is here, the "Cyber Pickup" that has been delayed for many years has finally been delivered!
In the early morning of December 1st, Beijing time, a delivery event for Tesla’s electric pickup truck product Cybertruck was held at its Texas Gigafactory in the United States.
The final price of this pickup truck has finally been announced. According to Tesla’s official website, there are 3 versions of Cybertruck:
Beast Edition: starting price is US$99,990 (approximately RMB 713,000);
full-drive version: starting The price is US$79,990 (approximately RMB 570,000);
rear-drive version: starting price is US$60,990 (approximately RMB 435,000).
This price is really not cheap. You must know that when the Cybertruck debuted, the starting price was only US$39,900 (approximately RMB 286,000). Now the price has nearly doubled...
Tesla China’s official website is now online Cybertruck’s page has been posted, but information such as booking channels and prices has not yet been provided.
By the way, Tesla is also playing tricks here. The first description of the car on the official website is: it can drive on the surface of any planet.
and after the official website page loads for a while, you will also see an alien monster sitting in the driver's seat, which is very interesting. You might as well guess what it means?
Having said that, the entire Cybertruck delivery event lasted only about 25 minutes, which can be called one of the shortest events in Tesla’s history.
But as the saying goes, "condensation is the essence", Tesla still showed off all the core highlights of this new car in a tight time. After reading it, I just want to sigh: It is indeed the most powerful electric pickup truck on the earth!
At the beginning of the delivery ceremony, Musk drove the Cybertruck to Tesla's Texas Gigafactory, then took the stage and began to speak, looking very energetic.
He started by emphasizing the durability of this electric pickup truck, saying that its stainless steel body will not corrode and does not require painting, but it can still be mass-produced.
And this time Tesla rose to the challenge. At the scene, company designer Franz von Holzhausen once again demonstrated the famous scene of smashing the Cybertruck window. This time the glass did not break.
Let me recall here. During the Cybertruck demonstration event in 2019, Holzhausen also threw a metal ball at the window of the pickup truck. As a result, the window broke and the scene was very embarrassing.
It seems that four years have passed, new cars have made some progress, and the price increase has become reasonable.
Then Musk showed off the bulletproof function of Cybertruck. He also praised that with Cybertruck, there is no need to fear the mafia's submachine gun fire.
In terms of specific appearance, everyone should be familiar with this new car. It adopts a polygonal design that does not look harmonious. The outline of the lines is very blunt, simple and rough. The design is inspired by the movie "Blade Runner".
Regardless of whether it looks good or not, this car definitely stands out when driven out.
But the benefits of this design are also obvious. After all, one of the biggest highlights of Cybertruck is that it is extremely sturdy, strong and durable, and can adapt to any terrain. It is not a joke that it can drive on the surface of any planet.
First of all, the body adopts a super-hard stainless steel exoskeleton, which helps to reduce surface dents, damage and corrosion caused by long-term use. Maintenance is simple and fast, and the drag coefficient is only 0.335Cd.
According to reports, Cybertruck is also equipped with electronic adaptive air suspension, which provides a range of movement of 305 mm and a ground clearance of 432 mm, which can flexibly cope with various rough road conditions and fully meet a variety of driving needs.
Moreover, the armored glass on this car is not ordinary. It can withstand the impact of a baseball at a speed of 112 kilometers per hour or level 4 hail. It seems that it will be no problem to drive in extreme weather, but I don’t know whether the battery can withstand it.
Looking at the interior, Cybertruck is equipped with a giant 18.5-inch touch screen in the front row and a 9.4-inch touch screen in the rear row. It has 15 built-in speakers to achieve studio-level dynamic sound effects.
is also equipped with a wireless mobile phone charging pad, a 65W USB-C interface and a 120V/240V socket. It can quickly charge mobile phones, laptops or tools in the front seats, rear seats or inside the cargo box, and the sockets are also Can charge other electric vehicles.
