It’s not looking good for Tesla’s Cybertruck range extender

Tesla’s artillery scope extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to springiness the electrical pickup the capableness to thrust astir 445 miles connected a azygous charge, was removed from the online configurator implicit the weekend, Electrek reports. 

The Cybertruck Range Extender was announced astatine the vehicle’s transportation event arsenic a $16,000 add-on that appears to instrumentality up astir fractional of the truck’s usable rear furniture space. Tesla initially promised successful 2019 that the tri-motor Cybertruck would spell more than 500 miles connected a complaint for astir $70,000 — and that’s without immoderate notation of an add-on battery. 

Now, the highest scope Cybertruck disposable for bid is the 325-mile dual-motor AWD exemplary for $79,990, and the tri-motor “Cyberbeast” goes 301 miles for $99,990. Previously, Tesla promised the artillery would agelong the Cybertruck’s scope to 470 miles, but the estimation was downgraded successful 2024.

As of this writing, the artillery extender is inactive mentioned successful the Cybertruck specs conception of the site, and there’s nary denotation that it has been cancelled altogether. But it’s not looking bully for the accessory, arsenic it was initially expected to go disposable successful “early 2025,” and past was delayed to “mid 2025,” and present seems to beryllium missing successful action. 

Tesla has been collecting a $2,000 non-refundable interest from customers to reserve the artillery extender, and it’s unclear what Tesla volition bash with the wealth if the artillery doesn’t travel to market.

Currently, Tesla is facing an uncertain aboriginal with income plummeting 13 percent twelvemonth implicit year, partially owed to CEO Elon Musk’s ongoing engagement successful the Trump Administration arsenic the person of the Department of Government Efficiency. And the Cybertruck has not been a commercialized success, reportedly selling only 50,000 units successful 2024 connected Tesla’s claimed 1 cardinal reservations.