Its worse than you could imagine. "Range extender" is a battery thrown in the bed of the truck. Burns about 1/3 of volume and ruins it for length. Adds about 130 miles of range. Only guesses so far but in the 500 lb ballpark seems about right. Steaming pile on a clean sheet design.The thing that we don't know, and may not find out until later, is whether Tesla have protected space underneath the vehicle for more battery capacity in a different version of this vehicle later on. With technology that we have today, it'll need a battery of same-ballpark size and weight as GM's big-boy 212 kWh Hummer/Silverado EV battery in order to get 500 miles of range (the GM will do 450). There's no magic here ...
Tesla Cybertruck needs separate battery pack in the bed to get the range it promised
Tesla Cybertruck has officially launched, and the range is a bit disappointing as the automaker introduces a new “range extender,”...
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