Prior to the commencement of deliveries in November, information about the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck was made public in an NHTSA document.
According to the document, the Cybertruck will be available with dual-motor and tri-motor setups; the single-motor model, which was expected to cost under $40K, is noticeably missing.
The document also stated that, depending on the specification, the gross vehicle weight rating of the Cybertruck will range from 8001 to 10,000 pounds.
After years of delays, the angular Tesla Cybertruck’s first production units will finally begin shipping to clients on November 30. This news came from the carmaker last week. Although Tesla has yet to specify how closely the production vehicle will resemble the first concept unveiled in 2019, exact specifications are still unknown. However, a document released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that was initially shared on a Tesla forum now seems to reveal some of the truck’s specifications, including the motor configurations and a rough estimate of the truck’s weight.
Decoding Cybertruck
The vehicle identifying number, or VIN, for each 2024 Tesla model is decoded in the NHTSA document. The seventeen numbers of the VIN are explained in detail in the text, but two in particular attracted our attention.
The eighth digit, which has two designations for the Cybertruck specified on the document, first denotes the motor and drive unit of the vehicle. While “E” denotes a Performance model with three motors, “D” refers for a dual-motor variation. It looks that the Cybertruck’s single-motor, rear-wheel-drive variant, which was first promised and intended to start at $39,900, won’t be made available until 2024, if at all.
The sixth digit, or the gross vehicle weight rating, or the maximum loaded weight of your car—which includes the weight of the car, its occupants, and its cargo—is the second item of interest. For the Cybertruck, there are two ratings listed: “G” denotes a GVWR between 8001 and 9000 pounds, while “H” denotes a GVWR between 9001 and 10,000 pounds.
This doesn’t exactly tell us how much the Cybertruck weighs, but it indicates that it will probably weigh over 7000 pounds, with certain variants probably weighing well over 8000 pounds. For comparison, the F-150 Lightning’s GVWR ranges from 8250 to 8550 pounds, the Rivian R1T’s GVWR is 8532 pounds, and the GMC Hummer EV pickup’s GVWR is 10,550 pounds. The weight of the cars is around 1000–2000 pounds less than all of these ratings. When Tesla delivers the first Cybertrucks early next month, more particular details ought to be available.