Elon Musk delivers first Tesla Cybertrucks

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck in 2019. Four years later, the company has finally delivered the first trucks to customers.

Four years after Elon Musk unveiled it with billowing clouds of smoke, balls of fire and a botched demonstration of its shatter-resistant windows, Tesla has finally made the first deliveries of its alien-punk Cybertruck.

Standing in the bed of the stainless-steel-clad electric pickup, which has been mired by production delays and skepticism about its design and everyday utility, Musk called the Cybertruck “the most unique thing on the road” but promised that it is “actually very useful.”

“It’s not just some grandstanding showpiece like me,” he said during Thursday’s delivery event, which was livestreamed on X, formerly Twitter.

The Cybertruck, which Musk boasted has the handling and speed of a sports car, has towing capacity of 11,000 pounds, a maximum payload of 2,500 pounds and a 340-mile estimated range.