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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.

Archive link: https://archive.is/CGbaE

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 155 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

"Thanks for all the $16k loans at 0% shmucks. We've kept the interest we made while rates have been up and now you can have it back while they're dropping. Of course, your money is now worth less than it was when you gave it to us during high inflation. Suck it losers. Love, T E S L A"

EDIT: deposit was $150. Still shitty but not the same impact

EDIT 2: Or $2000? ... tl;dr: shitty

[–] piskertariot@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The deposit for a cyberstuck was $150. The package was valued at $16k.

Being happy about lies being exposed is good, but spreading a false narrative about it is bad.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ah I misread this

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

You are correct. People make mistakes, not everything is "a narrative".

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

If you want a narrative, look at all the full-price $250k Roadster pre-orders they've been holding onto for like 8 years now with zero signs of production and complete silence for the last...5 years?

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

From the article in this post…

Last month, Electrek reported that Tesla has quietly removed the range extender from the Cybertruck online configurator, where buyers could reserve it with a “$2,000 non-refundable deposit.”

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

Enjoy your overpriced truck that under delivers. At least you look COOL™.

[–] drislands@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I doubt the deposits were for the full cost, right?

[–] WR5@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

If they were for any price, this is still true.