Tesla Cybertruck finally enters production

Production of the Tesla Cybertruck has yet begun astatine the American firm's Gigafactory successful Texas, with the archetypal illustration rolling disconnected the accumulation enactment astir 4 years aft it was archetypal unveiled.

The archetypal accumulation Cybertruck was contiguous pictured connected Tesla’s societal media channels surrounded by mill workers astatine the EV maker’s Texan headquarters.

It present appears apt that Tesla volition execute its revised people of opening lawsuit deliveries of the pick-up by the extremity of September – a two-year hold from the 2021 day mooted astatine the Cybertruck’s 2019 launch.

The Ford F-150 Lightning rival is the aforesaid magnitude (5.87m) arsenic accepted competitors but features a vastly antithetic look some wrong and out. For starters, it sports a extremist wedge-shape design, nary beforehand grille, angular model frames and bodywork featuring astir nary curvature.

Its assemblage is said to beryllium made of “ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel” and is claimed to beryllium bulletproof against 9mm bullets.

Three powertrain options volition beryllium offered, with one, 2 oregon 3 electrical motors. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive mentation volition bash 0-60mph successful 6.5sec and has a claimed scope of 250 miles. 

It can tow 3400kg, has a 1360kg payload and is expected to be priced from $39,900 (around £30,600) earlier immoderate authorities incentives, based connected Tesla's motorboat details. Like each variants, it is claimed to beryllium susceptible of the aforesaid 1MW (1000kW) charging velocity arsenic the Tesla Semi.

The mid-range dual-motor variant provides all-wheel drive, a claimed 0-60mph clip of 4.5sec and the quality to tow much than 4500kg. Tesla has antecedently said the exemplary volition beryllium priced from $49,900 (£38,300) earlier incentives. 

The top-rung car volition usage Tesla’s latest tri-motor Plaid EV powertrain, arsenic utilized connected the Tesla Model S Plaid. Priced from $69,900 (£53,700), its specs see a claimed 500-mile range, 0-60mph successful 2.9sec and the quality to implicit the 4th mile successful conscionable implicit 10sec. The towing capableness is 6350kg, Tesla brag Elon Musk said. 

Underneath, it gets adaptive aerial suspension with an adjustable thrust height. Musk has claimed the maximum tallness volition beryllium 16in, with the quality to beryllium adjusted up and down by 4in. 

The load bay is simply a Ford F-150-rivalling 6.5ft agelong and features a raisable cover. Tesla claims implicit 2800 litres of lockable retention abstraction including the covered load bay (dubbed the ‘vault’), arsenic good arsenic abstraction successful the 'frunk' and sail pillars. 

The Cybertruck tin spot up to six adults inside. Its minimalist interior features a dashboard dominated by a 17in tablet-style touchscreen.

However, precise specifications person yet to beryllium officially confirmed, arsenic person the prospects for income successful mainland European and the UK. 

The Cybertruck is disposable to reserve for US customers for a $100 (£77) afloat refundable deposit – with nary warrant that these reservations are converted into sales. Musk claimed soon aft the pick-up’s unveiling that 200,000 radical had placed a deposit.