Tesla Cybertruck early design sketches show what else it could have looked like

The first pre-production Tesla Cybertruck was just built, and it doesn't look like the controversial design has changed much since the model's unveiling in 2019. Sketches published on Twitter show some of the other design directions that the brand considered taking.

Louisiana-based author Walter Isaacson posted a picture seemingly taken in Tesla's design studio to promote his biography of Elon Musk. It shows Franz von Holzhausen (the head of the company's design department), Musk, and another, unidentified man facing a big board with photos that likely provided inspiration for the pickup's design. DeLorean's DMC-12 appears several times; we also spot the Lotus Esprit-based submarine built for a James Bond movie and later purchased by Musk, the Aston Martin Lagonda, boats, motorcycles, and tanks.