- After a number of delays, the Cybertruck is meant to begin manufacturing later this yr.
- Elon Musk has slowly dripped out particulars concerning the electrical pickup truck because the reveal in 2019.
- The Cybertruck must compete in opposition to the likes of the F-150 Lightning, Hummer EV, and Silverado EV.
Drone footage uploaded to Youtube this week reveals the Tesla Cybertruck working a take a look at of the car’s suspension on a monitor on the firm’s meeting plant in Fremont, California.
The six-minute video reveals the Cybertruck driving up and down a take a look at course with completely different textures and bumps to check how the large pickup truck would deal with such obstacles in the true world. Such a testing is typical for pre-production fashions and is the newest signal that Tesla is getting nearer to releasing the truck it first launched in 2019.
Within the years because the Cybertruck reveal, Elon Musk has slowly dripped out particulars on the truck. He has beforehand claimed that the Cybertruck will be capable to “serve briefly as a ship,” and have rear-wheel steering (the latter does not look like on the Cybertruck within the video).
After years of delays, Musk instructed traders in February that the Cybertruck would lastly begin manufacturing this yr.
As soon as the Cybertruck does go on sale, will probably be coming into an more and more crowded electrical pickup truck market.
Ford’s electrical F-150 Lightning went on sale final yr, whereas GM is slowly beginning to ship its huge Hummer EVs. GM can also be planning to launch an all-electric model of its fashionable Chevrolet Silverado truck this fall, whereas Ram’s upcoming electrical pickup truck is featured on the New York Auto Present this week.
Watch the newest Cybertruck video right here:
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