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The Tesla Cybertruck does without a 12-volt lead-acid accessory battery, shifting to a 48-volt electrical system. For a mass-produced vehicle, it's an industry first, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is taking on the role of 48-volt evangelist.
In updates Friday, the U.S. EPA confirmed that some versions of the Tesla Cybertruck will qualify for the EV tax credit—at least for those models delivered in 2023.
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The angular design of Tesla's Cybertruck has safety experts concerned the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists and damage other vehicles on roads.
Tesla's Cybertruck has more surprises. X user Nic Cruz Patane posted on a feature he found in the pickup's Off-Road Baja settings called «Wade Mode.» Wait a minute — before we get into that, can we discuss how unusual (putting it mildly) it was for Tesla to leave so much out of its presentation on the most anticipated pickup of the last five years? We had to go to the web site to get specs. We had to wait until the next day for real info on accessories. A week later, the Cybertruck page doesn't contain information on the Off-Road Modes that include two we can see in the picture in the X post — Overland and Baja. A slider lower down on the same page marked «Handling Balance» changes the distribution of some unknown quantity from front to rear. What appears to be fine-grained in-cabin operator control of some aspect of handling balance in a pickup is novel, potentially fascinating, and maybe even useful. As one commenter said in response to Patane's post, «Why didn't they show this at the Cybertruck event!»
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries finally commenced last week, with ten examples heading to the first customers, and now the automaker is now offering Cybertruck 'Foundation Series' models to earlier reservation holders. But at $120,000, they're priced rather steeply.
The Tesla Cybertruck is finally here, and beyond the endless discussions about its appearance and build quality, the automaker appears to be making good on its promises to deliver more than the initial handful of vehicles it handed out at the launch event. There’s also a new variant we hadn’t seen before, as in the replies to a recent Alexis Ohanian post on X/Twitter, a Cybertruck reservation holder posted their order screen, which appears to show a new Foundation Series limited edition with a $120,000 price tag.
The Tesla Cybertruck has huge potential for personalization, and the EV maker is the first to know it, which is why it has released a wide range of accessories for its wedge-shaped electric pickup truck.