New units of the Tesla Cybertruck are now rolling out to early reservation holders following a delivery event held at Tesla headquarters in Texas late last year. Offered as a rival to the Chevy Silverado EV, the new Cybertruck has sparked more than its fair share of controversy, presenting divisive styling, lower-than-expected range and capacities, and a higher-than-expected price. Nevertheless, some customers have waited years to get their hands on one, and now, one early production unit has been spotted on the streets of Southern California.
Recently seen in Los Angeles, this particular Tesla Cybertruck is an example of the AWD Foundation Series, which is about $100,000 – $20,000 more than a standard All-Wheel Drive Cybertruck. The Foundation Series is also available in the top-spec, high-performance Cyberbeast trim for about $120,000. Opting for the Foundation Series on either trim secures a fully loaded vehicle and priority delivery.
Specs for the All-Wheel Drive Cybertruck include a sprint to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 112 mph, as well as an estimated range-per-charge of 340 miles. Vehicle weight is measured at 6,603 pounds, with 120.9 cubic-feet of cargo room. The cabin features an 18.5-inch center touchscreen up front and a 9.4-inch rear touchscreen. Vehicle dimensions include an overall width of 95 inches (including extended mirrors), an overall height of 70.5 inches, and an overall length of 223.7 inches, plus a claimed 17.44 inches of ground clearance in Extract Mode.
Meanwhile, Cyberbeast models offer a sprint to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, a top speed of 130 mph, and an estimated range of 320 miles, while the base-level Rear-Wheel Drive model hits 60 mph in 6.5 seconds, can reach a top speed of 112 mph, and covers an estimated 250 miles per charge. Towing capacity is advertised at 7,500 pounds for the Rear-Wheel Drive model, 11,000 pounds for the All-Wheel Drive model, and 11,000 pounds for the Cyberbeast.
Tesla has also announced a new Range Extender battery pack that will mount in the bed and is claimed to boost range-per-charge to more than 440 miles in the Cyberbeast and more than 470 miles in the All-Wheel Drive model.
Naturally, we would love to see a direct head-to-head comparison between the Cybertruck and the Chevy Silverado EV, but we’ll still have to wait until the initial Silverado EV units start arriving in the Spring.
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Can’t wait to hear owners whining about collision repair costs on it. Hertz thought collisions costs were high on the other models. Wait til stainless steel comes into play.
Hasn’t stopped Model Y becoming the best selling car in the world. Don’t let Hertz of all companies confirm your bias.
Model Y won’t be at the top for 2024.
Hardly a Silverado competitor. The CT is for those desperately in need of a brain transplant.
Like I’ve said about those types:
It’ll never be enough.
It’s pretty useless as a vehicle other than a cruiser. I suppose if the production numbers are low enough it may have some future collector value?
Only to Elon.
Sorry, but I think this “thing” is FUGLY!!!
This thing is nothing more than a paper weight.
What defines it as a truck? It doesn’t appear to have any noticeable utility. It looks ridiculous and could have been designed by a six year old. No disrespect meant to the child. He or she will undoubtedly develop much more skill with experience. I could see it as a military attack vehicle if it were armorplated. Maybe even a stealth vehicle to sneak up on the enemy. It has a sort of Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber look about it.
Sneak up on an enemy, it will have to sneak up on a customer.
This vehicle is just butt ugly.
UGLY !
I also saw one on a street near West Palm Beach, FL. The design is jarring to say the least. I looks like from some other planet.
If pickup buyers are as conservative as they say, once the initial attention-seekers have one, sales should dry up quickly.
Perfect second vehicle parked next to your Celestiq…
Be a perfect vehicle to send on a moon flight. Looks like some Sci-Fi vehicle. Lol
It is by far the ugliest vehicle ever produced even far worse than some of the Pontiac disasters of earlier years
Cybertruck was spotted at Disney Resort two weeks ago. Sorry I wasn’t allowed to post picture 👮♂️
It looked like part of the new star wars filming 😄
P.o.S.
Reminds me of the Aztek .
A Quick Look online reveals that real world range on the Cyber Truck is much lower than stated, but that is true of Tesla’s other models too. Tesla’s build quality and other short comings are ignored by the automotive press. If any of the Big Three produced cars and trucks of the same quality, they would be raked over the coals.
