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by m463 1855 days ago
the $40k cybertruck gets you 250 miles.

(...in late 2022)

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The Lightning isn't supposed to be going until 2022 either, and Ford is having supply chain issues with chips, which this truck probably needs more than any car they've ever made, so we'll see which ships first.
Yeah, and the Mach-E was delayed by several months as well. It wouldn't be shocking if this ends up being more like late 2022, at least for any significant volume.

Not that its an issue. People focus a little too much on initial ship date, IMO.

Why would it need more chips? It's not inherently different from existing trucks in that regard.
Battery management in a modern EV requires more compute than an ICE vehicle, for starters.