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Here Is the First Look at the Cybertruck CyberLandr Functional Prototype

Earlier this year, U.S.-based startup Stream It, Inc. announced a very special camper designed for the upcoming Cybertruck from Tesla. It was called the CyberLandr and it promised to reinvent motorhomes to combine enhanced functionality with comfort.
A first functional prototype for the upcoming Cybertruck-based motorhome, the CyberLandr 11 photos
Photo: YouTube / CyberLandr
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However, as we discussed in a separate coverstory at the time, the highest selling point of the CyberLandr was that it promised to do all this in a very small form factor. When folded down, the entire motorhome fit snugly in the bed of the Cybertruck, under the electric tonneau. This meant that you could still use the e-truck as your daily and not have to worry about parking space or additional storage for the motorhome.

Demand for the CyberLandr proved unexpectedly high. Tesla does have this kind of hold over the market, but this was a surprise because this is not a Tesla product. Not even the fact that the final design of the CyberLandr was entirely dependent on the production version of the Cybertruck could dampen the interest.

Since then, the official delivery timeline for the Cybertruck has been pushed farther into 2022, but that’s not stopping the team at Stream It. They’re making progress on the CyberLandr and, as of this moment, have a functional prototype of it. They’re showing it off in the latest video update, which you can see at the bottom of the page.

The video is more of a commercial than a video update the kind we’re accustomed to, in that it relies heavily on nostalgia and the evergreen myth that many great technological inventions of this century were put together in a home garage. The CyberLandr is also in one such garage, and the video shows it extending upwards – but not rearwards, as it did in the computer-generated video used to introduce it. No shot of the interior is included, so for all we know, this could be a fancy box-type-thing that pops up. The fact that there is no Cybertruck to place it on doesn’t help, either.

Still, this video is meant to show that the CyberLandr is not vaporware. As noted above, interest in this unique motorhome has been sky-high and it became even more so after Elon Musk branded it “cool.” Inside that tiny box, we should find, once the CyberLandr goes into production, a kitchenette, a spa-like bathroom and a space that can be anything from bedroom to office and lounge.

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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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