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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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[–] gradual@lemmings.world 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

Is it just me, or is musk profiting off of selling people tech before it's actually ready?

Like, we don't have the means right now to achieve what he advertises, so he lies about it and then 'alters the deal' after taking people's money.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 points 3 days ago

Only a fool buys something on the promise of future upgrades and potential. Buy stuff on what it is now.

This is a bad look for Tesla for sure, but no one should be going “I wouldn’t have bought it if I knew this would get cancelled”.

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