Tesla cybertruck

Well, it's certainly confronting!  (And people had been complaining that all Teslas look alike ......)

But consider the value, as this Electrek article points out. It comfortably seats 6 as well as having a large tray, has stainless steel construction, has extraordinary torque and 250 mile range/100kWh battery for just $39,900.  Right now, the only Tesla with a 100 kWh battery is the Model S Long Range, which costs $80,000.  As Electrek points out:

Based on my estimation, the base version of the Cybertruck has a battery pack with roughly 100 kWh of energy capacity.

Right now, the cheapest vehicle that Tesla is selling with a 100 kWh battery pack is the Model S Long Range, which costs $80,000.

The Cybertruck starts at half that price.

To me, it indicates some massive cost improvements both on the battery front and manufacturing front.

At $100 per kWh at the battery pack level, it would represent 25% of the cost of the Cybertruck and leave only $30,000 for everything else.

That’s not a lot to build a vehicle of that size and also get away with some profits.

This leads me to think that Tesla figured out some significant cost improvements in both battery costs and manufacturing a vehicle with this new exoskeleton structure.

MotorTrend has some interesting ideas about how the dual (and later triple) engines will power the vehicle off road.

Will it sell?  Who knows.  People are innately small-c conservative.  We shall see.  In the meantime, if I had the money I'd buy one in a flash instead of a Model 3 because it offers so much.

Source: InsideEvs