Musk introduced the Cybertruck in 2019, four years before it went public. At the time of its release, he claimed that the vehicle had the handling and speed of a sports car, with a towing capacity of 11,000 pounds, and a maximum payload weight of 2,500 pounds.
“We have a car here that experts said was impossible, that experts said would never be made,” Musk said during the 2023 delivery event in Austin, Texas. “Finally, the future will look like the future.”
The vehicle’s price was one of the major turnoffs for consumers. Business Insider reports that initial pricing in 2019 was between $39.000 and $77,000. However, the cheapest 2025 model is already priced at $60,990. Then, of course, there are its aesthetics, for which people have some choice words.
“Man, does a cybertruck ever look dumb up close,” sports journalist Blake Murphy opined in a late 2024 post on Blue Sky.
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Safety (or the lack thereof) is another issue linked to the Cybertruck. A 2024 National Highway Transportation Safety Board report revealed that Tesla issued eight different vehicle recalls.
According to a report by Yahoo!, the NTHTSB also launched two investigations in the past year, one of which happened in November that led to the demise of three young individuals.
The images on this list are relatively mild trashings of the controversial vehicle. Other instances have become more violent, as cases of vandalism have continued to run rampant all over the United States.
The most recent case as of this posting happened in Novato, California, on March 29th. Security cameras caught an individual throwing a rock at the truck’s windshield. The suspect, who has yet to be arrested, also slashed all four tires and left a handwritten note.
We’d like to hear from you, dear readers. What do you think of the Tesla Cybertruck? Do you agree with Elon Musk that it is the vehicle of the future? Or do you share the same sentiments as the general public? Let us know in the comments!
