THIS is the moment Tesla’s new Cybertruck makes a meal of driving uphill while being put through its paces on a 4×4 testing track.
The Tesla Cybertruck is scheduled to be released onto the market later this month after its concept form was debuted four years ago.
TwitterThe Tesla Cybertruck was recently put through its paces on a test track in California[/caption]
AFPThe Tesla Cybertruck is due to hit the streets at the end of this month[/caption]
TESLAThe Cybertruck is expected to go on sale for £32,000[/caption]
Testing was carried out recently at the Hollister Hill State Vehicle Recreation Area in California with footage being captured by Dima Zeniuk who then posted it on X, formerly known as Twitter.
In the clip, the Cybertruck appears to struggle going up an incline with the ute’s tyres apparently spinning as it tries to maintain traction on the dirt track.
It does though eventually make it up to the top of the hill.
The driver is then seen going round a bend and driving off down a different hill.
In other footage, the Cybertruck can be seen seemingly stuck at the bottom of a hill with its tyres spinning before it starts to crawl slowly up another hill.
It would appear that the footage and photos taken by Zeniuk shows two Cybertrucks being tested at the same time.
The Sun Online has approached Tesla for comment.
Elon Musk’s Tesla company first produced its Cybertruck in July 2023 at its plant in Texas.
At that point, the brand has scheduled to deliver its first examples in September.
Tesla though now expects to deliver its first models on November 30, 2023.
It plans to build some 125,000 models in 2024 with production increasing to 250,000 in 2025.
Tesla shareholders first got a look at the Cybertruck in May this year during a day-long event held by Musk, with photos later being posted on social media.
One of the pics shows a monitor-sized dashboard screen with dangling wires, a spartan interior and a plastic pretzel-shaped steering wheel.
Another shows oblong seat levers poking out – but not the middle front seat eagerly sought by Cybertruck superfans.
The Cybertruck is expected to go on sale for £32,000 ($39,000) with optional add-ons like a £19,500 ($24,000) detachable sleeping pod.
It comes after Elon Musk was left red-faced when the Cybertruck’s so-called armoured glass was smashed by a metal ball during a live demonstration.
During a launch event in Los Angeles, Musk encouraged people to hit the vehicle with sledgehammers in an attempt to show of its impenetrable exterior.
However, a metal ball thrown by Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen proved too much for the motor, leaving two windows completely shattered.
Musk said “Oh my f***ing God – maybe that was a little too hard”, before stating there is some room for improvement.
Despite some apparent teething troubles, the Cybertruck is the most anticipated EV for 2023.
According to Rerev’s data, the Cybertruck was searched 1,854,710 times during the two-month period they looked at.
The runner-up was the Mercedes-Benz EQS, which garnered 231,510 searches, followed by the Jeep Avenger with 173,480 searches.
Last month, the Cybertruck was shot at with a Tommy gun in a bizarre pre-sale test revealed by Musk.
A video posted by the Silicon Valley Tesla Owners Club showed the upcoming Cybertruck driving down a main road.
The truck’s door was studded with dents, which the X user speculated might be due to it going through “bullet-proof testing”.
Musk responded to the clip, seemingly confirming the test and indicating that it had been a success.
He wrote: “We emptied the entire drum magazine of a Tommy gun into the driver door Al Capone style.
“No bullets penetrated into the passenger compartment.”
The all-electric truck, first announced in 2019, is also set to come with reinforced glass.
The original Cybertruck concept surprised the automotive world with its dramatic angular lines and features such as bulletproof glass, while it had a claimed maximum towing capacity of more than six tonnes.
It also comes with a lockable, 2,832-litre load bed which can carry items up to 1,981mm long.
The EV truck has surprisingly decent aerodynamics, despite its bluff styling, while its continuous sloping rear line means that the Cybertruck produces less turbulence than a conventional pick-up truck.
The production Cybertruck will use a cast aluminium section at the rear, produced using an 8,000-ton Giga Press machine at the Texas factory.
And one man in India became so impatient with the hampered production schedule that he actually attempted to build his own.
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