164 miles, for 80% of the battery on their AWD, means they would have only got <150 miles if they had the CB, on the same 80%. That's crazy. Still want it though because of the awesome sound system! I'll just have to remember to plug it in every single day.... probably not that much worse than what my wife gets, real world, from our MYP though.
Two owners that now have over 10,000 miles on their Cybertruck shared the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Info is not 100% comprehensive but very grateful to have it from one of the most driven CTs that was not a test vehicle.
AWD CT 9,944 miles on odometer on Jan 14th, broke 10,000 Jan 15th
Took ownership of truck with 72 miles on it
Tires
First 1,700 miles was with A/T tires and Aero Covers
Remaining 8,000+ miles have been with A/S tires and Aero covers (no noticeable wh/mile difference)
2 Drivers – One aggressive driver, one more conservative about 80/20 split for drive miles
Mix of about 70% highway 30% city
- 1 long road trip of 1,500+ miles
HVAC used liberally both in cold and warm climate. Cooled seats are great
Insurance - $465/mo for two drivers. Full coverage amount $90k and highest possible deductible.
No towing. Max payload of 2,000 ish lbs for a short 18 mile trip. Avg payload 300-400lbs
Mostly driven in warmer weather for this time of year minimum of about 30, max of about 73, avg of about 60
Mirrors – One driver really did not like digital rear view mirror low on the screen, other did not mind. Both drivers really enjoyed side cameras and would remove mirrors if they could.
Wiper – After about 3,000 miles of driving and some rain completely forget that it is a mega wiper, does fine
Charging
About 30% supercharging 10% destination charging and 60% home charging.
- Home charging with a Gen 3 Tesla wall connector takes about 8-12 hours most days at 32 or 48 amps
- Home charging is done to 90% for the most part to try to avoid having to supercharge at slow speeds but maintain good battery health
- Most destination charging very slow and primarily only counted on to maintain battery % and sentry mode
- Charging at V2 superchargers very slow and could take up to 2 hours
- Charging at V3 superchargers better but 70% charge takes over an hour
- No V4 chargers available to test
Range
With conservative in town driving got efficiency as good as 290 wh/mile, on highway over 900 was seen occasionally. Two sets of tires but mostly A/S, and a variety of driving conditions. Average lifetime 10,000mile wh/mile across both drivers in household was 599 giving the cybertruck a 100% battery used range of 206 miles or a 80% battery usage of 164 miles. Mostly fairly aggressive driving, no speeding tickets or accidents, but “not babying the truck”.
Likes:
Sound system
Handling
Cooled seats
Speed
Steer by Wire
Acceleration
Passenger Visibility
Frunk with dividers
Dislikes:
Charge Time
Road Noise
Range
Attention the truck gets, people touching, fingerprints are bad, and taking pictures
Vault is not waterproof, especially if raining while driving at high speeds it gets wet inside
Problems:
Main screen blacked out, went dead. Had to get towed to service center as battery % was low and at an unknown level. Service center had it in 90mins
Plastic trim piece on vault came off, mobile Tesla service tech fixed next day using same part
One flat tire (screw) had to be towed but tire was able to be patched, this was A/T tire and was going to be replaced anyway
One of the biggest mileage/range/distance/quality reports so far that I know of. Came from a private group and owner had privacy concerns due to employment but shared some info that was ok for us to share. The pics suck, they are from a facetime vid and taken/cropped with permission. They are planning on publishing a full HD video on this but have 20+ hours of raw footage to edit, I will post a link once they make it public.
Their Summary TLDR:
A dream to drive, disappointing charge speeds and range about 210/164 miles averaged over 10,000 miles, think the overall value is ok, still some production problems to work out, sound system is beyond great.
It's going to be an awesome road trip vehicle! Sure. it will cost a little more to drive than a Model Y and take a few more minutes to charge, but once you learn to optimize your EV trips, I think that you will be surprised.
Man... I've had my Model 3 for almost 2 years and I'm only at 13,500 miles from new, and I drive it every chance I get! I need to get out more.
No big deal as long has you have room in your fuse box.... just install a second NEMA 14-50 plug and it will all work out.
A better question; "How could you have gotten this so wrong?"
I'm surprised so many people still recommend 50-amp outlets when hard wiring is easier to install and better. Less terminals to oxidize, higher power available, fewer copper conductors needed and for those who are limited on available circuits or power, they can powershare with multiple cars.
To get 10K miles, they have had this a while. What we need to know is if they used Gen1 4680s or Gen2 4680s? If it is Gen2, I agree, something is broken. Otherwise, a 10% boost is coming this year and another boost with Gen3 in 2025 (if they don't slip).
Not to say more expensive, less flexible and more likely to get the "Tesla Tax" that some electricians invoke.
I wouldn't hire a disreputable electrician that charges more for a Tesla Wall Connector and if your run is very long it's going to be cheaper to hardwire than to install a NEMA 14-50. Remember, the Foundation Edition comes with both a Wall Connector and a Mobile Connector. No reason not to install it instead of an outlet.
Which if you use those, then you have to wait for them appear to get installed.
