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On Thursday night, Tesla CEO and apologetic doobie smoker Elon Musk unveiled the company’s first all-electric pickup, the Cybertruck, which looks like the product of a Mad Max car fucking R2-D2.
The metallic trapezoid, which Musk described as “cyberpunk” and inspired by the films Blade Runner and The Spy Who Loved Me, represents Tesla’s most experimental vehicle to date and will start at a price of $39,900.
When @elonmusk told ya'll the truck would look like something out of Blade Runner ya'll thought he was playing. #Tesla #Cybertruck #cybertrk #TheFutureIsNow pic.twitter.com/HJYAPM8ebw
— Vitamin Q (@Qrypton) November 22, 2019
At a promotional event in Los Angeles Wednesday, Musk brought on stage Tesla Chief Designer Franz Von Holzhausen to demonstrate the strength of Tesla’s sixth vehicle model by taking a large sledgehammer to the body and a metal ball to the side window of the Cybertruck.
The first experiment went swimmingly.
They hit the Tesla #Cybertruck with a sledgehammer and nothing happened pic.twitter.com/O26nyLPWHa
— Mashable (@mashable) November 22, 2019
The latter experiment did not go to plan.
Keep in mind, earlier in the presentation, Musk claimed that the truck was bulletproof against a 9mm handgun.
"Well maybe that was a little too hard"
Elon Musk attempted to demonstrate the strength of the windows on the new 'Cybertruck' — and then this happened
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— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 22, 2019
“Oh my f—— God!” Musk said. “Well, maybe that was a little too hard. We’ll fix it in post.”
According to CNBC, Musk said the Cybertruck can go from 0 to 60 mph in less than 6.5 seconds at the low end (single-motor and rear-wheel drive), and in 2.9 seconds at the high end (tri-motor all-wheel-drive). The company claims production of the lower-priced Cybertrucks should begin in late 2021 with the trimotor to follow in 2022.
I would give my left testicle to own one of these bizarre-looking bastards, but I am relishing in people’s jokes about the Cybertruck online.
The Tesla CyberTruck looks dope. Congrats to @elonmusk for getting it to appear in The Mandalorian, very sneaky product marketing! pic.twitter.com/U92AD2kw4C
— Ric “el pony esponjoso” (@fluffypony) November 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/mudakoff/status/1197847988233756675?s=20
https://twitter.com/Dr_TacoMD/status/1197867633561001985?s=20
https://twitter.com/Avo_NP/status/1197740036453785600?s=20
https://twitter.com/insanelypositiv/status/1197804419389296640?s=20
I don't understand what the fuss is about the Tesla #Cybertruck. It looks ok to me. pic.twitter.com/8vBl1jS74T
— dave appleby (@dave_apple) November 22, 2019
Sure as hell beats my Nissan Rogue.