The year has just started, and the Cybertruck has been in the news more than enough. Beginning on January 1, the electric pickup truck became eligible for the $7,500 EV tax credit, as the EPA website revealed. However, a bigger surprise was the elusive single-motor RWD variant was also listed. This basically confirms the Cybertruck RWD will launch this year.
When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, three variants were announced: a single-motor RWD trim, dual-motor AWD, and the top-of-the-line Cyberbeast with a tri-motor configuration. However, Tesla only started deliveries with the all-wheel-drive configurations. Soon, the RWD variant was removed from the carmaker's website. This fueled speculations that Tesla would not launch a single-motor Cybertruck after all, especially as very few considered buying one in the first place.
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