A piece of Interstate 280 close to Palo Alto in California appears to be a first-rate viewing spot for the Tesla Cybertruck. Final week we noticed a camouflaged prototype fly by on the freeway. Now contemporary spy pictures, shared by the Cybertruck Homeowners Membership, showcase a prototype carrying a brand new darkish camouflage, cruising easily with its tonneau cowl left open.

It additionally has tinted home windows – one thing we’re seeing for the primary time – probably to cover updates to the inside. Tesla usually makes use of black covers on its take a look at automobiles, as is clear with the Mannequin 3 Venture Highland, however a number of Cybertruck prototypes have been showing over the previous few months with camouflage.

Tesla could possibly be utilizing darker camouflage to cover potential design components, particularly if there are updates to the present design that many followers and fans have come to know and admire. To this point, we’ve largely seen the Cybertruck in its chrome steel exoskeleton, together with a couple of take a look at mules with a lighter camouflage.

The darker model definitely seems extra menacing than the earlier pre-production fashions we’ve seen.

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The Austin-headquartered model is inching nearer to the official begin of Cybertruck manufacturing. Final week, Tesla tweeted an image of what seemed to be the primary manufacturing model at Gigafactory Texas, however in the course of the Q2 2023 Earnings Name, the model acknowledged that it’s at the moment constructing launch candidates for last certification and validation.

First buyer automobiles will possible roll out later this yr, when low-scale manufacturing commences adopted by mass manufacturing early subsequent yr. The mannequin S3XY maker additionally acknowledged that the Cybertruck would be the first sub 19 toes electrical truck that has each 4 doorways and a mattress longer than six toes.

As of the top of 2022, there have been reportedly over 1.5 million reservations for the EV. All these orders won’t convert into precise gross sales, however there’s little doubt that this is likely one of the most anticipated EVs lately, which might rework the look of American roads with its outlandish design.