 lbs) in payload and has a towing capacity of 6,350 kg (14,000 lbs) to boot. Of course, the Cybertruck is also fast, capable of doing the sprint from standstill to 96 km/h (60 mph) in just 2.9 seconds, which is supercar territory.
Design features include an adaptive, self-leveling air suspension that’s also adjustable – the system can raise and lower the vehicle by 100 mm (four inches) in either direction for easy access, especially to the vault, the description given to the 100 cubic feet of exterior, lockable storage secured by a tonneau cover that the automaker says is strong enough to stand on. Hope it’s sturdier than the glass.
Inside, the cabin seats six comfortably, with additional storage under the second-row seats. Kit includes an advanced 17-inch central touchscreen with an all-new customized user interface, as well as on-board power and compressed air, useful for those camping expeditions owners may take with the truck.
The Cybertruck will come in three variants, Single Motor Rear-Wheel Drive, Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive, and Tri Motor All-Wheel Drive. In the US, pricing will start from US$39,900 (RM166,360) for the Single Motor, while that for the Dual Motor begins from US$49,500 (RM206,400). The Tri-Motor tops the list at US$69,900 (RM291,500), and ticking the self-driving option will add another US$7,000 (RM29,200) to the price tag.
The company says that the first customer deliveries of the Cybertruck will begin in late 2021, with production of the Tri Motor AWD version expected to begin in late 2022.
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Pyramid truck for pharaohs?! Bring one here for our pharaoh PM.
Malaysia need a Tesla EV sized axia, under Rm35k.
Sorry but you’re confusing me. Axia-sized Tesla EV or Tesla EV-sized Axia? Sorry idk what you mean really since Malaysian usually only ask for cheap car. Not EV car.
This game changing car is the definition of future. Not only it runs using electric, but also the design is simply stunning and futuristic! That company that showcased their EV, where is it today? Is it game over already?
Let’s go back further to year 2003. One company showed to the world its hybrid car, touting the car as Malaysian first hybrid car. 16 years later, still remain only talk…
With that iconic shape, can it evade being detected by police radar gun & AES?
maybe now it will be able to detect , but when the future comes , almost all the cars will look the same and the police is gonna be having hard time to recognize which is which haha
I think Dredd was pointing out the cybertruck is shaped like F-117 stealth fighter, hence the possibility of that shape to help evade radar detection.
One word , speechless
second word , shut up and take my money
habislah perodua, game over perodua.
Other company already showcase EV, while Perodua just talking about hybrid but until today got nothing to show. It is a game over brand lah.
Design using powerpoint
so Tesla is selling an armoured truck… This can’t end well…
WTF…Look alike the car i burn for my late grand father. knn its fugly
Hosye-liao, next year “cheng-ming” this design will b a hit…
You grandpa must be rejoicing aaa got futuristic car.
After they partly switched off the power-grid in California due to forest fires, you’ll always have to keep the charging level >90% so that you can use it to run away in case of emergency.
Should name it – Origami
Is tesla trolling everyone ?
looks like some 1980s computer games vehicle
this truck is designed by iron man
the poor designer was only given a ruler when designing this car.
The most ugliest cybertruck ever built.
Their designers were playing Minecraft too much?