Over ten months after deliveries began, Tesla is now taking configurations for the non-Basis sequence Cybertruck.
The primary Cybertruck deliveries occurred on November thirtieth final yr, so we’re simply over ten months previous that date.
Because it usually does, Tesla began fulfilling deliveries from the highest down – it shipped higher-optioned, limited-edition fashions first, anticipating to ship cheaper variations later. It did this beforehand with the Roadster, Mannequin S and Mannequin X, for instance.
With the Cybertruck, this took the type of the fully-loaded “Basis Sequence,” which is a package deal that features a number of choices and prices a further $20k.
However in contrast to Tesla’s earlier “Founders” or “Signature” sequence automobiles which had lots of or a thousand automobiles in them, the Basis sequence lasted for much longer, with tens of 1000’s of vehicles delivered with the optionally available Basis package deal.
Initially, Tesla mentioned that it might begin delivering non-Basis sequence automobiles months in the past, however in July it pushed that timeline again to “late 2024”.
Effectively, now that point is right here, as Tesla has began sending emails to reservation holders inviting them to configure their non-Basis sequence automobiles, with an anticipated supply timeline of Oct-Nov 2024 – so, throughout the subsequent month or two.
The web site’s normal Design your Cybertruck web page solely exhibits the Basis sequence to this point, however for many who have current reservations, emails have began going out inviting them to configure.
It appears like these will probably be despatched out in batches, and it’s probably that those that reserved earlier will get entry first. So it might nonetheless be a while earlier than everybody will get invited, relying on how lengthy the legendary million-Cybertruck order backlog really is.
With out the Basis package deal, the All-Wheel Drive mannequin begins at $79,990, and the Beast mannequin begins at $99,990.
Regardless of the decrease base value, which is beneath the $80,000 MSRP cap for the US Federal EV Tax Credit score, Tesla makes no point out of the tax credit score on its web site. This might be only a clerical concern that shall be sorted out, or it might be an precise concern stopping credit score availability on the Cybertruck. We’d ask Tesla to clear this up, however, properly…
The brand new base value of just below $80k is a pleasant ratchet downwards from the beforehand sky-high, six-digit-minimum value for the truck, however it’s nonetheless a far cry from what the truck was initially introduced at.
Again in 2019, when the truck was first unveiled, it was promised at a beginning value of $39,900 – half of right now’s base pricing. Even the top-end tri-motor AWD model was predicted to price $69,900, $10k lower than the present base value. These fashions had been alleged to be out there in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
The eventually-delivered mannequin additionally missed on a number of promised specs like mattress measurement, vary, and payload.
Tesla mentioned previously that it intends to launch an extra lower-end rear-wheel-drive-only model of the Cybertruck sooner or later, however it just lately eliminated the single-motor choice from its web site. So it might be that “double the promised value” is the bottom we’ll ever see. Keep tuned.
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