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Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range (electrek.co)

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Tesla has confirmed it has given up on plans to make a Cybertruck range extender to achieve the range it originally promised on the electric pickup truck.

It started refunding deposits for the $16,000 extra battery pack.

When Tesla unveiled the production version of the Cybertruck in late 2023, two main disappointments were the price and the range.

The tri-motor version, the most popular in reservation tallies before production, was supposed to have over 500 miles of range and start at $70,000.

Tesla now sells the tri-motor Cybertruck for $100,000 and only has a range of 320 miles.

The dual-motor Cybertruck was supposed to cost $50,000 and have over 300 miles of range. In reality, it starts at $80,000 and has 325 miles of range.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 107 points 1 day ago (1 children)

However, Tesla had devised a solution to bring the range closer to what it originally announced: a separate battery pack that sits in the truck’s bed. Tesla called it a “range extender.” It costs $16,000 and takes up a third of the Cybertruck’s bed.

You cannot make this shit up 😂

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Imagine how easy it would be to be if elongated muskrat kept his mouth shut.

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is St Elmo's Fire made of Li-Ion or Life-Po?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only the standard range Model Y uses LFP batteries.

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

Important thing is Musk can't sing Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire'