Tesla Officially Unveils Armored Cybertruck Pickup
Price tag: from $40,000 to $70,000.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially unveiled the futuristic electric pickup Cybertruck at a presentation in Los Angeles. CNET's YouTube channel published a 14-minute video from the presentation.
Information about the new pickup has already appeared on the company's website. There are 3 models with different ranges on a single charge: 400 km, 480 km and 800 km. The versions also differ in the number of motors: 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Musk designed the unusual pickup's look under the influence of the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" and the film "Blade Runner".
Passengers will be under maximum protection, as the body is made of ultra-hard cold-rolled stainless steel. The company also created its own glass armoring technology. The pickup's metal can withstand fire from a 9-millimeter pistol, but at the presentation the glass cracked when a metal ball was thrown at it.
The pickup's starting price is $39,900, and the most advanced version will cost $69,900. The top-spec pickup can accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds. The payload capacity of the Cybertruck is nearly 1,600 kg.
Autopilot and automatic parking are included in every version. The Tesla pickup's power is so great that it can tow a Ford F-150 pickup, which is moving in the opposite direction.
The presentation also featured an electric quad bike that fits easily in the pickup's bed and can even be charged from it.
Production of the Tesla Cybertruck will begin in 2021, but pre-orders can already be placed on the company's website.
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