Tesla’s revealed the Cybertruck and make waves and quite a commotion last Thursday. The much-awaited all-electric truck has totally gone in a strange direction as opposed to the expectations. The end result makes the pickup truck look like something that was made by a child. However, it turns out that there is a great enough reason for this particular design.
CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to explain why Tesla worked with this particular design. He wrote, ‘Reason Cybertruck is so planar is that you can’t stamp ultra-hard 30X steel, because it breaks the stamping press. Even bending it requires a deep score on inside of the bend, which is how the prototype was made.’ Cybertruck has already amassed around 200,000 orders since it made its debut. On 23rd November, the truck only had 146,000 orders. Musk has given a breakdown of the orders;
- 17% of the buyers went with the $39,900 model. It is a single-motor rear-wheel drive that offers more than 250 miles in terms of range and capable of 7,500 pounds of towing capacity. It can also go from 0 to 60 mph in under 6.5 seconds.
- 42% of the buyers chose the $49,900 model. This particular model is a dual-motor all-wheel-drive that offers more than 300 miles of range along with 10,000 pounds of towing capacity, and 0 to 60 mph in under 4.5 seconds.
- 41% of buyers chose the $69,900 model. It is a tri-motor all-wheel drive that provides more than 500 miles of range along with 14,000 pounds of towing capacity. It can go from 0 to 60 mph in under 2.9 seconds.
The first shipment of Cybertruck will be going into production in late 2021. The body has been made using thick and ultra-hard stainless steel. This steel has been cold-rolled about 30 times. Musk said, ‘We’re going to be using the same alloy in the Starship rocket.’ Musk further explained, ‘We were going to use titanium skins for Cybertruck, but cold-rolled 30X stainless is much stronger. We’re creating this alloy at Tesla. Not a problem to create a lot of it, but we’ll need to come up with new body manufacturing methods, as it can’t be made using standard methods.’
This is clearly turning out to be a game-changer. But that is what has made Tesla always a name to be reckoned with; its ability to create a change in a determined and developed market.
