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Tesla Cyber<\/span> Truck<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-introv2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
36 hours with the world\u2019s most extreme car, as the new Tesla<\/span> rocks California and meets its key rivals<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-byline” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Words<\/b><\/span> Piers Ward
<\/span>lllustrations by<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Jamie Lipman<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”small-subhead” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
‘BRO, WHAT IS THAT?’<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”small-subhead” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” global_colors_info=”{}”]
‘BRO, WHAT IS THAT?’<\/span><\/H3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\u2018Oh wow! My first Cybertruck.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018What car is that? Does it fly?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Did you build it?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Is it a concept car?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Thanks for letting us see your geometry project.\u2019<\/p>\n
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The Tesla Cybertruck is an EV and this is a caption<\/p>\n
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Welcome to America and to the world of the Tesla Cybertruck. In a nation historically well versed in all things automobile, this electric pick-up confounds every norm, from manufacturing to design.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to subscribe to the view that Tesla is the poster child for how to win at cars, with a cultural significance that stretches far beyond the number of actual vehicles it builds. And yet, if our experience of 36 hours in the Cybertruck tells us anything, it\u2019s that the car is so other-worldly, so completely different to anything that has ever been built before, that it leaves people agog and confused.<\/p>\n
Ironically, in a world dominated by Elon Musk, his X musings and the pervasive internet, it\u2019s his creation that proves there are black spots of coverage. It\u2019s almost reassuring.<\/p>\n
One thing is certain \u2013 the Cybertruck never fails to light up a conversation. With no Tesla badging and a shape Pythagoras would be proud of, it stuns onlookers. In 36 hours, we get every reaction from jaw-on-floor to cynicism to wide-eyed hysteria. It\u2019s not a car that leaves anyone sitting on the fence. Nor is it a car likely to go on sale in Europe in any time soon \u2013 blame myriad fundamental hurdles and, given Tesla no longer even fancies building the Model S in right-hand drive, little appetite to tackle them.<\/p>\n
We collect it in a quiet suburban street in LA. It\u2019s a smart area of single-storey houses, tidy roads and ever-present sunshine, and the mix of metal is more diverse than you find in Britain, with saloons, hatchbacks, SUVs, pick-ups and the odd modified car so integral to the LA scene.<\/p>\n
Within that context, the brutality of the Tesla is stark. There isn\u2019t a soft line on it, and its face is as welcoming as RoboCop\u2019s. It looms large whichever way you approach it \u2013 not physically, because it\u2019s not that huge when compared to many US trucks \u2013 but with its sheer, heavyweight design presence. Aesthetically, it simply smashes everything else out of the way. Tesla\u2019s design chief Franz von Holzhausen wanted to create a truck with visible strength, that looked tough and was tough, using stainless steel bodywork that redefined what\u2019s possible in manufacturing. Slab-sided and uniform, there are, we\u2019re told, no weak points; no chinks in its stainless armour.<\/p>\n
As a piece of automotive theatre, I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. Photos don\u2019t do justice to the sheer arrogance of the design and you can\u2019t prepare for the shock of first sight. A Ferrari might wow you, a Porsche might intrigue you, but nothing else grabs your head and smashes it into the nearest wall like this. It\u2019s an assault on your senses and a scrambling of societal norms.<\/p>\n
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THERE\u2019S NO IGNORING ELON MUSK. THE CAR IS HIM. HE IS THE CAR<\/p>\n
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John Smith, CEO<\/p>\n
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Moving off into LA traffic, people grin and point to an extent I haven\u2019t experienced since I got booed by a film-premiere crowd who thought I was Jason Statham. (No, I\u2019m not seeing that either.) Although it\u2019s on sale, the Cybertruck is a rare sight, judging from the number of camera phones pointed our way.<\/p>\n
