This 2024 Tesla Cybertruck is sitting in an auction yard, waiting to be rescued. However, the electric vehicle has a very strange sort of damage. It is lacking some body panels, while those that are still in place have no deformation.
The Tesla Cybertruck you are looking at rolled off the production line this year. A few months later, it is sitting in the Insurance Auto Auctions yard in New Jersey with a salvage title. As usual, the listing does not describe the accident it was involved in, but we can't help thinking the aftermath of the impact is bizarre, to say the least. The Cybertruck is missing the front bumper. The side window trim on both sides is a thing of the past.
The rear fenders have also vanished on both sides, while the front fender on the driver's side is also long gone. The tailgate and the floor of the load bed have disappeared as well, while the tonneau cover shelters the exposed frame and rear motor.
The listing claims the vehicle sustained front and rear damage in a collision. But what sort of collision ripped off the fenders on both sides, the bumper, the tailgate, and the load bed?
Strangely, none of the onboard airbags were deployed in the so-called collision. However, with all those body parts missing, it looks like the Cybertruck was also the victim of a theft.
None of the remaining panels is deformed. With so many Cybertrucks involved in crashes and the used car parts market for the Cybertruck being so poor, we would not be surprised if perpetrators would go stealing panels.
Photo: IAAI
The vehicle is listed as a 'run and drive,' with only 2,132 miles (3,431 kilometers) on the clock, which confirms that it had not rolled off the production line of the Giga Texas long before the accident. The central display indicates that there are 14 alerts to check.
This 2024 Cybertruck is an all-wheel drive version, running on a dual-motor setup. This means that it comes with 593 horsepower (601 metric horsepower) and 525 pound-feet (712 Newton meters of torque), which push it from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in just 3.8 seconds. The dual-motor Cybertruck can go as fast as 113 mph (182 kph).
The white and black interior indicate that this is the Foundation Series version, but the 'Foundation Series' badging evaporated along with the fenders.
The auction ad claims that its actual cash value is $106,224. Meanwhile, the cost of the repair is estimated at $70,822. Why would anybody invest that much in a crashed Tesla Cybertruck when they could just go ahead and buy a new, never-crashed one for $$79,990?
It looks like this Cybertruck is going to stay in the auction yard for quite some time, until used car parts prices start to plunge and the repair is really worth it.
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