Tesla aims to accelerate electric vehicle sales in the U.S. with the Cybertruck by electrifying pickupsāthe largest segment of the country's automotive market.
Pickup trucks are very popular in the U.S., but it turns out that other countries also show considerable interest in Tesla's new electric pickup.
After announcing the Cybertruck, Tesla began accepting pre-orders with a $100 deposit to reserve one. According to the company's head Elon Musk, around 150,000 pre-orders were received within a couple of days for the electric pickup, and within a week, that number exceeded 250,000. After that, the company stopped updating order statistics, but according to estimates from the Cybertruckownersclub.com community, 89 days later, the number surpassed 500,000.
According to data collected from over 1,800 members of the Tesla enthusiast community and provided by CybertruckTalk.com, the top 10 countries where Tesla Cybertruck reservations are the highest are as follows:
- USA (76.25%).
- Canada (10.43%).
- Australia (3.16%).
- United Kingdom (1.39%).
- Norway (1.11%).
- Germany (1.05%).
- Sweden (0.83%).
- Netherlands (0.67%).
- France (0.44%).
- Iceland (0.44%).
According to estimates from the CybertruckTalk.com forum, about 17% of users ordered the model with one motor, priced starting at $40,000. Many more users preferred the Tesla Cybertruck versions with two and three motors, with slightly more orders for the dual-motor models starting at $50,000.
Source: 3dnews.ru