The Cybertruck feels like a car for LA. Instead of the softly-softly feel of a Boston or Washington, the city has a brutal modernity \u2013 low-rise geometric buildings, all concrete and glass, where edges rule \u2013 that matches the Tesla. And yet, in stark contrast to the sledgehammer-subtle looks, the ride is forgiving as we glide onto the freeway. Baked in LA\u2019s 24\/7 sunshine, the bleached concrete hums to the sound of thousands of engines and tyres. To this bleak, pre-apocalyptic scene the Cybertruck offers an even starker (possibly Starker) vision of the future.<\/p>\n
Plotting a course for Palm Springs, buildings are replaced by desert scrub punctuated with billboards promoting ambulance-chasing lawyers and varicose-vein removal services. The Tesla settles into a comfortable, long-legged cruise at odds with its other-worldly looks. Sure, there are idiosyncrasies \u2013 this is a Tesla, after all \u2013 but it\u2019s nothing like as eccentric to drive as it is to look at.<\/p>\n
Time for a first charge. Tesla\u2019s Supercharger network continues to impress, but the Cybertruck is on the large side for some of the bays. Still, with the car having automatically pre-heated the battery, it swiftly charges at 200kW while I talk to some onlookers. (Tesla claims a 250kW peak charging capability and, like the new Macan Electric, uses split-pack charging.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Few know it\u2019s a pick-up truck. One roofer in his Ford F-350, complete with massive trailer carrying steel and timber, is bamboozled when I press a switch and the Tesla peels back its tonneau cover to reveal the flat bed beneath. Stripped of traditional truck proportions, Cybertruck\u2019s pick-up utility isn\u2019t immediately obvious.<\/p>\n
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Hard to miss, even harder to love<\/p>\n
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He\u2019s impressed but doesn\u2019t see it as a potential replacement for his Ford. This is where it gets interesting for Tesla. With Cybertruck it has entered a new battleground, one defined by partisanship and generational loyalties.<\/p>\n
In upmarket Palm Springs \u2013 real Tesla country \u2013 people go wild for our truck. In a street scene straight out of Pleasantville, all immaculate gardens and box-fresh housing, the Cybertruck\u2019s a rolling stainless steel scar on the landscape.<\/p>\n
We have two other trucks with us today, Rivian\u2019s R1T and a Ram 1500 TRX, but all eyes are on the Tesla. One woman glances at the Rivian and looks glum \u2013 it\u2019s only when she spots the Cybertruck that she breaks into a smile. Kids go mad for it (admittedly more for the screen in the back that plays YouTube. A discourse on the dystopian, Pythagorean design language? Not so much). Someone tells me his friend is swapping out of his Ram 1500 TRX for one.<\/p>\n
These are people who go to country clubs where the Kardashians hang out, Model X owners who think the truck\u2019s \u2018beautiful\u2019. \u2018It\u2019s got the bells and whistles of the regular car but with the rugged bits of a truck.\u2019<\/p>\n
It\u2019s interesting to hear that at least some people think of it as an alternative to a regular truck, of the kind bought by our roofer friend. Musk and Tesla have done what they always do and opened the world up, asking questions of how we perceive things and systematically challenging every long-held absolute. I thought the Cybertruck\u2019s complete contrast to every Tesla that\u2019s come before would put people off \u2013 you bought into Tesla because of the amazing software, the charging and the friendly, almost anonymous design language. But clearly the brand can be stretched. Perhaps Americans are more open to this sort of shift than Europeans.<\/p>\n
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There are dissenters. I later meet one couple who are the very definition of eco-conscious early adopters, having used recycled vegetable oil in their Mercedes diesel back in the early 2000s. They now own a Model 3 but they wouldn\u2019t get a Cybertruck. \u2018I don\u2019t hate the design, but I can\u2019t give any more to Musk.\u2019 To them, the weight of the Cybertruck, caused by the design- and production-led decision to use stainless steel, is a compromise too far \u2013 \u2018it\u2019s too left-field\u2019. But they know it\u2019ll sell: \u2018Musk still has god status in the Valley.\u2019<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no ignoring Elon Musk and his cult of personality, his sheer chutzpah, his grip on the globe. The car is him, he is the car. Towards the end of the day we head into Twin Palms, a beautifully quiet and manicured suburb where the distinctive butterfly-roof houses designed by William Krisel align perfectly with the Tesla\u2019s triangles. Parked up and chatting to a guy with a pair of glorious Detroit cruisers (a 1961 Cadillac and \u201956 Buick), we suddenly spot a SpaceX rocket blasting up into the atmosphere. Sharp white vapour trail against the inky blue night sky, it\u2019s a movie-script moment that illustrates how one citizen can exert influence on Earth and in space. Musk. Everywhere.<\/p>\n
