Pretty sure I've been charging my Zero off of 240v longer than a year.
That would be 208vac. 120/240 is split phase, literally two halves of a single phase. Fascinating system to me, really.
I assure you, the need for 240v has been around a long time. Particularly with welders, RVers, agricultural industry, offgridders, and disaster response/search and rescue. You know, people who drive trucks out of actual need.
Ah, fair enough. Standard from dealer, sure. It is not really a cheap or generally practical thing to integrate into non-ev. They exist, but most people just buy a generator as it makes the most sense usually.
It would be crazy to have a pickup without at least one 220v outlet especially when every other BEV truck has come out with them and Tesla was really the first to say that they would. I would take whoever said there wouldn't be 220v outlets and never read another prediction they make.
I think because one was easier to do than the other. Integrating lighting into side panels requires far more steps than adding an inverter and outlets.
I should think that a fanboy would be pro-outlet (pro any new/great Cybertruck functionality), because anything else is essentially calling Elon a liar since he is the one that presented this functionality during the unveiling and always makes a big deal about prototypes seeming better than finished products. That of course includes his "technology bandwagon" statement, his "4-wheel steering" comment, his "quad motor" statement, his statements about range, his statements about the upper light bar, etc.
