Tesla has quietly eliminated the Cybertruck’s vary extender from the choices in its on-line configurator.
Does Tesla nonetheless plan to carry the product to market?
When Tesla unveiled the manufacturing model of the Cybertruck in late 2023, there have been two most important disappointments: the worth and the vary.
The tri-motor model, which was the preferred in reservation tallies, was purported to have over 500 miles of vary and begin at $70,000.
Tesla now sells the tri-motor Cybertruck for $100,000 and solely has a spread of 320 miles.
As for the dual-motor Cybertruck, it was purported to value $50,000 and have over 300 miles of vary. The fact is that it begins at $80,000, and it has 325 miles of vary.
Nonetheless, Tesla had devised an answer to carry the vary nearer to what it initially introduced: a separate battery pack that sits within the truck’s mattress. Tesla referred to as it a “vary extender.” It prices $16,000 and takes up a 3rd of the Cybertruck’s mattress.
Although the Cybertruck has been in manufacturing for a 12 months and a half at this level, the vary extender has but to launch.
Initially, Tesla stated that it might come “early 2025”, however we reported that it was pushed to “mid-2025” late final 12 months.
On the time, Tesla additionally lowered the vary that the detachable battery pack provides to the Cybertruck to “445+ miles” somewhat than “470+ miles” for the twin motor – a ~25-mile discount in vary.
Now, Tesla has eliminated the choice from its on-line Cybertruck configurator. It used to take reservations for the vary extender with a “$2,000 non-refundable deposit”, as seen on the picture above, however now it’s not within the configurator in any respect on the time of writing.
It’s unclear if Tesla is just not planning to launch the product anymore or whether it is simply pausing reservations.
In its specs web page, Tesla nonetheless lists the achievable vary of each variations of the Cybertruck with and with out the vary extender battery:
Electrek’s Take
I’m curious. Is it useless, or does Tesla simply need to cease taking reservations for it?
At first, I used to be curious concerning the product regardless that I didn’t assume it might make up for Tesla’s vital miss on Cybertruck specs.
Nonetheless, after it was confirmed that it takes up 30% of your mattress and that it must be put in and eliminated by Tesla at a service middle, I believe it’s just about useless on arrival at $16,000.
It’s going to be a product restricted to only some individuals at finest. And now that’s if it makes it to market.
With the choice being faraway from the configurator, there’s no manufacturing timeline obtainable. Once more, the final one was “mid-2025”, which is quickly.