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IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\nNo, it\u2019s a SpaceX rocket on a test flight, believe it or not. Arcing into the cloudless night sky, it was so clear we watched it release its two boosters on its way into orbit.<\/span><\/p>\nHEAVY DUTY<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
The Cybertruck is rated to tow 11,000lb (4989kg), a figure that trumps some more traditional trucks. It also has an impressive 1.1-tonne payload capacity and even a bottle opener in the loadbay. Because #lifestyle.<\/p>\n
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Despite the sloping bodywork there\u2019s actually quite a lot of headroom in the rear. Certainly enough for a six-footer. The seat base also folds up, giving a straight-across load-through for bulky items \u2013 it looks mad but it works.<\/p>\n
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\u00a300,000 (\u00a3000k as tested)<\/span><\/p>\nPOWERTRAIN<\/b><\/span>
0000cc 00v turbo four-cylinder, six-speed sequential manual, rear-wheel drive<\/span><\/p>\nPERFORMANCE<\/b><\/span>
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RIVIAN R1T<\/h3>\n
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TESLA CYBERTRUCK<\/h3>\n
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Price<\/b> \u00a30,000
Powertrain<\/b> 000kWh battery, two e-motors, all-wheel drive
Performance<\/b> 000bhp, 000lb ft, 0.0sec 0-00mph, 000mph
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Words<\/b><\/span> Piers Ward [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”small-subhead” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n ‘BRO, WHAT IS THAT?’<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”small-subhead” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700||on|||||” text_font_size=”12px” global_colors_info=”{}”] \u2018Oh wow! My first Cybertruck.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018What car is that? Does it fly?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Did you build it?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Is it a concept car?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Thanks for letting us see your geometry project.\u2019<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/2.jpg” title_text=”Photo: James Lipman” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Tesla Cybertruck is an EV and this is a caption<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”text-with-dropcap” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Welcome to America and to the world of the Tesla Cybertruck. In a nation historically well versed in all things automobile, this electric pick-up confounds every norm, from manufacturing to design.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to subscribe to the view that Tesla is the poster child for how to win at cars, with a cultural significance that stretches far beyond the number of actual vehicles it builds. And yet, if our experience of 36 hours in the Cybertruck tells us anything, it\u2019s that the car is so other-worldly, so completely different to anything that has ever been built before, that it leaves people agog and confused.<\/p>\n Ironically, in a world dominated by Elon Musk, his X musings and the pervasive internet, it\u2019s his creation that proves there are black spots of coverage. It\u2019s almost reassuring.<\/p>\n One thing is certain \u2013 the Cybertruck never fails to light up a conversation. With no Tesla badging and a shape Pythagoras would be proud of, it stuns onlookers. In 36 hours, we get every reaction from jaw-on-floor to cynicism to wide-eyed hysteria. It\u2019s not a car that leaves anyone sitting on the fence. Nor is it a car likely to go on sale in Europe in any time soon \u2013 blame myriad fundamental hurdles and, given Tesla no longer even fancies building the Model S in right-hand drive, little appetite to tackle them.<\/p>\n We collect it in a quiet suburban street in LA. It\u2019s a smart area of single-storey houses, tidy roads and ever-present sunshine, and the mix of metal is more diverse than you find in Britain, with saloons, hatchbacks, SUVs, pick-ups and the odd modified car so integral to the LA scene.