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FIRST LOOK


            Stealth Fighter Meets Load Warrior





            cab short bed.                    despite a 57.0-inch overall       If you want a color besides
              Draped in 3mm-thick             width and accommodating           the polished silver of stainless
            unpainted stainless steel         35-inch off-road tires. There     steel, the Cybertruck can be
            that’s folded into shape, the     is a Honda Ridgeline–like         vinyl-wrapped—which lowers
            truck features four doors, a      trunk cut into the bed floor.      environmental impact and the
            small frunk, and a 6.5-foot bed   The Cybertruck’s wheelbase        cost of a paint shop.
            with accessory rails and four     stretches 149.9 inches, and         “What do you think?” Elon
            tie-downs. Notably, the bed       Elon claims its steel skin is     asks. A collective, stunned,
            has no wheelwell intrusion        bulletproof to 9mm rounds.        “Wow,” is about all we can














































                                                                                                                        Despite the Twitterverse’s
                                                                                                                    “kindergarten car” snark, the
                                                                                                                       Cybertruck is an incredibly
                                                                                                                             complicated design.

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