Cybertruck

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ truck.

Noun

Cybertruck (plural Cybertrucks)

1. Ellipsis of Tesla Cybertruck; a battery electric pickup truck manufactured by Tesla.
   • 2023 November 30, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Tesla’s Cybertruck hits the market with a higher price tag and plenty of challenges”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The company originally said the Cybertruck would cost less than $40,000, but a pandemic and an ensuing period of high inflation forced the company to move away from that promise.

   • 2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “Tesla recalls 27,000 Cybertrucks due to a rearview camera issue”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Tesla is recalling roughly 27,000 Cybertrucks because of a rearview camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard, increasing the risk of a crash.

   • 2025 January 2, Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Haley Britzky, Daniel Medina, John Miller and Natasha Bertrand, “What we know about the driver who exploded a Cybertruck in Las Vegas”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     The fellow soldier, who had kept in touch with Livelsberger since their deployment, said he didn’t know whether the explosion of the Cybertruck was in any way inspired by the kind of attacks so common a feature of the unit’s mission.