<\/p>\n Within that context, the brutality of the Tesla is stark. There isn\u2019t a soft line on it, and its face is as welcoming as RoboCop\u2019s. It looms large whichever way you approach it \u2013 not physically, because it\u2019s not that huge when compared to many US trucks \u2013 but with its sheer, heavyweight design presence. Aesthetically, it simply smashes everything else out of the way. Tesla\u2019s design chief Franz von Holzhausen wanted to create a truck with visible strength, that looked tough and was tough, using stainless steel bodywork that redefined what\u2019s possible in manufacturing. Slab-sided and uniform, there are, we\u2019re told, no weak points; no chinks in its stainless armour.<\/p>\n As a piece of automotive theatre, I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. Photos don\u2019t do justice to the sheer arrogance of the design and you can\u2019t prepare for the shock of first sight. A Ferrari might wow you, a Porsche might intrigue you, but nothing else grabs your head and smashes it into the nearest wall like this. It\u2019s an assault on your senses and a scrambling of societal norms.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”car-pullquote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|800||on|||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n THERE\u2019S NO IGNORING ELON MUSK. THE CAR IS HIM. HE IS THE CAR<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”pullquote-by” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#d24d5d” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n John Smith, CEO<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Moving off into LA traffic, people grin and point to an extent I haven\u2019t experienced since I got booed by a film-premiere crowd who thought I was Jason Statham. (No, I\u2019m not seeing that either.) Although it\u2019s on sale, the Cybertruck is a rare sight, judging from the number of camera phones pointed our way.<\/p>\n The Cybertruck feels like a car for LA. Instead of the softly-softly feel of a Boston or Washington, the city has a brutal modernity \u2013 low-rise geometric buildings, all concrete and glass, where edges rule \u2013 that matches the Tesla. And yet, in stark contrast to the sledgehammer-subtle looks, the ride is forgiving as we glide onto the freeway. Baked in LA\u2019s 24\/7 sunshine, the bleached concrete hums to the sound of thousands of engines and tyres. To this bleak, pre-apocalyptic scene the Cybertruck offers an even starker (possibly Starker) vision of the future.<\/p>\n Plotting a course for Palm Springs, buildings are replaced by desert scrub punctuated with billboards promoting ambulance-chasing lawyers and varicose-vein removal services. The Tesla settles into a comfortable, long-legged cruise at odds with its other-worldly looks. Sure, there are idiosyncrasies \u2013 this is a Tesla, after all \u2013 but it\u2019s nothing like as eccentric to drive as it is to look at.<\/p>\n Time for a first charge. Tesla\u2019s Supercharger network continues to impress, but the Cybertruck is on the large side for some of the bays. Still, with the car having automatically pre-heated the battery, it swiftly charges at 200kW while I talk to some onlookers. (Tesla claims a 250kW peak charging capability and, like the new Macan Electric, uses split-pack charging.)\u00a0<\/p>\n Few know it\u2019s a pick-up truck. One roofer in his Ford F-350, complete with massive trailer carrying steel and timber, is bamboozled when I press a switch and the Tesla peels back its tonneau cover to reveal the flat bed beneath. Stripped of traditional truck proportions, Cybertruck\u2019s pick-up utility isn\u2019t immediately obvious.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”img-col-v1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/LIPMAN_JL21103.jpg” title_text=”Photo: James Lipman” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/LIPMAN_JL18939.jpg” title_text=”Photo: James Lipman” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/LIPMAN_JL18885.jpg” title_text=”Photo: James Lipman” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Hard to miss, even harder to love<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He\u2019s impressed but doesn\u2019t see it as a potential replacement for his Ford. This is where it gets interesting for Tesla. With Cybertruck it has entered a new battleground, one defined by partisanship and generational loyalties.<\/p>\n In upmarket Palm Springs \u2013 real Tesla country \u2013 people go wild for our truck. In a street scene straight out of Pleasantville, all immaculate gardens and box-fresh housing, the Cybertruck\u2019s a rolling stainless steel scar on the landscape.