Rumor: Tri-motor Cybertruck $98,990 starting price ?

[manitou202]

The quad motor, middle battery isn't the top trim.

Dual, performance with max battery starts at $94,000.

Fully loaded the R1T is well over 100,000.

The Cybertruck was supposed to be built by some "revolutionary" manufacturing method with new "game changing" batteries that would be way cheaper than the competition.

If this price is true, then it's nothing more than another EV truck with a cheap interior and a very questionable exterior. Sure it's roughly the same price as a fully loaded R1T, but I don't see non-Tesla fan boys being attracted to the Cybertruck when it's now the same price as everything else.

This also implies the dual motor is probably in the $70k - $80k range which means it won't be affordable as a mass produced truck.

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[COdogman]

It is hilarious to me that people might be getting contacted about the price of the CT they preordered, but no one knows the actual specs yet.

 

[DuoRivians]

It is hilarious to me that people might be getting contacted about the price of the CT they preordered, but no one knows the actual specs yet.

What happens when they expect to deliver and reveal at the same time. ?

 

[EV4sure]

That is a good question, I know the phone app does not have any charger options to configure. I usually plan trips using ABRP, I’ll have to check the car and see what if any settings it has.

The Tesla Navi only routes you to/through their supercharger network. Same is true for the Tesla app. Need to use ABRP or some other app to route through EA or EVgo, etc.

Source: my wife has a Model 3, purchased before Elon went full crazy.

 

[Redline]

I'm just hoping the closet CT fans and Elmo nuts will finally leave this site.

What a joke this entire thing is.

 

[Blueassassin]

I bet the first buyers don't care because they will flip them for $50K+ profit anyway.

 

[manitou202]

Supposedly the number one vehicle to be traded in for a Cybertruck is the Model 3. So imagine buying a Model 3 a couple of years for for $50k at 4% interest. Your payment would be about $750 a month. Now compare that to the affordable Cybertruck at $100k at 8% interest and you are looking at $1800 a month. Even an $80k variant (dual motor) would be $1400 a month.

Those are some serious car payments.

 

[vandy1981]

Supposedly the number one vehicle to be traded in for a Cybertruck is the Model 3. So imagine buying a Model 3 a couple of years for for $50k at 4% interest.

Also imagine moving from a mid-size car to a full-size truck and expecting it to easily fit in your driveway/garage or mall parking space.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Fake. There's no 69 or 420 in the price anywhere.

 

[DuoRivians]

Fake. There's no 69 or 420 in the price anywhere.

After TTL it will.

 

[LoneStar]

If I could buy a tri-motor for $120K right now I would in a heartbeat
Only because it will resell like the earliest HumEVs, north of $200K

 

[DuoRivians]

If I could buy a tri-motor for $120K right now I would in a heartbeat
Only because it will resell like the earliest HumEVs, north of $200K

The greater fool theory?

 

[COdogman]

Prediction: Elon uses surrogates to buy the first 1000 CTs from flippers for ridiculous prices while bragging about how “popular” it is….

 

[evhelphub]

I doubt this is real. Probably a good guess on pricing, but I don't think Tesla will deliver to any non-employee customers until 2024.

Based on his pumping the brakes, $100k+ is my expectation to start.

The trouble for Elon is, he's going to have to announce the initial pricing but spend most of his time talking about some future model that's 30-40% less coming in "2025" (or probably much later). That's where this sounds like it is heading.

I can see "locked-in" FSD pricing being the hook he uses to keep reservations from being cancelled.

 

[COdogman]

I doubt this is real. Probably a good guess on pricing, but I don't think Tesla will deliver to any non-employee customers until 2024.

Based on his pumping the brakes, $100k+ is my expectation to start.

The trouble for Elon is, he's going to have to announce the initial pricing but spend most of his time talking about some future model that's 30-40% less coming in "2025" (or probably much later). That's where this sounds like it is heading.

I can see "locked-in" FSD pricing being the hook he uses to keep reservations from being cancelled.

Using a feature that doesn’t exist as enticement to buy a vehicle that barely exists does sound like one of his moves

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