Tesla Unveils its Cybertruck Electric pickup, but daaaumn that thing looks awful. I know I know, that's subjective to say, but I cannot see that design as commercially viable. Tesla on Thursday unveiled its first electric pickup truck that looked like a futuristic angular armored vehicle in gunmetal gray.
At a launch event in Los Angeles, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the Cybertruck will have a starting price of $39,900 and production is expected to begin in late 2021. It is an electric pick-up truck made of armored metal with tempered glass windows. Other versions will be priced at $49,900 and $69,900 with the most expensive offering a range of more than 500 miles.
“We need sustainable energy now. If we don’t have a pickup truck, we can’t solve it. The top 3 selling vehicles in America are pickup trucks. To solve sustainable energy, we have to have a pickup truck,” he said.
The truck, which Musk claimed “won’t scratch and dent”, was described as having windows made from armored glass. But the glass cracked like a spider web when hit with a metal ball during a demonstration. Musk appeared surprised but noted that the glass had not completely broken. Cybertruck is designed to have the utility of a truck and the performance of a sports car. The vehicle will come in three variants: Single Motor Rear-Wheel Drive, Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive, and Tri Motor All-Wheel Drive.
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The pickup shifts Tesla more toward trucks and SUVs. The automaker has so far sold mostly Model S and Model 3 sedans, but also offers the Model X SUV and starting next year the Model Y compact SUV.