Everyone is hyped about the latest vehicle from Tesla and its Giga Texas plant - the edgy Cybertruck full-size EV pickup truck - including across the parallel universes of vehicular CGI.
At the end of November, four years after the initial official reveal that included that now-classic episode of glass-shattering steel-ball throwing, Tesla finally delivered the first Cybertruck units to employees, celebrities, and other types of VIP clients. The event was a big one – though not because of the number of delivered EVs. Instead, the thing got everyone on the planet and beyond hyped about the Cybertruck because we finally got all the juicy details.
Starting with 2024 – but the reservation list is reportedly as long as it takes to write two million names (and counting) on it – customers will take delivery of three Cybertruck variations. Nope, not the $61k Cybertruck RWD, as that one is slated to arrive in 2025 with an estimated 250 miles (402 km) of range on a full charge and a sprint time to 60 mph (96 kph) of 6.5 seconds. Instead, people can have an $80k Cybertruck AWD, for example.
This intermediate option has 340 miles (547 km) of range, sprints to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds, has a 112-mph (180 kph) top speed, plus 600 all-electric ponies under the hood and an 11,000-lbs (4,989 kg) towing capacity. Then there's also the $99,990 Cyberbeast, the current flagship version packing 845 hp, 320 miles of range, the same towing capacity, and 2.6s and 130 mph (209 kph) performance figures. These two, along with a surprise Foundation Series, are the ones coming in 2024 – and the latter special series that's about $20k above MSRP but boasts a lot of goodies is already earmarked for delivery this December to a select bunch of customers.
While the Tesla Cybertruck is going into the hands of very few, at least for now, it's hyped beyond belief by everyone – from socialites who can't stop dragging it against ICE and EV models to the rumor mill who is back ranting about the no-resale clause. As it turns out, even the peaceful and imaginative realm of digital car content creators has gone berserk over the Tesla Cybertruck, and they are now sharing their visions about the EV pickup truck left and right. Interestingly, most of them are modding the zero-emissions truck back into a futuristic-looking ICE-powered vehicle – or something that has nothing to do with pickup truck duties, at the very least.
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In fact, as I scoured the Internet, there was just one exciting rendering with the Cybertruck transformed into a camper that could survive the apocalypse – it had solar panels on the roof and sides, plus a diesel generator for "unlimited" range (probably if it used waste vegetable oil, which isn't a fossil fuel). But then again, that one didn't use Tesla's range extender technology and instead worked with an old-school diesel generator!
Secondly, a prolific virtual artist who loves all things from the 1980s and 1990s thought the Cybertruck would look fantastic as a CyberVan, then as a 454 SS-swapped V8 pickup truck, and then finally as the Lil' Red Express Cybertruck, complete with chromed vertical exhaust and shiny old-school aftermarket wheels. Frankly, this one looks excellent not just as an homage to the vintage Mopar but also as a Santa Claus sleigh substitute for when the big guy feels like global warming is a joke.
Thirdly, we are not entering the realm of street tuning. Thanks to the Fast & Furious franchise, or at least the first installments and Tokyo Drift, everyone is now more or less familiar with the aftermarket procedures of lowering a vehicle, giving it deep-dish custom wheels, and making it as widebody as possible. While it goes entirely against the intents and purposes of a work or lifestyle pickup truck, a quartet of my favorite digital artists shared their impressions of the Tesla Cybertruck, looking slammed and widebody beyond belief.
Some left its stainless steel bare, others gave it a nice wrap, and a few also took things to absolute extremes. For example, you might fall off your chair laughing at the sight of a cambered Cybertruck, only to gasp with absolute surprise at the sight of a 6x6 Tesla Cybertruck the very next moment. That last project is making a lasting impression on many folks – possibly because it's fitted with three axles and a combustion engine! So, do check up on all these unreal projects in the gallery above and then decide which one is your absolute favorite.
For me, it's undoubtedly the 'Tesla CyberTruck 6x6 Widebody' because it's such absolute nonsense I can bet a month's paycheck someone will try to make it a reality soon!
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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