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Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Long on Hype and Short on Specifications
Elon Musk hoped to start handing over pickups around the end of this quarter. He’s not yet ready to offer dates, pricing or other key details.
A Tesla Cybertruck prototype in June.
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Between promoting plans to fight Mark Zuckerberg and his in-office workout regimen for the bout that may not actually happen, Elon Musk has been hyping Cybertruck, Tesla Inc.’s Blade Runner-inspired pickup.
Early last month, Musk posted on X that he’d just driven a prototype around Austin, where Tesla will assemble the truck. A week later, the company announced the first one had been built, only to clarify days later that it was making “release candidates” that weren’t yet ready for sale.