Stainless-steel exoskeleton
Cybertruck
2019 unveiled / 2023 – presentIn production4-door electric pickup, 6 seats
Steel, angles and no compromise.
Overview
Cybertruck is built from a 30X cold-rolled stainless steel exoskeleton instead of a body on a frame, running a 48-volt electrical system, an 800-volt powertrain and steer-by-wire. It is the strangest vehicle to reach volume production this decade.
The story
Cybertruck was revealed on 21 November 2019 with a sledgehammer, a steel ball, and a window that shattered on stage. It looked like nothing else on the road, and Tesla said it would start at $39,900.
It took four more years to reach customers. The stainless steel exoskeleton, the 48-volt electrical architecture, the steer-by-wire system and the 800-volt powertrain were all new, and the 2021–2023 delay was the price of building them. The first trucks were handed over at Gigafactory Texas on 30 November 2023.
The production truck arrived bigger, heavier and more expensive than the 2019 prototype promised — but also with rear-axle steering, 11,000 lb of towing, and a 48-volt system the rest of the industry is now moving toward. In 2026 the range was simplified into Dual Motor, Premium and Cyberbeast.
Full specifications
Powertrain
- Layout
- Dual-motor all-wheel drive or tri-motor Cyberbeast
- Architecture
- 800-volt high voltage, 48-volt low voltage — a first for a production car
- Steering
- Steer-by-wire with no mechanical linkage, rear-axle steering
- Suspension
- Adaptive air suspension with Extract mode, up to 17.4 in of ground clearance
Performance
- 0–60 mph
- 4.1 s (Dual Motor), 2.6 s (Cyberbeast)
- Top speed
- 130 mph (Cyberbeast)
- Range added
- Up to 132 mi in 15 minutes on a V4 Supercharger
- Quarter mile
- 11.0 s (Cyberbeast)
Bed & towing
- Towing
- 11,000 lb
- Payload
- 2,500 lb
- Bed
- 6 ft x 4 ft composite bed with a lockable tonneau cover
- Power outlets
- 120 V and 240 V outlets, Powershare vehicle-to-load
Body & interior
- Structure
- 30X cold-rolled stainless steel exoskeleton, no paint
- Glass
- Armoured glass, developed after the 2019 window demo
- Displays
- 18.5-inch front QHD touchscreen, 8-inch rear screen
- Seating
- 6 seats across two rows
Production
- Unveiled
- 21 November 2019 in Hawthorne, California
- First deliveries
- 30 November 2023 at Gigafactory Texas
- Built at
- Gigafactory Texas, Austin
- 2026
- Line-up split into Dual Motor, Premium AWD and Cyberbeast
Records and firsts
- First production vehicle with a 48-volt low-voltage electrical system
- First Tesla with an 800-volt architecture and steer-by-wire
- The quickest production pickup in the world at launch — 2.6 s in Cyberbeast form
- A body that needs no paint, so panels can be refinished by hand
- The most pre-ordered vehicle in history — over a million reservations placed after the 2019 reveal
Every version
| Version | Years | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Series | 2023–2024 | ≈ $100,000 | Fully loaded launch trucks, laser-etched badge |
| Dual Motor AWD | 2023– | $74,990 | 325 mi, 4.1 s, the volume model |
| Premium AWD | 2026– | $84,990 | More equipment and range above the Dual Motor |
| Cyberbeast | 2023– | $99,990 | Tri-motor, 2.6 s, 130 mph |