As a car that can drive to alien planets, Cybertruck has also designed a biological weapons defense mode and is equipped with a medical-grade HEPA high-efficiency air filtration system, which can effectively filter 99.97% of air particles.
Do you think that if one day we arrive in an apocalyptic environment like that in "Traffic Earth", would this pickup truck be very practical?
Oh, by the way, this time Cybertruck also provides two official optional accessories. One is its roof tent, which can accommodate two people and ensures part of the storage space in the trunk; the other is a roof lighting assembly , very suitable for off-road enthusiasts.
In the following activities, it will be Musk’s favorite “Competition with Friends and Businessmen”.
Musk said that this pure electric pickup truck can tow more than 11,000 pounds (about 4,994 kilograms), which is equivalent to the average weight of an African elephant, and has a payload capacity of 2,500 pounds (about 1,135 kilograms), which is very exaggerated and has cargo. The box has extra large capacity and can carry 4 feet by 8 feet (approximately 122 cm by 244 cm) of building materials.
, in the official introduction of Cybertruck, is "more practical than a truck and faster than a sports car." To confirm this, the official released a comparison test video.
video content shows Tesla comparing its Cybertruck with the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T diesel trucks.
Even Ford's F-150 Lightning is only rated to tow 10,000 pounds with an extended battery, so the Cybertruck ultimately came out on top.
Not only that, the demonstration video shows that the Tesla electric pickup Cybertruck accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers in only 2.7 seconds and drives a quarter mile (about 402 meters) in less than 11 seconds, even faster than the 2023 Porsche 911.
Musk joked: "When towing a 911, the acceleration is faster than the 911."
The specific power and endurance capabilities of the following three Cybertrucks are as follows:
rear-wheel drive version: cruising range 250 miles (approximately 402km), acceleration from zero to 0-60 seconds in 6.5 seconds;
all-wheel drive version: cruising range 340 miles (approximately 547km), Top speed 112 miles per hour, 600 horsepower, 7436 pound-feet of torque;
’s most expensive “Cyberbeast”: 320 miles of range (approximately 515km), 0-100 acceleration in 2.7 seconds, top speed 130 miles per hour, 845 horsepower, 10,296 pound-feet of torque.
Of course, in addition to the content displayed at the press conference, some other black technologies on Cybertruck have also been announced, such as body-integrated batteries (CTC), integrated die-cast body, 48V distributed power architecture, motors, and FSD V12 and so on.
At the end of the event, Musk said happily, "It's great to see these cars driving everywhere. They will change the development of roads in the future."
Surprisingly, although the release of Cybertruck attracted widespread attention and discussion, but Tesla’s stock price fell significantly after the release.
According to news, Tesla’s stock price fell by about 3% in late trading on the U.S. stock market after the press conference, and finally closed down by nearly 2%, falling from a six-week high for two consecutive days.
After all, although Cybertruck’s innovative design and powerful performance are excellent, its high price may also deter some consumers, and it does not seem to be an easy sell.
Regarding the price issue, Tesla also deleted the price information of three different configurations of Cybertruck from US$39,900 to US$70,000 from the official website as early as 2021.
In fact, as early as the eve of the event, Musk tried to lower people's expectations for Cybertruck, even telling investors that Cybertruck would not start generating profits for the company for at least a year to 18 months.
At the same time, Tesla said it expected to start producing 250,000 trucks per year by 2025, but that ramping up production would be very difficult.
However, although the outside world seems not to be optimistic about this new car, it does not affect the excitement of many Tesla fans to watch the delivery event, and they even lined up before the event started.
Some netizens showed that the admission badges for the delivery event are made of stainless steel and look like they can be used as kitchen knives.
Even domestic netizens joined in the fun, saying why does this car look so familiar?
In any case, it is no longer the "uncompetitive environment for electric pickup trucks" in 2019. Tesla has to face a lot of pressure, so can Cybertruck successfully break into a world in the future? We'll see.
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