The 3 factors that decide whether the Tesla Cybertruck has delivered on its hype 2 years later

Exactly two years after the unveil, people are still wondering whether the Tesla Cybertruck was worth the hype or not, and the truth is, the answer is probably both yes and no.

There are a couple of reasons why this was one of the most important EV launches of the last five or six years.

And also a couple of reasons why the hype wasn’t justified.

Including one reason that we don’t talk about enough.

DISCOVER SBX CARS: The global premium car auction platform powered by Supercar Blondie

Three awesome things about the Cybertruck

Design-wise, Cybertruck was a bold move.

No one expected it to look like this, but several automakers probably used it as inspiration.

Then we obviously need to talk about its performance.

Despite being heavier than Mars, it’s very quick, and it has incredible towing abilities.

There’s one more thing worth mentioning, and that’s the truck’s steering precision.

Thanks to its steer-by-wire system, Cybertruck has a better turning circle than most of its rivals, including much smaller ones, and feels very responsive to drive.

If we had to pick a ‘win’ people don’t talk about enough, then that’d be the truck’s steer-by-wire system.

The other thing people aren’t talking about enough

If we asked people to name three things that kind of didn’t work with the Tesla Cybertruck, most would mention its size – it’s quite large and bulky, even for US roads – and sales.

Sales have been lower than expected, possibly because the truck’s design is so divisive that people either loved it or hated it.

And people who loved it got bored with it quite quickly.

Maybe, maybe not.

But there’s one more thing people don’t talk about enough: Cybertruck isn’t a global product, and it’ll never be one.

This is the only passenger vehicle made by Tesla that’s exclusively available in the US.

And one thing we can say with reasonable certainty is that it’ll never be available in the UK and Europe unless Tesla changes its design.

The truck’s sharp angles would never pass muster in Europe because pedestrian safety rules are much stricter, and Tesla would also have to redesign its steer-by-wire system to make it EU-approved.

This was presumably a calculated strategy, but it’s still a shame.