Elon Musk posts a lot of random crap on X (formerly Twitter), but one of his recent tweets has the Tesla community a bit confused. After announcing a $60,000 Cybertruck with all-wheel drive and a 300-mile range, Elon Musk stated: “Only for the next 10 days.”
Only 10 days ’till what?! I’m sure it’s all part of the marketing strategy to sell these Cybertrucks, with long-time lurkers feeling a time crunch to act on this deal. And to be honest, it’s actually a good deal. In fact, it may be the only Cybertruck worth getting if you are wiling to stay on the road.
The sad life of the Cybertruck reaches its $60,000 final act
This new $59,990 Cybertruck is the “most affordable” yet, offering dual motor all-wheel drive, 325 miles of range, and towing capacity up to 6,500 pounds. It has a bunch of nice features despite the price cut, including heated first-row seats, a powered frunk, and coil springs with adaptive damping. In other words, you can now get shot at while your Cybertruck gets stuck in a deep puddle, but for just $59,990 (or $79,990 if you want the Premium trim, or $99,990 for the Cyberbeast).
The one issue with the new Cybertruck is the removal of active air suspension. One guy with money to blow said on X: “Not having air suspension just to save $20,000 is hard to justify.” I can sort of understand the frustration, since even with active air suspension, the Cybertruck was not the most impressive off-roading machine — and it certainly is no boat. Without the active air suspension, I’d be sort of scared to drive the Cybertruck, too.
Anyway, it’s not too clear what happens at the end of the 10 days. Does the price go up? Very likely. Will this version of the Cybertruck disappear completely? Honestly, also possible, given how difficult it is to make sense of Tesla’s strategy with the Cybertruck. People have been waiting for an AWD model like this, but I wouldn’t be too shocked if Musk had some strange disappearing act in mind for it. The Cybertruck’s launch price was quite jarring (and unjustified) — $80,000 rather than the promised $40,000. A crappy rear-wheel-drive model for $70,000 came out in 2025 but lasted only five months, with just 250 units built. Following that, the Cyberbeast’s price went up to $115,000, which made Tesla fans mad once more. This has been taken back at random by Musk with this recent announcement. But is it only reduced for 10 days, too?
What do you expect from a guy who thought we’d all be clamoring for stale popcorn sold by a robot at a Tesla-themed diner? The entire existence of the Cybertruck feels like a cruel joke on the already ugly thing, a body horror film that makes you wish they’d just put a hole in the protagonist’s head to end the excruciating, twisted suffering.
Instead of putting it out of its misery, Musk continues to let the Cybertruck struggle down the street, accelerator pads and panels falling off, bullet holes in the windows, smudges all over the steel.
It feels like a humiliation ritual to bring the Cybertruck off-road at this point, with viral videos popping up everywhere showing the unsightly thing struggling to get over tiny bumps, getting stuck in mud, and drowning in shallow water. “It can briefly be a boat,” Musk exclaims, watching the Cybertruck flail in the water behind him, wishing this would be the last time it heard an outlandish statement its owner would then try to prove.
I mean, you can’t fully blame Musk. Anyone who hears this claim and thinks a 6,900-pound truck can float in the water… I guess I hope they never get an email from someone who calls themselves a rich prince.
Now, there’s the 10-day marketing stunt, another move by Tesla that doesn’t feel very logical or thought-out. It may just be another attempt at shocking people rather than part of a truly thought-out financial strategy. And I guess it got us talking about it. Although it sorta just makes me feel sad. Please, I’m begging you, don’t take this $60K Cybertruck off the road. It’s already been humiliated enough.
