Yahoo Autos 2024 Tesla Cybertruck Has 845-HP Cyberbeast Trim, Baseball-Deflecting Body
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. The Tesla Cybertruck is finally here. The production-spec electric pickup was revealed at an event at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, that was livestreamed on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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— Tesla (@Tesla) November 29, 2023
CEO Elon Musk started off the event by proclaiming, "You have a car here that experts said would never be made... I think it's our best product. Finally, the future will look like the future." He also referred to it as "a better truck than a truck, and a better sports car than a sports car in the same package."
The Cybertruck has retained its stainless steel body for production, and Musk claims that this "exoskeleton" gives the Cybertruck more torsional stiffness than a McLaren P1. Musk also touted the "shatter-resistant glass" that had failed spectacularly at the original launch event in 2019 when Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen threw a metal ball at the windows. This time around, von Holzhausen threw a baseball at the window to show its durability, with the baseball bouncing off. Tesla claims it can withstand a baseball thrown at 70 mph or "class 4 hail." A video played that showed it withstanding a barrage of bullets from a Tommy gun, as well as a video of Joe Rogan firing a high-powered arrow at the Cybertruck.
Key Specs, Performance, and Capacities
The Cybertruck has a claimed 11,000-pound towing capacity and a claimed 2500-pound payload. The composite bed is six feet long and four feet wide, and it can fit four-by-eight-foot pieces of plywood with the tailgate down. Musk said it doesn't need a bed liner.
The tri-motor model has a claimed 6843-pound curb weight. There is an adaptive air suspension with a maximum of 17.4 inches of ground clearance, and the Cybertruck rides on 35-inch all-terrain tires, although it's unclear if these are standard or optional. A drag coefficient of 0.34 is claimed.
The Cybertruck uses a steer-by-wire system that adjusts the amount of steering wheel rotation depending on vehicle speed and presumably other factors. It is also fitted with rear-wheel steering and rear torque vectoring, and Musk said it has a turning circle smaller than a Model S.
The Cybertruck uses an 800-volt electric architecture. Tesla claims a 60-mph time of 2.6 seconds in "Beast" mode for the top Cyberbeast model and a quarter-mile time of under 11.0 seconds.
