'What's going on, Elon?!': Owner of snazzy new matte black Cybertruck is ... trends now
The owner of a matte black Cybertruck reported that her brand new Tesla electric vehicle was 'completely dead' after just 4 days.
'The car was unresponsive even though it was almost fully charged,' the distraught Cybertruck owner from Southern California told her Instagram followers Monday, documenting the drama.
Marketed as a 'satin black' wrap, or 'paint protection film,' the finish can add up to $6,500 to the EV's sticker price for a total of $88,395 to $108455.
Despite a red carpet's worth of A-list celebrity owners and fans, Tesla's futuristic-looking EV has delivered repeated unwelcome surprises its earliest adopters since the truck started shipping last December.
Dangerous razor-edged doors that can slice off a finger, a stainless steel body that rusts in the rain, glitchy 'regenerative braking' software that puts lives at risk, and internal electric issues have all given Cybertruck owners second thoughts recently.
A Southern California owner of a superficially chic, matte black Cybertruck reported that her brand new Tesla electric vehicle was 'completely dead' after just 4 days
The matte-black Cybertruck's owner watched as their unresponsive vehicle could not even be put its wheels in neutral as it was loaded up 'to be towed to Tesla service center.'
'What’s going on, Elon!?' the SoCal owner asked.
Cybertruck owner Nazila, who works with the interior design company Black Orchid Interiors in Orange County, met with some skeptical diehard Tesla fans in her comments, who accused her of not charging the EV.
But the problems went beyond such as simple mistake.
'It had almost full charge, but the CT was unresponsive to the app, physical key and even over air contact from Tesla themselves,' Nazila posted to Instagram.
'And since the CT was parked so close to the garage wall,' she explained, 'the two driver could not access the frunk [front trunk] and side fenders which is where you access the 12v battery to at least put the car in N [neutral].'
The result, as seen in her video, is the Cybertruck's tires fully locked, scraping against the pavement as the tow driver attempts to load it onto his truck.
Unlike a combustion engine vehicle, all Tesla EVs require some level of electrical power to shift gears
