As revealed just over a week ago, the Tesla Cybertruck will arrive with all-wheel drive (dual motor) at $79,990, with a Cyberbeast style (three motors) at $99,990. A single-engine with rear-wheel drive. The style is expected to arrive in 2025.
This is where the data posted on the EPA’s tax credits page (and spotted through its partner CarsDirect) gets a little confusing. The Cyberbeast is indexed as eligible for the $7,500 EV tax credit, with an MSRP limit of $80,000.
EPA says Tesla Cybertruck is eligible for $7,500 vehicle tax credit. – 12/2023
Nowhere else in the EPA is there a model that starts well above $80,000 indexed as qualified. It’s also unlikely that Tesla will end up dropping the Cyberbeast below $80,000 for deliveries before the end of 2023, which is the era of the EPA’s existing list. Green Car Reports has reached out to the EPA for clarification. Tesla does not respond to press inquiries.
Value is rarely the only thing that doesn’t live up to Tesla’s original promise with a starting value of $39,900. While a diversity of “over 500 miles” was recommended when the Cybertruck concept was revealed in 2019, the production Tesla Cybertruck, which arrived more than 4 years later, goes about 340 miles according to the EPA with all-wheel drive.
2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.
On the plus side of this, thanks to some lean engineering decisions, Tesla has managed to get that diversity from a reported battery capacity of just 123 kWh, which is more diversity than the Ford F-150 Lightning with less battery, per example. On the other hand, to reach the claimed 500 miles, you must opt for a “diversity extender” battery that occupies part of the body, allowing up to 470 miles.
It’s no surprise, however, that Cybertruck benefits from the tax credit, which has been revamped with locally sourced U. S. -made electric vehicles.
Tesla Battery Day’s Vertical Integration Overview
As he highlighted at his Battery Day in 2020, long before Biden’s EV policy, Tesla is working to make batteries and its entire chain component from a built-in, vertically located chain. The Cybertruck’s 4680 cylindrical fuselages are manufactured in the United States and the Cybertruck is manufactured in Austin.
These models are not yet indexed by the EPA in terms of power or range, and possibly never will be until lighter, single-engine versions hit the market. Models with a gross vehicle weight of more than 8,500 pounds are not required to disclose such indices. Figures at the time of sale.
However, not all Teslas will qualify for the tax credits. Tesla has reported in the past that the base LFP edition of the Model 3 will not be eligible for credits in 2024. That’s because, at least for now, it’s based on foreign taxes. -Cells formed.
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Last month, the federal government launched the final phase of credit integration, as defined in the Inflation Reduction Act. It eliminates credits for electric cars containing battery parts provided or assembled through a “foreign entity of interest” (including China, Iran). , North Korea and Russia).
According to this text, an exclusion extends to subsidies to corporations that operate and are controlled through corporations founded on interest entities. Therefore, the disqualified models may simply – depending on the interpretation – come with American-made (majority-owned) Volvo and Polestar electric cars. through China’s Geely) and batteries manufactured in Europe through China’s CATL.
In 2025, the rule is due to get a level deeper yet—to cover critical minerals that originate from or were processed in a foreign entity of concern. Tesla’s vertical integration and control of its supply chain are likely to pay off handsomely.
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