The 2024 Tesla Cybertruck: What the critics say
Edmunds
“It will appeal to some, repel others,” but Elon Musk’s long-promised Cybertruck is finally here, in limited numbers, and it’s “the strangest truck to ever hit the market.” From behind the wheel, the attention-grabbing EV feels “more like a fun toy than a practical pickup,” in part because all four wheels turn, making the truck nimble but the steering twitchy. Even so, our impressions are “mostly positive.” This 6,600-pounder “has the potential to be a success.”
The Wall Street Journal
Out on the highway, the Cybertruck is “Cyberfabulous—effortlessly powerful, quiet, and fun to drive.” A few major design flaws do jump out. The low-sloping windshield “gets dirty and tends to stay dirty,” and the sharp-angled roofline, however head-turning, “comes at too high a cost of visibility in every outward direction.” Still, Tesla’s latest norm buster, which has a 340-mile range in entry-level all-wheel-drive, is “a phenomenal piece of engineering.” Fast, stainless-steel tough, and agile, it really does make traditional pickups seem soft.
Motor Trend
“And can we just say: What a body!” The Cybertruck “looks fantastic” up close, “like something that was crafted rather than assembled.” Despite limited rear legroom and headroom, the minimalist interior is the best Tesla has offered, and features a huge touch screen with “crystalclear” graphics. Beyond that, this pickup does do truck things, making it “both fascinating and fantastical, a captivating mix of the future and the here and now.”