<\/p>\n We have two other trucks with us today, Rivian\u2019s R1T and a Ram 1500 TRX, but all eyes are on the Tesla. One woman glances at the Rivian and looks glum \u2013 it\u2019s only when she spots the Cybertruck that she breaks into a smile. Kids go mad for it (admittedly more for the screen in the back that plays YouTube. A discourse on the dystopian, Pythagorean design language? Not so much). Someone tells me his friend is swapping out of his Ram 1500 TRX for one.<\/p>\n These are people who go to country clubs where the Kardashians hang out, Model X owners who think the truck\u2019s \u2018beautiful\u2019. \u2018It\u2019s got the bells and whistles of the regular car but with the rugged bits of a truck.\u2019<\/p>\n It\u2019s interesting to hear that at least some people think of it as an alternative to a regular truck, of the kind bought by our roofer friend. Musk and Tesla have done what they always do and opened the world up, asking questions of how we perceive things and systematically challenging every long-held absolute. I thought the Cybertruck\u2019s complete contrast to every Tesla that\u2019s come before would put people off \u2013 you bought into Tesla because of the amazing software, the charging and the friendly, almost anonymous design language. But clearly the brand can be stretched. Perhaps Americans are more open to this sort of shift than Europeans.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ module_class=”with-rightbox” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n There are dissenters. I later meet one couple who are the very definition of eco-conscious early adopters, having used recycled vegetable oil in their Mercedes diesel back in the early 2000s. They now own a Model 3 but they wouldn\u2019t get a Cybertruck. \u2018I don\u2019t hate the design, but I can\u2019t give any more to Musk.\u2019 To them, the weight of the Cybertruck, caused by the design- and production-led decision to use stainless steel, is a compromise too far \u2013 \u2018it\u2019s too left-field\u2019. But they know it\u2019ll sell: \u2018Musk still has god status in the Valley.\u2019<\/p>\n There\u2019s no ignoring Elon Musk and his cult of personality, his sheer chutzpah, his grip on the globe. The car is him, he is the car. Towards the end of the day we head into Twin Palms, a beautifully quiet and manicured suburb where the distinctive butterfly-roof houses designed by William Krisel align perfectly with the Tesla\u2019s triangles. Parked up and chatting to a guy with a pair of glorious Detroit cruisers (a 1961 Cadillac and \u201956 Buick), we suddenly spot a SpaceX rocket blasting up into the atmosphere. 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Arcing into the cloudless night sky, it was so clear we watched it release its two boosters on its way into orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cybertruck is rated to tow 11,000lb (4989kg), a figure that trumps some more traditional trucks. It also has an impressive 1.1-tonne payload capacity and even a bottle opener in the loadbay. Because #lifestyle.<\/p>\n Despite the sloping bodywork there\u2019s actually quite a lot of headroom in the rear. Certainly enough for a six-footer. 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Pick up: 0 miles<\/span><\/h2>\n
10<\/span>\u00a0miles<\/h3>\n
85<\/span>\u00a0miles<\/h3>\n
160<\/span>\u00a0miles<\/h3>\n
ASTONISHING IN ISOLATION. NOW IT MEETS ITS RIVALS<\/span><\/h2>\n
AT A GLANCE:<\/h3>\n
WHAT TO KNOW<\/span><\/h3>\n
IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
HEAVY DUTY<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
HEAD SPACE<\/b><\/h4>\n
Data<\/h2>\n
\u00a300,000 (\u00a3000k as tested)<\/span><\/p>\n
0000cc 00v turbo four-cylinder, six-speed sequential manual, rear-wheel drive<\/span><\/p>\n
000bhp @ 0000rpm, 000lb ft @ 0000rpm, 0.0sec 0-00mph, 000mph<\/span><\/p>\n
0000kg <\/span><\/p>\n
n\/a mpg, n\/a g\/km CO2<\/span><\/p>\n
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RIVIAN R1T<\/h3>\n
Powertrain<\/b> 000kWh battery, two e-motors, all-wheel drive
Performance<\/b> 000bhp, 000lb ft, 0.0sec 0-00mph, 000mph
Weight<\/b> 0000kg
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Boot capacity<\/b> 000 litres<\/span><\/p>\nTESLA CYBERTRUCK<\/h3>\n
Powertrain<\/b> 000kWh battery, two e-motors, all-wheel drive
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Weight<\/b> 0000kg
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Boot capacity<\/b> 000 litres<\/span><\/p>\n1st<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n2nd<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n3rd<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n