Tesla cancels Cybertruck Range Extender

EVWire brief: Tesla writes Cybertruck owners that they no longer plan to sell the Range Extender for Cybertruck and will be refunding the deposit in full. The Range Extender was an extra $16,000 battery pack attached to the bed of the Cybertruck which would’ve increased the range to 470 miles, and Cybertruck customers could order it for $2,000 down late last month.

This is the email Tesla sent out to the order holders, like @BeardedTesla here:

While this definitely an interesting feature to begin with, it is likely very difficult to make it feasable for Tesla itself. The owners who were betting on getting this were willing to sacrifice a large chunk of their bed for example for towing with their Cybertruck over longer range, and might understandably be quite disappointed here.

As for Tesla’s Cybertruck goals, would that mean abandoning longer range Cybertruck altogether or hoping to unlock the longer range with more efficient batteries (4680) and placement?

Meanwhile, most Cybertruck owners just got offered by Tesla a ~$1,200 worth of free feature — free FSD Superised access for a one year (usually ~$99/month). Meanwhile Tesla’s message also indicated that the company will be disabling Autosteer for the Cybertruck. FSD Supervised would naturally replace the feature set (and more).

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