Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the visitor of the newest episode of The Joe Rogan Expertise podcast that went reside as we speak, and he lastly revealed some fascinating issues in regards to the still-mysterious Cybertruck that is due out in just some weeks.
“Half-dressed because the wizard of Australia,” by his personal description, and donning a cigar in a single hand and a glass of bourbon within the different, the billionaire entrepreneur talked in regards to the Cybertruck for the primary half hour of the present after host Joe Rogan talked about that Musk drove one to the studio. As he did on Tesla’s third-quarter earnings name, Musk started by noting how troublesome it’s to fabricate the Cybertruck and the way difficult the venture is for the corporate. He did word that Tesla is aiming to make about 200,000 Cybertrucks per yr at quantity manufacturing, possibly just a little extra.
That is on the low finish of a earlier estimate from Musk, who mentioned in Could that Tesla may promote 250,000 to 500,000 Cybertrucks per yr as soon as manufacturing is totally ramped. Musk mentioned on earlier events that quantity manufacturing would begin someday in 2024.
Tesla’s head honcho then bought on to extra thrilling stuff after Joe Rogan requested how a lot the Cybertruck weighs.
“It is dependent upon configuration however it’s about, I do not know, 7,000 kilos. There are a number of variations, however 6,000-7,000 kilos. It is a heavy truck,” Musk mentioned. That is about the identical weight as a Ford F-250 heavy-duty truck, and it seems to substantiate some data from the NHTSA’s 2024 Mannequin 12 months VIN Decoder.
Regardless of that huge weight, the Cybertruck will likely be a really fast pickup. When Rogan mentioned the 0-60 time is fairly weird for such a car at about 3.5 seconds, Musk corrected him.
“We’re aiming to get the 0 to 60 under 3 seconds. For the Beast Mode model. So we have got a Beast Mode model,” he mentioned with out elaborating. Musk famous that he’ll give extra data in the course of the Nov. 30 launch occasion.
The sub-3 second 0-60 time might be for the efficiency variant of the Cybertruck, which doubtless includes a tri-motor powertrain. Musk mentioned in September that the efficiency Cybertruck “kicks ass next-level.”
We’re curious to study your opinion in regards to the Tesla Cybertruck’s weight and acceleration. Are they what you anticipated?