Tesla now says that the Cybertruck’s vary extender is coming subsequent yr, asks for a $500 deposit to order it, and confirms that it’ll price round $16,000.
When Tesla unveiled the manufacturing model of the Cybertruck final yr, many have been dissatisfied by the vary and pricing.
Tesla has underdelivered on pricing up to now, but it surely tends to ship on spec – making the numerous vary miss in comparison with the beforehand introduced Cybertruck disappointing to many.
Nonetheless, the automaker argued that it did ship on vary, albeit with an enormous caveat.
Tesla introduced that it’ll make a “vary extender” accessible for the Cybertruck. The Cybertruck’s vary extender is an additional battery pack that sits within the truck’s mattress – taking about 33% of the car’s mattress.
The automaker disclosed that the battery pack would improve the vary of the twin motor Cybertruck from 340 miles to over 470 miles and the Cyberbeast from 320 miles to over 440 miles.
As we beforehand reported, Tesla has stopped its reservation course of for the Cybertruck within the US. Anybody can now order one immediately by means of the configurator and obtain one throughout the subsequent month.
With the launch of the configurator, Tesla has revealed a bit extra in regards to the deliberate vary extender:
The code for the configurator on Tesla’s web site beforehand confirmed a $16,000 value. Tesla now confirms that it’s what it’s aiming for.
The automaker additionally confirmed that’s goals to begin manufacturing “early 2025”:
- 470+ whole mi. vary (est.)
- Requires set up at a Tesla service heart
- Manufacturing deliberate to start in early 2025
- Precedence set up
As we beforehand reported, Tesla has confirmed that Tesla might want to set up and take away the battery pack, which implies that it’ll improve your vary, however it’s going to completely take away a 3rd of your mattress cargo capability till it’s eliminated by Tesla service.