Tesla Past failures aside, the electric truck industry is quickly flooding with high-quality vehicles from legitimately well-known manufacturers. Ford’s F-150 Lightning has already hit the market, along with the Rivian R1T—and we loved driving both. GMC’s Hummer EV is on the way this year, and the Chevy Silverado EV will closely follow in 2023. Buying an electric truck is a substantial investment. Yet according to a recent Edmunds study, car shoppers are increasingly willing to try out greener vehicles like hybrids and EVs. However, brand loyalty is also playing a role. While the Cybertruck is apparently a feat of engineering, it will be hard to convince the owner of, let’s say, a Ford F-150 to hop on the bandwagon. That’s not to mention that Ford has decades of experience in building America’s best-selling pickup truck. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, they simply electrified an already damn good pickup truck. Tesla Despite the Cybertruck’s production woes, there’s actually quite a lot to look forward to if and when it comes to life. Tesla describes its steampunk EV as having “better utility than a truck with more performance than a sports car.” It also promises a 2.9-second 0-60 time as well as 500 miles of range on a single charge—though the website doesn’t specify if this is for the single, double, or triple-motor configuration. However, we’d wager the biggest draw of the Cybertruck is its angular aesthetic. So stark is the design that it could easily be mistaken as a rejected concept for Master Chief’s warthog from the Halo series. This futuristic look is made possible thanks to an exoskeleton built from ultra-hard 30x cold-rolled stainless steel. Should it come to bear fruit, the Cybertruck is going to be one hell of a head-turner. Until it does, it’s nothing more than hot air from Elon Musk. Before You Go ...