With dubstep as the soundtrack and neon lighting as the backdrop, Elon Musk delivered the first Cybertrucks to a select group of clients, including Reddit co-founder and VC fund Seven Seven Six founder Alexis Ohanian and Trousdale Ventures founder and CEO Philip Sarofim.
The live-streamed portion of the Tesla Cybertruck delivery event was short — about 30 minutes. But the event still has all the traditional trappings one would expect from Tesla: lavish music, VIP guests, and of course, Musk.
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries come at least six years after Musk first tweeted about building a truck and four years since he debuted the futuristic-looking pickup.
Looking beyond some of the flashier features — it’s bulletproof — here’s everything we know so far. The truth is, the Cybertruck is much more expensive than the goals Musk shared in 2019. Other details shared were few. Some reviews, incl One of the Marquis Brownlee’swas much more luminous than what Musk or the official Tesla website shared.
Three versions
The Tesla Cybertruck will eventually be available in three variants.
The cheapest lot, a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive version with a 250-mile range, a 6.9-second acceleration rate to 60 mph and a base price of $60,990, won’t be available until 2025. That leaves the dual-motor all-wheel-drive version and the so-called Cyberbeast, which has three Engines.
The all-wheel drive model has an estimated range of 340 miles, a top speed of 112 mph and a starting price of $79,990. The Cyberbeast comes with an estimated range of 320 miles, 845 horsepower that can travel from 0 to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, can reach a top speed of 130 mph, and comes with an estimated price of $99,990. Both versions have a towing capacity of 11,000 pounds.
The company will also offer an extended range that will push the all-wheel drive version to an estimated 470 miles and the Cyberbeast to more than 440 miles. But Tesla doesn’t provide any other details about the range extender or price. After the event, Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, to offer a slightly less ambiguous explanation. The range extender will be “an optional package that fits about a third of the truck bed,” he said. There’s still room for plenty of merchandise. They are intended for very long trips or for hauling heavy items up mountains.
No word yet on what it will cost. Either way, any electric truck or SUV priced above $80,000 will not qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Which means the mid-tier variant with the range extender probably won’t do that.
The above numbers differ from the original specifications that Musk first shared at the first Cybertruck event in 2019. The company was planning three variants, but prices, towing and range have since changed. The production vehicle’s dimensions have also been reduced by about 5% from the prototype shown four years ago, making it slightly smaller than the Ford F-150 Lightning. In 2019, the company planned its cheapest version to cost $39,900, have a towing capacity of 7,500 pounds and a range of more than 250 miles. The middle version was to be a $49,900 dual-motor all-wheel drive system, have a towing capacity of more than 10,000 pounds and be able to travel more than 300 miles on a single charge. The third version was supposed to have three electric motors, an all-wheel drive system, a towing capacity of up to 14,000 pounds, and a battery range of more than 500 miles. The price of this version, known as the “Triple Engine,” is $69,900.