Tesla just removed Cybertruck’s range of range

The writing was pretty on the wall for the extension of the Cybertruck Rangut last month when Tesla removed the option from its website. Now, it is officially destroyed it and is reimburseing $ 2,000 deposits that customers set for $ 16,000 battery package.

“We are no longer planning to sell the extension range for Cybertruck,” Tesla said in a message to clients on Wednesday, adding, “as a result, we will completely refund your deposit.”

The Range Cybertruck expansor was created to address Tesla’s failure to give in the promised range for the strange receipt when it began by the end of 2023, and would have added about 120 miles to the vehicle range. For example, Cybertruck’s three-motor version was expected to have more than 500 miles of range, but offers only 320 miles.

Tesla’s response was to increase the range using a separate battery pack – the range of the range – which would have been installed on the intake bed by a Tesla technician. Automaker initially said the package would begin in early 2025, though by the end of last year it changed it to “mid -2025.”

Changes in the starting schedule of Range Extender means that people who threw a deposit for it have not yet received it. And now they will never do it.

Tesla discovered Cybertruck in 2019, promising a futuristic electricity with a bold, angular style. While the motorist led by Elon Musk initially targeted a 2021 North America’s 2021 launch, production faced repeated delays due to design and production challenges before finally began at Gigafactory Texas in 2023.

Submission to the first buyers began in December of the same year, but they included double-motor and three-Motor “Cyberbeast” variants, with those who predetermined the model with a single single-engine, still waiting for it.

But Cybertruck seems to be fighting, with only 6.406 units submitted in the first quarter – less than half of the sales made in the previous quarter. Decreased demand resulted in about $ 200 million of unsold inventory between reports of thousands of unsold trucks.

The vehicle faces quality issues, high prices – models available start with $ 80,000 – and increasing competition, making it challenging for Tesla to increase sales. The decline in online sales seems to reflect the wider decline in Tesla sales, which some have attributed the negative perception of the public stemming from political activities and Elon Musk’s controversy.