Tesla Cybertruck 6x6 is virtually wild

When it comes to the Tesla Cybertruck, anything is possible. But is a 6x6 mega-truck one electron too far?

The oft-delayed Tesla Cybertruck, which is finally set to enter production around mid-2023 at Tesla’s giga-factory in Texas, has been imagined as many things including a boat, a camper, an e-quad bike transporter and even a Toyota HiLux-sized mini-Cybertruck.

Given how much customers are expected to pay for the upcoming Tesla Roadster 2.0, a $300,000 Cybertruck six-wheeler isn’t perhaps a farfetched idea and this latest render from 3D designer Rostislav Prokop via Instagram shows precisely how such a vehicle could manifest.

It maintains the Cybertruck 4x4 dual-cab’s four-door layout and angular shape, but the extra wheels stretch the vehicle’s length significantly, while new-look headlights, jacked-up air suspension and a new steel bull bar and front bash plates create tougher optics.

The wide-body 6x6 pick-up truck features pumped-out black wheel-arches, while a Mad Max-inspired exo-roll cage is presumably designed to protect the exterior of the vehicle. The rear-end also gets updated bash plates and body armour, while the rear tray adds a full-size spare wheel and unique roll bar assembly.

Pre-orders for the regular Tesla Cybertruck have been halted in Australia and the angular electric ute may never come here if demand in the US does not abate.

Three Cybertruck variant will be offered in the USA, including single-, dual- and triple-motor variants starting at around $US40,000, $US50,000 and $US70,000 respectively – roughly $A58,000 to $A101,000.

Top-spec versions are said to be capable of generating up to 600kW of power, which should propel the AWD tri-motor version to 100km/h in less than three seconds.

With battery densities believed to go up to 200kWh, the US-built full-size pick-up is claimed to have a cruising range of up to 500 miles (around 800km) and can tow up to 6.35 tonnes, while adaptive air suspension can cop up a payload of up to 1588kg in the tray.

Built around a “nearly impenetrable exoskeleton”, according to Tesla, the Cybertruck’s ultra-hard 30x cold-rolled stainless-steel skin is matched by armoured glass that (in)famously shattered when shot with a handgun at the model’s global reveal in late 2019.

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