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European Dealer Believes Someone Will Pay Nearly $400,000 for a Tesla Cybertruck

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Tesla’s first edgy wannabe workhorse is a sight to behold. It’s unlike anything else on the road, which is why we often call it the Lamborghini of pickup trucks. It may not be as exciting as an Italian supercar, but it has an almost exotic appeal. That creates a lot of lucrative opportunities for those willing to buy one from a dissatisfied North American Tesla customer and deal with international shipping.

You might be wondering why we said that the Cybertruck provides a great opportunity for middlemen to make a lot of money. It’s simple. In the US, Tesla Electric vehicle is already on a clear path toward accelerated depreciation.

While it may seem like it was dropped into us from a dystopian future, the EV has several shortcomings that make it unappealing to those who look beyond bulletproof panels and rock-proof glass and need a full-size battery-powered pickup truck. For example, it can’t tow very far.

Also, you can’t pretend it’s a Ford F-150 Raptor because it has weak upper control arms. A towing hook with vertical load support similar to Model YThe latter may sound complicated to those not familiar with towing, but essentially it means owners can safely carry just two bikes on one rack. That’s all.

And it came without the fancy accessories promised to eager buyers who paid $20,000 above MSRP to get their hands on the earliest copies, and it didn’t reach the promised 500-mile range. Owners won’t even see that number if they choose to pay for the $16,000 structural battery that takes up a third of the bed space (and doesn’t even exist yet). The Cybertruck will only get ~450 miles (724 km) extra kW-hour.

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Shopping never hurts anyone

Meanwhile, the dual-motor, 533-horsepower Rivian R1T, which has a suggested retail price of $83,900, can travel 420 miles (676 km) on a single charge, and you can unlock 132 more horses for $5,000.

If you don’t want something as high-end as the R1T and think Apple CarPlay or Android Auto are must-haves, the 515-horsepower Chevy Silverado EV 4WT (not just the R1T) fully loaded RST(keep in mind) will travel 450 miles (724 km) thanks to 205-kWh high voltage battery. This also charges very quickly!

The downside to this bowtie-spec model is that it’s currently only available to fleet buyers, but we don’t think GM will keep it around for long. After all, most Americans would want a zero-emissions workhorse that costs a little over $70,000. Don’t tell GM that, but you can call dealers who have a Silverado EV 4WT in stock using the Envolve platform. They’ll be happy to ship the pickup truck to you.

Oh, and another very important detail for a computer on wheels is that Tesla’s pickup truck still doesn’t have the ability to turn on adaptive cruise control with automatic lane change. Fully Autonomous Driving (FSD) package. It was supposed to come with FSD V12.5 in August, but it’s still nowhere to be found. FSD was part of a $20,000 bundle of extra goodies.

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Trust is key

What we’ve reminded you of before are just a few reasons why the Cybertruck is on the market. a clear path to depreciation In North America. Another is that the so-called “Foundation Series” units aren’t all that popular anymore. Those two million pre-orders seem to have vanished into thin air.

Moreover, some vocal customers stated that they received faulty vehicles and did not hesitate to tell everyone about the problems they encountered and how the world’s most valuable car manufacturer treated them.

What’s worse for the EV’s real market value is that there is no longer a waiting period. Anyone with $100,000 in their pocket can buy a fully loaded dual-motor Cybertruck without the FSD and some “Foundation Series” accessories. The 845 horsepower Cyberbeast will cost you $20,000 more. It doesn’t do anything special. It just goes a little faster because it has an extra motor. The rest of the specs are similar. Neither will tow 10,000 lbs very far.

Now that you know all that, imagine how Tesla investors and Cybertruck buyers felt when Elon Musk announced that the non-existent Roadster II could fly. Who believes in such things anymore? Tesla also announced a robotaxi preview that was supposed to happen in August. Guess what? It got pushed back to October and will premiere in a Hollywood studio rather than anywhere else. We’re reaching levels of irony that shouldn’t be possible.

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For knowledgeable car enthusiasts, automotive technology fans, and environmentalists, Elon Musk and Cyber ​​Truck It must be frustrating. The company pushed the industry to embrace EVs and proved to everyone that zero-tailpipe mobility was possible and cool. Now, it’s tarnishing its brand image at a time when traditional automakers are throwing in the towel. From an outsider’s perspective, nothing about the brand’s short- to medium-term trajectory makes sense.

Believe in yourself and the will of others

But if you’re a smart and resourceful person who can easily adopt a paper-chasing mentality, you could find exporting Cybertrucks to be a very lucrative side hustle. The EV isn’t just popular with wealthy right-wing Americans. It’s attracted international attention. Some curious people are willing to pay top dollar for this unusual EV, especially since it might be illegal for Tesla to sell it directly to customers.

To put things into perspective, the Cybertruck is so popular that even controversial, war-thirsty dictators want to own one or two. Dictator of Chechnya owns three and plans to buy more! Allegedly one of them broke, but that’s the risk you have to take with first-year vehicles. The privilege of experiencing new things sometimes has its drawbacks.

Don’t worry about driving the Cybertruck legally in various countries around the world. Those who want and can afford it will understand. Some have already done it, and they’ve done it better in Europe than anywhere else. On the right side of the ocean, the Cybertruck doesn’t meet all safety standards, meaning it can’t be sold officially. However, several units have been registered in Poland and the Czech Republic so far.

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Dealers in North America, Europe, and parts of Asia have smelled a big opportunity, and some have begun sending Cybertrucks on long trips to customers willing to generously bid to use the EV in their country.

More exclusive than hypercars?

But some might be exaggerating. Next Exclusives, a Netherlands-based dealership, is selling a Cybertruck for €295,000 ($329,530). But that doesn’t include the mandatory 21% value-added tax (VAT). Once that’s included, the cost of owning this Cybertruck comes to €356,950 ($398,731). Add a few thousand more and you could buy FOUR copies of Tesla’s pickup truck in the US. And you can do the same in Canada.

The dealer says VAT is deductible, but that’s a privilege only businesses have access to. But to be honest, that doesn’t really do much to lower the price. And when you start thinking about depreciation… well, you get the idea.

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There’s only one electric vehicle on Europe’s best-known used-car platform, and it’s more expensive than the Cybertruck – the luxurious Rolls-Royce Spectre. There’s really nothing more we can add.
Another dealer based in Germany is selling the Cybertruck for 234,900 euros ($262,395) including VAT.

Tesla’s pickup truck isn’t cheap in Dubai, United Arab Emirates either, where people seem to be more interested in the tri-motor Cyberbeast version, which has an average price of AED 700,000 ($190,580).

In conclusion, the Cybertruck may be a divisive and very easy vehicle to criticize in North America, but Tesla‘s bold design philosophy has created an international legend. It’s something Lamborghini might wish it had done.