The truck, made of shiny stainless steel shaped into flat planes, is partly inspired by a car-turned-submarine in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, Mr Musk has said.
Its new body material and unconventional, futuristic styling have added complexity and costs to production, and threatens to alienate traditional pickup truck buyers who focus on utility, experts say.
But Mr Musk, who has priced the vehicle’s three variants between US$60,990 and US$99,990, said on Nov 30 that the Cybertruck has “more utility than a truck” and is “faster than a sports car”.
He drove a Cybertruck onto a stage to cheers from the crowd and later handed over vehicles to about a dozen customers at an event in Austin, Texas. “Finally, the future will look like the future,” he said about the truck’s design, showing a video of the Cybertruck towing a Porsche 911 and beating another petrol-powered 911 in a short race.
Tesla shares fell 2 per cent in extended trading on Nov 30 after closing off 1.6 per cent at US$240.08.
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