With Sales Plummeting, Tesla Cancels Key Cybertruck Component

Tesla has officially abandoned its plan to sell a $16,000 range extender for the Cybertruck, Electrek reports — the latest in the automaker's struggles with the incredibly controversial vehicle. This week, customers who paid a $2,000 reservation fee for the extender received emails from Tesla stating it was no longer selling the add-on, but that it would fully refund their deposits. Electrek reached out to the automaker and confirmed the decision. Per the reporting, the cancellation comes a month after Tesla quietly pulled the range extender as an add-on on its website's vehicle configurator. No official reason for the cancellation has been given. With a base range of 320 to 350 miles on a single charge, depending on the configuration, the Cybertruck launched with a far shorter range than the 500-plus miles that CEO Elon Musk once promised. The range extender, a battery pack designed to be installed in the pickup bed, was supposed to make up for that failure. However, since the acc ... Read full article.