Tesla unveiled its very first electric pickup truck a few hours ago, called Cybertruck at an event in Los Angeles, California.
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The showman that he is,
real-life IronMan made sure to make it 'larger than life' and we were practically drooling at the prospect of having such an advance, straight out of a sci-fi flick automobile!
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In an effort to demonstrate its strength, Musk put the truck through different tests. He had
Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s chief of design, hit the door of the truck with a sledgehammer several times, claimed it was practically bulletproof, and showed the truck winning a tug-of-war with a
Ford F150 and a drag race with a
Porsche 911.
Although, things went south when he tried to depict how 'shatterproof' the armoured glass was, as a metal ball thrown by Holzhausen shattered both the truck’s windows.
“We’ll fix it in the post,” a docile Musk quickly reiterated.
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Specifications
The truck comes in three versions.
-250 Miles range with towing capacity: 7,500-pounds, single motor rear-wheel drive with 0-60 mph capabilities in under 6.5 seconds.
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-300 Miles range with towing capacity: 10,000-pounds, dual-motor all-wheel drive with 0-60 mph in under 4.5 seconds.
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-500 Miles range with towing capacity: 14,000-pounds, triple motor all-wheel drive with 0-60 mph in under 2.9 seconds.
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| Via: Autocar |
According to Tesla, the truck can seat a total of six adults, the body is made of ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel. The truck’s vault length is 6.5 feet, and it will have 4-inch suspension in either direction. A 17-inch touchscreen sits in the centre of the dashboard.
Musk has once again shown the genius businessman in him by launching a Tesla pickup truck at a time when not only are pickup sales on the rise in the US, but trucks command high average selling prices and high-profit margins.
Since currently there's no mass-market electric pickup truck available for sale, Tesla is sure going to earn some huge numbers from this very venture.
Price
The 250 Mile range is priced at $39,900, 300 Miles range is priced at $49,900 and the 500 Miles range is to be sold for $69,900.
The trucks won’t be rolling off the assembly line until late 2021, but preorders can be made at
tesla.com/cybertruck.
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