Virtue signal
The Pontiac Aztec was the ugliest vehicle ever made. Now the Tesla truck is the ugliest ever!😝😝😝
A fridge with wheels . The bed is kinda useless , there’s lot quality issues inside as well
So if you put more batteries in the bed I guess you have to mount a Thule on the roof for your “stuff” .
There’s one common thing I’ve noticed about these EV articles. They always omit the charge time. One would think that charge time is important enough to mention,. But NO. They never do.
Probably because charge time is variable, and only of note when on a trip (or if you are the rare use case who would drive more than the full range of an EV in a normal day). Otherwise, it charges overnight in your garage, and you have a “full tank” in the morning. While on a trip, the 0-100% times posted elsewhere are irrelevant because you usually don’t arrive at a charger with 0%, and would most likely never wait to charge to 100%. The sweet spot and fastest way to travel with an EV is arrive at a charger between 10 and 15%, and not charge to more than 60-70%, or however long you need to get to the next charger or your destination. For most EVs this will be in the 15-30 minute range. We have found that we usually travel about 2.5-3 hours between charges. This is just about the limit when traveling with kids and pets because by then everyone wants to stretch their legs and use the restroom anyway.
Glad it works for you. But you are not everyone. Not everyone has a garage. And my 70 year old brother when taking trips with his wife only stop for gas/pit stops every 5/6 hours. They pack food so stops are very brief. They take turns driving so they tend to go the whole trip unless more than 20 hours of time. So it works for you, but not everyone. I know myself I’ll travel 8-10 hours with very brief stops. I pack some nuts or other easily consumed things while driving. I eat light when I travel as calories in/calories out is my motto. And there are not many calories out to drive. When younger and I skied, I’d travel from LA to Utah without stopping except for gas. We’d go with 3 of us and take turns driving. Not going to work with an EV.
I’ve done the same thing. When our kids were younger we drove overnight while they were sleeping, and stopped minimally, just for gas. Would do the same thing when driving by myself, driving cross country and only stopping for gas and 5-6 hours a night to stop to sleep in the back seat. Since switching to EVs we have adapted. It is nicer (to me at least) to arrive and feel less tired. My comment was directed more to the “You can’t take a 800 mile trip in an EV it will take you 3 days.” crowd. It’s a different way of traveling for sure, but can easily be done, and the difference in time is truly minimal in the grand scheme of things. Same with your ski trip example. Would still work with an EV, just take a little longer.
Also, let me be clear that I am not defending this abomination of a vehicle. Not sure why this article is published. A vehicle for sale to the general public spotted parked on a street doesn’t exactly scream “news” to me.
Haters gonna hate, but there are over 2M reservations for this truck – as I’ve said before, this truck will outsell GM and Ford’s combined EV truck output in 2024 even though it will be a slow ramp. I thought it was fugly in 2019 as a Tesla hater, but have now seen it in person and it is pretty cool – This is geared for the younger generation, not old diehards. As far as it not being a ‘real’ truck – how many mall crawler ‘real’ trucks ever tow or go off road – Answer: >75% of truck owners tow once or less per year and 70% go off road once or less a year. Yes, the range is cut in half when towing – just like a ‘real’ truck, so what, Tesla Super chargers dot every main road – there are over 6,000 Supercharger stations with nearly 55,000 connectors. Not a big deal for an annual tow. I drive my Tesla Model Y to Orange County from SLC and I stop 5 times along the way (ranging from 6 to 17 minutes) – My ZR2 Duramax can make it with one stop (LV), but guess what, with my wife/kids I end up stopping just as many times. I’ve never had range anxiety, it routes and is accurate AF in regard to battery percent remaining at each stop based on speed, wing elevation gain/loss. If I had a 9000 lb Silverado EV, then I would be concerned about charging – keep in mind Tesla isn’t opening all of their superchargers to everyone.
All well and good unless you get to a charger and find a long line of EVs ahead of you, or that the charger is broken or incompatible. And charging overnight is fine unless you live in an apartment and can’t run an extension cord from an upper floor.
Looks like a bad Sci Fi B movie from the 70’s or 80’s trying to predict what future vehicles would look like. A true Malaise era II candidate.