Elon Musk pegs Cybertruck launch for September with cheaper 4680 battery via Tesla lithium refinery in Texas

[Redaktion]

Falling lithium prices may translate into lower Cybertruck price when it launches in September indeed. Tesla confirmed it will decrease the production cost of the Cybertruck's 4680 battery by building its own lithium refinery on the Gulf Coast, as well as its own cathode facility at Giga Austin.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Elon-Musk-pegs-Cybertruck-launch-for-September-with-cheaper-4680-battery-via-Tesla-lithium-refinery-in-Texas.708939.0.html

[davidm]

It's a badly designed vehicle, all show, and a lot of its "features" are useless to most people (no, you are not James Bond, you're a suburban dad going through a midlife crisis). They've had to copy features from other vehicles (Ford frunk). And it's not permitted in several countries because of its bad design, which will increase harm in collisions. Not to mention a vehicle like this does not help with pollution, it's so heavy that tire degredation causes more particulate matter problems than a gasoline vehicle. Seriously, Musk and consumers of this vehicle have to ask themselves what they are doing.

[Abc]

Don't worry, David, you don't need to buy it. Other people will.

[davidm]

Yes, I'll be able to recognize the people are compensating easily enough.

[sn3p]

Are they assembling it using their feet?
Check how uneven is tailgate gap.
Metal slat on the end of the roof is below it on the left side and above it on the right.
Follow this edge on the side of the vehicle to see how misaligned doors are.

[Homer Sipsome]

Overweight vehicles make no 'physics sense'. We had 1800# cars in the early 80s. Then the 25 years later, it was 3600# hybrids. Now we have 5500# BEVs sucking our power grids down. Vehicle energy conumption is directly proportional to its mass.

[Darrell]

Keep buying those premium fuel cars 😂😂😂😂

[James 11]

It definitely looks like it was designed by someone who has never owned a truck, or a compass or protractor for that matter.  Reaching or climbimg over the side of the bed is not uncommon.