Tesla’s latest Cybertruck has longer range and the cheapest price yet

The $750 fitted brushed tonneau cover. | Image: Tesla

Tesla has a caller entry-level Cybertruck with longer range, and it’s the cheapest exemplary yet astatine $69,990 earlier the national $7,500 credit. Tesla pulled immoderate important features to execute the terms cut. 

The caller “long range” Cybertruck has conscionable a azygous RWD centrifugal compared to the 2 successful the AWD model. It besides lacks a powered roll-up hard tonneau cover. You tin either support the furniture unfastened oregon bargain a $750 fitted brushed tonneau cover. As a consolation prize for little retention security, the screen seemingly gives you an aerodynamic scope boost of 12 miles, according to Tesla.

The Cybertruck Long Range tin thrust up to 350 miles connected a charge, 25 miles much than the AWD model, oregon up to 362 miles with the brushed tonneau cover. Towing capableness is besides little astatine 7,500 lbs compared to 11,000 lbs connected the different trims.

It accelerates slower than the AWD model. The RWD Cybertruck goes 0-60mph successful 6.2 seconds versus 4.1 seconds connected the much costly Cybertruck. Tesla removed adaptive suspension and the 120V and 240V powerfulness outlets from the RWD model, truthful it can’t powerfulness your tools connected the go. The institution besides removed the artillery scope extender option this week.

The interior of the Cybertruck RWD comes with textile seats alternatively of the leatherette ones successful the different models, and you aren’t getting the rear spot infotainment touchscreen, either.

At the company’s 2023 delivery event, Tesla said its RWD enactment had a little advertised scope of 250 miles and would outgo $60,990. That mentation was ne'er released, though. In 2024, the RWD base enactment was removed. The new, much expensive, RWD exemplary is disposable for bid successful the US, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.

Tesla has had occupation selling Cybertrucks, reportedly selling lone 50,000 units successful 2024 connected seemingly 1 cardinal reservations. The institution is besides seeing a 13 percent drop successful conveyance income twelvemonth implicit year, which tin beryllium partly attributed to CEO Elon Musk’s power of the “Department of Government Efficiency” successful the Trump Administration.