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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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    two motors (why even)

    To have mechanically independent FWD and RWD, this is actually pretty standard for all AWD BEVs and not just Tesla.

      • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        No ofc not. RWD and FWD and AWD are all different things and are all used in different vehicles because of the various benefits and trade-offs