- Car shopping and reviews website Edmunds recently got its Tesla Cybertruck after waiting for four years.
- It performed standardized range, performance and efficiency tests on the electric truck, like it does for all other EVs.
- But the truck broke down during testing, flashing red warnings on the screen, indicating several system failures.
The Tesla Cybertruck may have ushered in a new era of electric truck design and manufacturing, but when it comes to basic things like reliability, it has plenty of room for improvement.
Car shopping and reviews website Edmunds recently bought a brand new Cybertruck for long term testing. Over the past month, the Cybertruck underwent standardized testing that the outlet performs with every new EV. The Cybertruck wasn’t getting any special treatment or extra attention that it otherwise commands on the road.
Before we get to what went wrong, Edmundsconducted some tests where the truck worked as intended. The dual-motor Cybertruck Foundation Series sprinted from …