It would appear that Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck is an exception to the rule that electric vehicles are more expensive to purchase initially but less expensive to operate than gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles. This could be a problem for anyone considering purchasing an electric Cybertruck.
When businessman David Nguyen realized his Cybertruck’s battery was only three percent charged, he posted a video to Instagram showing him charging it to full capacity.
It is a Tesla, so you’d think it would have some fancy motion detection or facial recognition system to unlock the charging port. But no, Nguyen has to tap the outside of the truck a few times with the charger to open the port.
He then gets back in the car and plugs it in, revealing the time it will take to charge the truck to 100%.
And it’s a whopping ‘one hour and 30 minutes remaining’ to reach the charge limit of 296 miles ‘a.k.a. 100 percent’.
How much will this cost? Nguyen says it will need 121 kW of energy to charge fully.
So, Nguyen graciously does the math for us so we don’t have to, and the rate of power in San Leandro, California is $0.61 per kWh.
He explains: “That’s 121 x 0.61 that is $73 to give me a full tank. That’s going to give me a range of 296 miles. Is that good? Or not good?”
He makes the decision: “I think it’s pretty good because you’re driving the future a.k.a the Cybertruck.”
Alas, not everyone agrees.
One Instagram user wrote: “$70???? I thought electric was cheaper. Why are we doing this again.”
“80 dollars to fill up my GMC 1500 Sierra Diesel. Almost 600 miles with the full tank lmao . So NOT GOOD. Oh and it only took me four and half minutes to fill up,” another added.
A third commented: “So it’s the same to fill up a gas SUV, get further distance and it takes 10 minutes compared to 1.5 hours??? Think I’ll stick to combustion.”
And a fourth resolved: “Absolute joke.”