Photo: Day1ReservationHolder via Cybertruck Owners Club
Tesla is making a secret of anything surrounding the Cybertruck, and that includes the specifications, pricing, and delivery date. One reservation holder took the matter into his own hands and used a measuring tape to find at least how wide the Cybertruck was. What he found surprised everyone.
When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in September 2019, it also published some of its technical details. It wasn't shy about this, especially as the Cybertruck had impressive power, range, and performance. But the plans changed at the whims of Elon Musk, and soon, the Cybertruck launch was a moving target, as impossible to reach as the horizon line. Tesla changed the features and added new ones. Soon, it had to respond to other electric pickups launched before the Cybertruck, like Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning.
The constant stream of changes made the Cybertruck specifications not make sense anymore, so in October 2021, Tesla removed them from its website. In 2022, Elon Musk announced that the production Cybertruck would be about 3% smaller, with a lower window sill height. The original prototype was 232 inches long and 80 inches wide.
Although Tesla has shown Cybertruck prototypes at various events, its technical details have remained a well-guarded secret. During Tesla Investor Day in March, a Cybertruck prototype has been on display at Giga Texas. People attending the event have spent a lot of time around it, taking photos from every angle, including those showing the cabin for the first time. Still, there were no technical details, but some fans have tried to measure the trucks to find out at least its dimensions.
Matthew Donegan-Ryan, a Tesla investor, was one of them. Even though he did not have a measuring tape, he used other objects to estimate the dimensions. Based on this, the Cybertruck was 231 inches long, 84 inches wide, and had a 73-inch-long bed. That was just a tad smaller on the outside than a Ford F-150 Raptor (which he owned), albeit with a longer bed.
Matthew's estimates were not far off when Elon Musk made a semi-official announcement during the second-quarter earnings call in July. According to Musk, the Cybertruck will be "the first sub-19 ft. truck (fitting into a garage) that has both four doors and 6+ ft. bed." That was not entirely true, with the Nissan Frontier Crew Cab Long Bed also fitting the description. However, Musk revealed that the Cybertruck was about 3 inches shorter than Matthew's estimates, with the bed's lengths almost spot on.
The width, he might have been wrong about. With the Cybertruck shrinking, it wouldn't make sense to be wider than the original prototype. Others contradicted Matthew after the Investor Day event, saying it appeared to be more like 80 inches wide or narrower. Still, no one measured it to know for sure. Until now, that is, as a Cybertruck reservation holder took a measuring tape and completed the task.
Scott, a "Day 1 reservation holder," created a burner account on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum just to post his findings anonymously. He sneaked around a Cybertruck and moved quickly with a measuring tape to find out the missing piece of information: its width. What he discovered was surprising: the mighty Cybertruck was narrower than previously thought, at about 78 inches, which means it's not much wider than the Model S.
Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to get things done before being caught in the act, so he mostly eyeballed the measuring points on the ground. This makes his results less dependable, although I don't think he was off by much. The result shows that the Cybertruck is less narrow than the Rivian R1T (82 inches) and the Ford F-150 Lightning (80 inches). On the plus side, it will have no problem fitting into a regular garage.
The constant stream of changes made the Cybertruck specifications not make sense anymore, so in October 2021, Tesla removed them from its website. In 2022, Elon Musk announced that the production Cybertruck would be about 3% smaller, with a lower window sill height. The original prototype was 232 inches long and 80 inches wide.
Although Tesla has shown Cybertruck prototypes at various events, its technical details have remained a well-guarded secret. During Tesla Investor Day in March, a Cybertruck prototype has been on display at Giga Texas. People attending the event have spent a lot of time around it, taking photos from every angle, including those showing the cabin for the first time. Still, there were no technical details, but some fans have tried to measure the trucks to find out at least its dimensions.
Matthew Donegan-Ryan, a Tesla investor, was one of them. Even though he did not have a measuring tape, he used other objects to estimate the dimensions. Based on this, the Cybertruck was 231 inches long, 84 inches wide, and had a 73-inch-long bed. That was just a tad smaller on the outside than a Ford F-150 Raptor (which he owned), albeit with a longer bed.
Matthew's estimates were not far off when Elon Musk made a semi-official announcement during the second-quarter earnings call in July. According to Musk, the Cybertruck will be "the first sub-19 ft. truck (fitting into a garage) that has both four doors and 6+ ft. bed." That was not entirely true, with the Nissan Frontier Crew Cab Long Bed also fitting the description. However, Musk revealed that the Cybertruck was about 3 inches shorter than Matthew's estimates, with the bed's lengths almost spot on.
The width, he might have been wrong about. With the Cybertruck shrinking, it wouldn't make sense to be wider than the original prototype. Others contradicted Matthew after the Investor Day event, saying it appeared to be more like 80 inches wide or narrower. Still, no one measured it to know for sure. Until now, that is, as a Cybertruck reservation holder took a measuring tape and completed the task.
Scott, a "Day 1 reservation holder," created a burner account on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum just to post his findings anonymously. He sneaked around a Cybertruck and moved quickly with a measuring tape to find out the missing piece of information: its width. What he discovered was surprising: the mighty Cybertruck was narrower than previously thought, at about 78 inches, which means it's not much wider than the Model S.
Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to get things done before being caught in the act, so he mostly eyeballed the measuring points on the ground. This makes his results less dependable, although I don't think he was off by much. The result shows that the Cybertruck is less narrow than the Rivian R1T (82 inches) and the Ford F-150 Lightning (80 inches). On the plus side, it will have no problem fitting into a regular garage.
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