Cybertruck Delivered! Tesla’s Long-Awaited Electric Pickup Arrives

After four years since its design unveiling, deliveries of Tesla’s Cybertruck began today, with Elon Musk personally opening the truck doors for each new owner present at a live-streamed delivery event.

Orders are being taken online for the electric pickup, which looks like nothing else on the road. Musk also sought to dispel any notion that the truck was just for show.

“This is an incredibly useful truck,” he said. “It’s not some grandstanding showpiece – like me.”

To back up the claim, a video clip of the Cybertruck beating a diesel Ford F-350 in a truck-pull was shown.

Cybertruck wins truck-pull contest against Ford F-350 diesel, according to Telsa video shown at delivery event.TeslaAnother video clip showed the Cybertruck beating a 2023 Porsche 911 in a drag race, while it was towing a 911. The Cybertruck clocked 11 seconds on a quarter-mile track, going from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds while towing the sports car.

Video screen shot of video clip of Cybertruck vs. Porsche 911 in drag race.TeslaAnd in yet another video, various guns were fired at the truck to show that it was bullet-proof. Musk said the truck’s exterior, or “exoskeleton,” is a stainless-steel alloy specially designed by Tesla that won’t corrode, will resist damage, is easily repaired and has no paint. It also gives the truck more “torsional stiffness than a McLaren P1” sports car, he said.

Video screen shot of Tesla proving the Cybertruck is bullet-proof.TeslaThe glass windows are designed to be shatter-resistant and able to resist Class 4 hail or a baseball traveling 70 mph, Tesla says. The glass also makes the “cabin as quiet as outer space.”