“146k Cybertruck orders so far, with 42% choosing dual, 41% tri & 17% single motor.”
The billionaire Tesla co-founder floundered on stage in California on Thursday when the vehicle's armoured glass windows cracked in a demonstration intended to prove their indestructible design.But on Saturday Musk tweeted that Tesla had already received 146,000 orders from prospective owners.The demand comes despite the product receiving “no advertising & no paid endorsement”.
The industrial-looking Cybertruck is covered in the same steel alloy Musk plans to use for his SpaceX Starship rocket and will be able to go from 0 to 100km/h in about three seconds, the Tesla CEO said in his presentation.and a 400km range, while a deluxe option will be able to travel twice the distance and will sell for $69,900 No date has been given for its release, but analysts said it would not be ready before the end of 2021, at the earliest.
Its space-age design is unlikely to challenge top-selling models by Ford and other conventional car companies, analysts said.
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