American rapper Meek Mill has seemingly joined the lengthy record of celebrities to personal a Cybertruck. However not like the others on the record, the rapper additionally teased a track named after Tesla Inc‘s stainless-steel electrical truck.
What Occurred: Mill launched a brief snippet of a music video on Instagram final week. The video options two Cybertrucks parked dealing with one another and Mills confirmed that the track is titled….”Cybertruck.” The video additionally options the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and the Lamborghini Urus.
Whereas it’s unclear if both of the 2 Cybertruck within the music video belongs to Mill, the rapper seemingly owns a Cybertruck himself. New Jersey-based car customizer Automobile Effex posted a video earlier this week of Mills driving away in a personalized, matte black-wrapped Cybertruck.
“Can I get a Tesla cyber truck?????,” Mill wrote on X in February.
In April, the rapper expressed frustration over the recall of over 3,800 Cybertrucks owing to considerations of unintentional acceleration and wrote, “Wassup with these cyber vehicles as a result of I had one other model electrical automotive ‘not Tesla’ do the identical factor I crashed and acquired harm unhealthy…” The singer was driving a GMC Hummer EV.
“The airbags did not even come out in a totaled automotive! Tesla has at all times been protected for me I attempted some new shit and it virtually killed me the primary day!,” Mill added in regards to the accident.
The accident didn’t seemingly deter the rapper from making one other EV buy.
Why It Issues: The Cybertruck’s stainless-steel physique permits no exterior paint. Nonetheless, prospects can wrap the truck, both with wraps obtainable at Tesla’s on-line store, or extra individualistic wraps from third-party customizers. The clear and paint movies obtainable on Tesla store are priced between $5000-$6500.
Tesla began delivering the Cybertruck in November. Since then, a number of celebrities and in style names have taken supply of it together with Justin Bieber, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Serena Williams, and Woman Gaga.
The movie star standing of the Cybertruck is probably going as a result of car’s unconventional design, excessive worth level, and the few items obtainable on the highway. The car pricing begins at $79,990 for the all-wheel drive model and $99,990 for the extra premium Cyberbeast model. A lower-priced rear-wheel drive model of the truck shall be obtainable in 2025, as per the corporate web site, beginning at $60,990.
Tesla is presently scaling the manufacturing of the Cybertruck and goals to make 250,000 yearly by 2025. The corporate has touched a weekly manufacturing charge of 1,300 Cybertrucks, Musk mentioned at Tesla’s annual shareholder assembly in June. The EV maker is seeking to enhance it additional this 12 months to the touch 2,500 items by year-end, the CEO added.
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