American rapper Meek Mill has seemingly joined the lengthy checklist of celebrities to personal a Cybertruck. However in contrast to the others on the checklist, the rapper additionally teased a tune 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 tune 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 automobile 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 damage dangerous…” The singer was driving a GMC Hummer EV.
“The airbags did not even come out in a totaled automotive! Tesla has all the time been secure for me I attempted some new shit and it nearly 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, clients can wrap the truck, both with wraps accessible at Tesla’s on-line store, or extra individualistic wraps from third-party customizers. The clear and paint movies accessible 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 celeb standing of the Cybertruck is probably going because of the automobile’s unconventional design, excessive worth level, and the few models accessible on the street. The automobile 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 will likely be accessible in 2025, as per the corporate web site, beginning at $60,990.
Tesla is at the moment scaling the manufacturing of the Cybertruck and goals to make 250,000 yearly by 2025. The corporate has touched a weekly manufacturing price of 1,300 Cybertrucks, Musk stated at Tesla’s annual shareholder assembly in June. The EV maker is trying to enhance it additional this yr to the touch 2,500 models by year-end, the CEO added.
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