Tesla CEO Elon Musk presided over the delivery of the company's
long-awaited Cybertruck, four years after it was first unveiled. But
while there wasn't much new information since the original
presentation, a new price went live on Tesla's website shortly after.
While the event had the typical Musk flash, with grandiose
prognostications about "the future" and videos of Cybertrucks driving
across ice, it provided very little new information. Even the price on
Tesla's website, which allowed people to place a $250 deposit to place
their order, didn't include traditional car buying experiences, like
choosing options. There was no discussion of practicalities like front
trunk space, or anything beyond the company's existing 250-mile range
estimate.
The website did reveal, however, that the top-of-the-line model would
be dubbed the "Cyberbeast."
With a starting price of $60,990 before federal tax credits, the Tesla Cybertruck comes in at just over $20,000 more than the base model that
was originally discussed at the vehicle's debut in 2019. The company
originally said the Cybertruck would cost less than $40,000, but a
pandemic and an ensuing period of high inflation forced the company to
move away from that promise.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/business/tesla-delivers-first-cybertruck-into-a-tougher-new-world/index.html
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