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A few days ago, a number of netizens photographed a Tesla Cybertruck in Tianjin's Binhai New area, which was driving on an open road with a green new energy license plate. In addition, information about the car also appeared on the second-hand trading platform, and the seller said it was the only car in the country that had been licensed this year, with an asking price of 3.5 million yuan. According to Polar News, a staff member of Tesla said that the cyber off-road station wagon may have entered the country through parallel import channels.

Cybertruck, Tesla's first electric pickup, was launched at its headquarters in Los Angeles on November 22, 2019. the emergence of this electric pickup has subverted the market's perception of pickup models, because pickup models place more emphasis on functionality than cars and SUV, thus losing the innovative ability of pickup models in appearance and technology. However, the emergence of Cybertruck still shocked the market. Tesla officially delivered the Cybertruck electric pickup truck to the first batch of car owners in the United States in December 2023, and announced the prices of three models: $60990 for rear wheel drive, $79990 for four-wheel drive and $99990 for Beast. Among them, the four-wheel drive version and the beast version will be available in 2024, and the rear-wheel drive version will be available in 2025.

Tesla China said that Cybertruck is classified as pickup in the United States, but it may change in China because of factors such as restrictions on pickup models in China, while Cybertruck will not enter the Chinese market any time soon due to production capacity, regulations and other factors.

Earlier, Tesla CEO Musk said on social media that it would be very difficult to legalize Cybertruck on the road in China, but Tesla would still send prototype cars to China for display to meet the curiosity and expectations of Chinese consumers. At the 2024 Tesla shareholders' meeting, Musk said that Tesla must produce a "special version" of Cybertruck that meets Chinese and EU standards before it can be exported. At present, Tesla China has launched the Cybertruck page tag, but the price of Cybertruck in China has not been announced yet, and it will not be announced for a long time in the future, before Tesla tries to solve the sales problem in the Chinese market.

Pickup models have been faced with relatively stringent restrictions in China. They are restricted from entering the main urban areas and are unable to enjoy a six-year inspection exemption policy. Vehicles are inspected once a year within 10 years, twice a year after 10 years, and forced to be scrapped for 15 years or 600000 kilometers. Highways on holidays are not free. In other words, if Cybertruck is sold in China, it will also face 15 years of compulsory scrapping, which is why Cybertruck changed its name to "cyber off-road wagon" after entering China, and officials want its positioning to change.

It is worth mentioning that not long ago Tesla suddenly stopped accepting orders for rear-wheel drive entry-level electric pickup Cybertruck. The version, which sells for $60990 (about 438000 yuan), is the cheapest Cybertruck version and was originally scheduled to be delivered in 2025, according to Tesla's US website. According to the latest report, Tesla Cybertruck is the best-selling car in the United States with a price of more than $100000 in July 2024, the second month in a row that the car has won the honor. Considering the polarized reputation of this pure electric pickup truck, this achievement is very eye-catching.

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