Elon Musk happy with Cybertruck final design

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk gives the thumbs up to the controversial Cybertruck’s final design after checking it out in Tesla’s studio.

“Final design is looking OK (emoji),” Musk says in a tweet, replying to Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley which considers the Cybertruck will become the number one selling truck in America.

Just what the final design looks like hasn’t yet been revealed, most pundits predicting it will be generally similar to the original but slightly smaller.

“The Cybertruck is arguably Tesla’s most radical vehicle to date, thanks in part to its unorthodox brutalist design and angular exoskeleton,” Teslarati reports.

“Starting at less than US$40,000, the Cybertruck has the potential to break into one of the most lucrative vehicle segments in the United States. But to accomplish this, the Cybertruck must have the necessary balance between all-electric performance and classic pickup characteristics.

“This is perhaps the reason why Elon Musk and Tesla’s design team have been putting in the effort to refine the vehicle as much as possible before it enters production.”

A few deliveries of the Cybertruck are expected later this year but volume production is forecast for 2022.

The electric pick-up truck or ute market is likely to get competitive with the Ford F-150 EV and Rivian R1T due soon.