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Today in Focus

Has Elon Musk driven Tesla off track?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The electric carmaker’s Cybertruck was recalled last month after safety concerns emerged over the accelerator pedal. Kari Paul reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:48.8

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1:04.0

Before we start a warning, this episode contains just a little bit of swearing. It's made out of steel. It is boxy and strange and robotic looking. It does not look like a

1:16.9

car that you would see on our highways.

1:19.9

Kerry Paul is a technology reporter with Guardian U.S.

1:23.3

based on America's West Coast.

1:25.3

And she's describing the newest vehicle

1:27.2

from the pioneering electric car company, Tesla.

1:30.2

One of my colleagues described it

1:31.7

as if a young boy drew a picture of a cool truck and then it was made into a truck.

1:37.0

This is the new Tesla Cyber Truck and it's a little bit like, actually, it's not really like any other car I've ever driven before.

1:46.1

The angles of this truck are so sharp that there are places where you can clearly cut yourself

1:52.0

on it.

1:52.8

The cyber truck was launched late last year, turning heads wherever it appeared on the

1:57.6

roads.

1:58.6

I live in the Bay Area, so they are out and about in the Bay Area, when you see them it is very jarring it looks like something

2:05.6

between like a spaceship and a army tank.

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