The long-promised single-motor version for $40,000 is nowhere to be found in official documents submitted by Tesla
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Every time a new vehicle comes out, the automaker must submit VIN information for decoding purposes to the NHTSA. Tesla’s VIN decoder documents are now public and they give us more insight into the long-delayed Cybertruck. Of everything included in the filing, one big thing is missing: a single-motor variant.
After years of delays, the Tesla Cybertruck is set to take the stage on November 30th for the start of customer deliveries. Despite the fact that we’re less than five weeks away from that date, Tesla hasn’t announced very many specifics about the truck or the available trim lineup. Today, we’re learning a bit more through the aforementioned NHTSA filing.
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First spotted by a sleuthy member of the CybertruckOwnersForum, the filing details two new bits of information that we didn’t have previously. Most importantly, it appears that at launch the Cybertruck will come in two main flavors, Standard and Performance. The former will utilize a dual-motor setup while the latter will get a trio of motors.
That’s in line with previous predictions from Tesla but there is no mention of the single-motor version initially promised. That could be a huge knock to the plans of many who hoped to pick up that single-motor variant at its original promised price of just $39,900. Notably, Tesla announced the dual-motor version with a price of $49,900 at the Cybertruck launch event in 2019.
The tri-motor variant was supposed to cost $69,900 but as of today, we have no idea what pricing is going to look like. Elon Musk has said more recently that pricing would be higher than initially planned. We do get a bit more info from this NHTSA filing though, namely, weight estimates.
The VIN decoder mentions two weight classes, G for greater than 8,001 lbs (3,629 kg), and H for greater than 9,001 lbs (4,082 kg). So expect that the dual-motor version will weigh in between those two figures and the tri-motor likely above 9,001 lbs. That’s similar to the GMC Hummer EV which weighs 9,063 lbs (4,110 kg) but considerably more than the Rivian R1T which tips the scales at 7,148 lbs (3,242 kg).
