[RahulNagaraj]

According to a media report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company will offer a "mod package" to its Cybertruck owners. This new package will turn the Cybertruck into a boat, allowing it to traverse 100 metres of water.

Musk doubled down on the claim, stating that with the Cybertruck being an off-road vehicle, the electric pickup should be able to cross water bodies as well. The aim for the "mod package" is to be capable of crossing the water between SpaceX's Starbase & South Padre Island, which is about 360 metres.



Lars Moravy, VP of Engineering at Tesla, stated that Cybertruck owners will be able to connect an outboard electric motor at the rear of the truck, turning it into a boat. "We are going to offer a mod package that enables Cybertruck to traverse at least 100m of water as a boat. Mostly just need to upgrade cabin door seals," he said.

However, both Moravy & Musk didn't mention any other details or a timeline for its availability.

Source: Electrek

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[bijims]

So, Elon Musk was serious when he said that the Cybertruck could be turned into a boat! Let's see when this mod package comes out and how much it would cost

[PreludeSH]

Does the cyber truck need all this to differentiate itself in the market ?

Anyone should be able to buy a inflatable and connect its motor to the 120V supply (in US) provided in most of the electric trucks and carry the truck.

[maddy42]

Elon loves to over promise and move the goal post each time. Love the EV story and the way he was able to create a niche and get automakers to take EV seriously, but maybe he has to first look at the products and the pipeline he has in hand before making another promise.

List of promises:
Tesla Supercar (No News)
Tesla ATV
Tesla Semi (Few have been delivered but nothing in stupendous numbers)
Tesla Tile (Forgotten?)
Solar panels covering his entire giga factory?

Ironically, you cannot ignore him as he has govts of all countries lining up to offer incentives and get his factory in their country, though there maybe overpromised and hyped but havent delivered as expected.

[DIY410]

Originally Posted by maddy42

Elon loves to over promise and move the goal post each time. Love the EV story and the way he was able to create a niche and get automakers to take EV seriously, but maybe he has to first look at the products and the pipeline he has in hand before making another promise.

List of promises:
Tesla Supercar (No News)
Tesla ATV
Tesla Semi (Few have been delivered but nothing in stupendous numbers)
Tesla Tile (Forgotten?)
Solar panels covering his entire giga factory?

Ironically, you cannot ignore him as he has govts of all countries lining up to offer incentives and get his factory in their country, though there maybe overpromised and hyped but havent delivered as expected.

Tesla never said there would be a supercar. The roadster 2.0 is not a supercar. The Model S plaid can accelerate faster then every IC supercar. So the Roadster demand is low.
Tesla ATV toned down kids version has been selling since a while. Its not that then cannot build them, ATV kills a lot of young people due to roll over. Tesla is a juicy target for suing.
Tesla Semi is quietly being shipped to the corporate customers as they scale it up, remember it needs lot of batteries.
Tesla Tile has been installed in several hundred homes.
Gigafactory Nevade is not yet fully built and it does have solar panels on the roof, its supported by Tesla mega pack for peak load.

[maddy42]

Originally Posted by DIY410

Tesla never said there would be a supercar. The roadster 2.0 is not a supercar. The Model S plaid can accelerate faster then every IC supercar. So the Roadster demand is low.

Claims made were "The company has said that it will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds.
Musk said in a tweet that higher-performance trim levels will be available beyond the base specifications, including a SpaceX package that would "include ~10 small rocket cold air thrusters arranged seamlessly around the car" which would supposedly allow for dramatic improvements in "acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering" such as a claimed 1.1 second 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time."

Oh sorry its a sports car, not a super car but prebooking was 50 grand.

Tesla Semi is quietly being shipped to the corporate customers as they scale it up, remember it needs lot of batteries.

100 has been delivered very "quietly".

Tesla Tile has been installed in several hundred homes.

The spanish tile which was shown in the desperate housewives demo also got scrapped? Its again false claims, like a new project which is announced prematurely without much testing but to hype the company up. Solar city aquisition was more to save Musks brother out from bankruptcy at the cost of Tesla shareholders.
The install of the shingle roofs have been done and its not lapped up by customers like anticipated

Gigafactory Nevade is not yet fully built and it does have solar panels on the roof, its supported by Tesla mega pack for peak load.

They started constructing in June 2014. Ten years and still not fully built?
In the meanwhile they have got govt aid to build in Texas, Germany, NY, Mexicio and soon maybe Southeast asian country or India.

We got to take everything coming out of the companies tweet desk with a load of salt.

[DIY410]

Originally Posted by maddy42

Claims made were "The company has said that it will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds.
Musk said in a tweet that higher-performance trim levels will be available beyond the base specifications, including a SpaceX package that would "include ~10 small rocket cold air thrusters arranged seamlessly around the car" which would supposedly allow for dramatic improvements in "acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering" such as a claimed 1.1 second 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time."

Oh sorry its a sports car, not a super car but prebooking was 50 grand.

The demand for sub 2 second car is very low. The only other car that can out accelerate a Model S Plaid is a Rimac Nevara and Mate Rimac the CEO said that they had to increase the acceleration target just because of a Tesla.

The Roadster is going to be a Niche product and Tesla investors are less keen on it. So its no surprise what Tesla is concentrating on.

Prebooking is refundable.

Originally Posted by maddy42

100 has been delivered very "quietly".

There is no competition to it. Tesla has around 2000 orders and for each Semi battery pack they can make 15 model 3/ y. For vehicle like Semi which costs 150k to 180k the profits are quite low. They make more money selling Model 3/Y which has a back log and is the best selling car in North America.

Originally Posted by maddy42

The spanish tile which was shown in the desperate housewives demo also got scrapped? Its again false claims, like a new project which is announced prematurely without much testing but to hype the company up. Solar city aquisition was more to save Musks brother out from bankruptcy at the cost of Tesla shareholders.
The install of the shingle roofs have been done and its not lapped up by customers like anticipated

Tesla roof demand is more then supply and they are installing it in record numbers, but wait time is about 6 to 8 months. Since most people will have to time it with their roof replacement.

Originally Posted by maddy42

They started constructing in June 2014. Ten years and still not fully built?
In the meanwhile they have got govt aid to build in Texas, Germany, NY, Mexicio and soon maybe Southeast asian country or India.

We got to take everything coming out of the companies tweet desk with a load of salt.

Nevada facility will become the hub to Semi production. Panasonic operates in this location and it was Panasonic that didn't want to expand the cell production line, instead they where optimizing the existing line. This facility also produces the Tesla Mega pack.

While Giga Texas will become a hub for Model Y, Cybertruck, the 25k dollar car and in house production of 4680 cell.