Having made its ASEAN debut in Thailand over the weekend, the Tesla Cybertruck has now made its look in Malaysia, fittingly on the Tesla Expertise Centre Cyberjaya. This huge stainless-steel electrical pick-up truck is within the midst of its Asian tour that has already visited China, Hong Kong and Japan, and it is going to be on show at Tesla’s showrooms in Cyberjaya and Pavilion Damansara Heights in Might.
Not that you need to maintain your breath for it ever to be bought right here within the foreseeable future – the Cybertruck is big, one measurement bigger than the already sizeable one-tonne vans just like the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and Mitsubishi Triton. It additionally hasn’t been transformed to right-hand drive.
The Cybertruck has made waves due to its extraordinarily angular wedge design, shaped by powerful stainless-steel panels (dubiously claimed to be “bulletproof”) that continues to drop jaws 5 years after it was first proven. On the entrance, you’ll discover a full-width gentle bar (the precise headlights are mounted low down within the bumper) and a brief bonnet that leads into the flat windscreen and its large single wiper.
From its peak on the prime of the windscreen, the roofline then slopes dramatically down into the rear deck, which contains a powered curler tonneau cowl that fully obscures rearward visibility when it’s up. Different notable cues embody the fully flat sides, squared-off overfenders, full-width taillights and a whole lack of door handles – you as an alternative press a button on the B- and C-pillars to get in.
The alloy wheels measure 20 inches in diameter and are wrapped in 285/65-section Goodyear Wrangler Territory RT tyres which were custom-made to suit the distinctive black aero covers. An problem with these covers prompted them to rub in opposition to the tyre and trigger extreme put on; it’s unclear whether or not they have been mounted.
It’s onerous to overstate simply how large the Cybertruck is. Measuring 5,683 mm lengthy, 2,032 mm large and 1,796 mm tall, it’s 358 mm longer and 132 mm wider than a Hilux, whereas its humongous 3,635 mm wheelbase is 550 mm (!) longer. To present you a way of perspective, the Tesla is over 130mm longer than a Rolls-Royce Ghost. It’s additionally very heavy, with a kerb weight ranging between 3,009 and three,129 kg.
Open the tailgate and also you’ll discover an enormous mattress that measures 1,852 mm lengthy and 1,295 mm large, permitting you to suit 4×8 ft building supplies with the tailgate down and as much as 1,591 litres of cargo with the tailgate up. Along with 91 litres of underfloor storage, a 200 litre entrance boot and fold-up rear cushions (that alone release a further 1,533 litres) and you’ve got an total cargo capability of three,421 litres – together with 1,888 litres of lockable storage.
Inside, you’ll discover Tesla’s typical minimalist inside with an virtually yoke-like steering wheel (sure, with built-in indicator and wiper controls and no stalks), a floating centre console and never a lot else. The centre touchscreen now measures an enormous 18.5 inches throughout, whereas a second 9.4-inch touchscreen on the again sits between the 2 entrance seats.
There’a additionally the standard Tesla options, together with twin wi-fi chargers, a HEPA air filter that permits a “bioweapon defence mode,” a big glass roof and a 15-speaker sound system with twin subwoofers. Tesla can also be lastly providing a vehicle-to-load (V2L) operate by way of 120- and 240-volt sockets within the mattress, outputting as much as 11.5kW of energy.
Below the stainless-steel “exoskeleton”, you’ll discover an “ultra-strong” metal alloy construction claimed to supply better stiffness than the carbon fibre McLaren P1. You additionally get acoustic “armour” glass stated to have the ability to face up to a 70 mph (113 km/h) baseball fired at it – equal to Class 4 hail, the corporate says.
There are three variants accessible, beginning with the bottom rear-wheel-drive mannequin can get from zero to 100 km/h in simply 6.7 seconds on its solution to a prime velocity of 180 km/h.
Stepping as much as the all-wheel-drive mannequin (which this Basis Collection is) provides a entrance motor that pushes energy to 600 hp (441 kW), slashing the century dash time to 4.3 seconds. Torque is claimed to be an insane 10,080 Nm, though that determine is on the wheels, multiplied by the ratio of the single-speed transmission. The precise determine, divided by a ratio of 15.02:1, is 671 Nm.
However the one you’ll actually need is the triple-motor Cyberbeast, which pushes out a stratospheric 840 hp (630 kW) and will get to 100 km/h in simply 2.7 seconds (with the rollout subtracted, as is typical for Tesla today), on its solution to a prime velocity of 209 km/h. Wheel torque is bumped as much as 13,959 Nm, or 929 Nm on the motors.
Vary is quoted at 402 km for the RWD mannequin, 547 km with AWD and 515 km for the Cyberbeast. Payload capability is 1,134 kg for the dual-motor mannequin and 1,030 kg for the Cyberbeast, whereas towing capability is rated at 4,990 kg.
The Cybertruck can also be the primary Tesla to function an 800-volt structure that ought to enable for greater sustained charging speeds at DC quick chargers (together with Tesla’s Superchargers). It’s additionally the primary manufacturing automobile to come back with a 48-volt electrical structure, permitting for decrease amperage and thus thinner wires.
Different options embody steer-by-wire (which reduces the quantity of turns lock-to-lock, lastly making sense of the small steering wheel), rear-wheel steering (as much as ten levels) and air suspension that gives 305 mm of floor clearance in Regular mode and as much as 443 mm within the off-road Extract mode.
Regardless of making its look right here, the truck isn’t more likely to be bought exterior of North America and possibly received’t be transformed to RHD, attributable to plenty of elements. These embody the problem in getting the “ultra-strong” stainless-steel exterior panels and razor-sharp entrance finish to cross international pedestrian safety laws, in addition to the arduous activity of ramping up manufacturing simply to satisfy demand within the US.
Then there’s the truth that the Cybertruck received’t match the comparatively tiny roads and parking areas exterior of its residence nation. However what do you suppose – would you purchase a Cybertruck as is that if it have been bought in Malaysia? Pontificate within the feedback beneath.
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