It’s not looking good for Tesla’s Cybertruck range extender

is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Tesla’s battery range extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to give the electric pickup the capability to drive about 445 miles on a single charge, was removed from the online configurator over the weekend, Electrek reports. The Cybertruck Range Extender was announced at the vehicle’s delivery event as a $16,000 add-on that appears to take up about half of the truck’s usable rear bed space. Tesla initially promised in 2019 that the tri-motor Cybertruck would go more than 500 miles on a charge for about $70,000 — and that’s without any mention of an add-on battery. Now, the highest range Cybertruck available for order is the 325-mile dual-motor AWD model for $79,990, and the tri-motor “Cyberbeast” goes 301 miles for $99,990. Previously, Tesla promised the battery would stretch the Cybertruck’s range to 470 miles, but the ... Read full article.