Elon Musk says Tesla Cybertruck will have four-motor variant

Tesla manager Elon Musk explained on Friday the much-predicted Tesla Cybertruck would occur with a higher-close four-motor variant.

“Original output will be 4 motor variant, with independent, ultra fast response torque command of every single wheel,” Musk explained in a tweet.

Contacting the electric powered pickup truck an “insane engineering bandwagon,” Musk explained the Cybertruck would have both of those entrance- and rear-wheel steer that would “not just (flip) like a tank – it can push diagonally like a crab.”

Original output will be 4 motor variant, with independent, ultra fast response torque command of every single wheel

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
December three, 2021

The car would contend with pickup vehicles this kind of as GMC’s Hummer EV, Ford’s F-a hundred and fifty Lightning and Rivian’s R1T. Of these, R1T is pushed by four particular person motors powering all four wheels, and GMC’s Hummer can push diagonally.

Tesla’s pickup truck, initial declared in 2019, is built of stainless steel used in rockets, and Musk has claimed to have received numerous hundred thousand orders for the Cybertruck when preorders were opened.

Musk explained he would give updates on the Tesla merchandise roadmap on the next earnings simply call. Cybertruck enhancement has faced delays, but output is currently predicted to get started next year and access volume output in 2023.