Range Extender Battery Pack increases range to 470+ miles and costs $16K 🔋

[cvalue13]

While I share the skepticism about when or how frequently this will actually be available, there is easy access to the battery from there

it sits entirely and directly over the forward bed floor panel, which itself is directly over the battery penthouse (among other things).

so I half expect this box accessory also involves a replacement forward bed floor panel, which does the pass through work somehow.

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[HaulingAss]

I think having the range extender firmly divides the use of the Cybertruck into 2 camps, with barriers to switch between them. First, as others have mentioned, I don't think it's a home installation thing. Weight, wiring into the HV lines, and tying into the cooling will limit this to a service center job.

Agreed. The range extender does not seem like a solution that will add value for most owners.

It feels like you'll either be an urban (access to charging) truck user that wants to preserve the 4x6 bed for use, and will never wander far from supercharging for occasional trips, or you want the truck for trail adventures or long distance towing/hauling where fewer charging opportunities exist.

I wouldn't use the term "urban" to describe areas that have access to charging. Most trucks are driven daily, from home or work, to the necessary jobs/errands/deliveries, etc. and back home. Even very rural properties and businesses typically have grid power and almost all are within 200 miles of major routes with superchargers.

I think the Cybertruck conveniently serves the needs of a much larger slice of America than many seem to understand.

 

[cvalue13]

well, the forward bed floor is ~easily removable insofar as it’s made to be for service - the air compressor, bottle, rear motor and inverters, tonneau assembly, and battery penthouse are all under there

I mean, I don’t want to do it, but it’ll be coming off/on often at service

 

[HaulingAss]

I need another car..

So, buy another car!

 

[jerhenderson]

It was 100% weak :-(

it was a delivery event. Delivery.

 

[HaulingAss]

Even if it did come to market, and that is far from certain, it would have a very small market in the real world.

Part of me wonders if Tesla is not claiming 2025 availability to give new owners time to put the 340 mile range version through it's paces without the range extender and familiarize them with how Supercharging fits into their trips out of their local area, knowing that most people will realize the range extender cost more money and takes up more room than it's worth.

 

[HaulingAss]

Assuming it ever comes to market, it would probably be under 400 lbs. That would still leave over a ton of payload. But I have my doubts that this thing makes sense, for enough owners, for Tesla to actually bring it to market. Time will tell.

 

[cvalue13]

I would put my money instead on it coming to market but only in very limited quantities

there’s two factors likely at play here

first, you set the price as $16K because you want to artificially constrain uptake

second, there are some bizarre rules around these sorts of ‘accessories,’ where if you sell some threshold % of them, you have to rehomologate the vehicle (eg, have all the regulatory checks re-run, crashworthiness, EPA, electro-magnetic, etc.) as essentially a new ‘trim’


meanwhile, Tesla can’t seriously think a lot of people are going to pay $16K, lose the bed of the truck, cram down the payload, etc.

But they can sell a few, and then - like today - with a semi-straight face say, “hey we have an easy solution for anyone who really needs more range”

 

[Fleetwood75]

Sign me up for one! I tow a camping trailer and I’m guessing that it’ll halve my range. 340/2 = 170 miles is going to be very annoying, basically have to stop every 2-3 hours and find a pull-through supercharger stall. But 470/2 = 235 miles gets me 5-6 hours and I’m not usually towing further than that. Once my trailer is unhitched at the campsite I can run into town and supercharge without needing a pull through stall.

 

[satadioz]

Where can I find specs and price of the Range Extender?

Promised was a trimotor version with 500miles of range, now we have

- 320Miles of range (Trimotor)
- 30K$ increase from the unveil price (Trimotor). 69900 to 99990
- 16K$ to get 470Miles extension?
- Loss of a lot of overall payload, I can Imagine the weight of the extender is a lot
- Loss of 1/3 of the bed space

In europe you can forget the range extender, you already are legally allowed to not surpass the overall weight of 3500Kg (Cyberbeast is 3100Kg)

Something went terribly wrong in my opinion. Probably Tesla was too optimistic with the 4680 cells.

 

[Startreknerd]

Diesel generator?

No, a battery.

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