Chassis test of the Tesla Cybertruck Beast 2024

As it turns out, there’s a lot more to the Tesla Cybertruck than its otherworldly stainless steel origami design. At the test track, I discovered that the beast’s 834-horsepower tri-motor powertrain can propel it to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, then cover the quarter mile in 11.0 seconds at 119 mph. I later drove it on a range test at 75 mph and found it has a range of around 250 miles.

But the everyday driving experience is arguably more interesting, and that’s down to the Cybertruck’s steering and suspension. The steering is the most unconventional of these, as it’s a steer-by-wire system that can turn from lock to lock in less than a full turn of the handwheel – essentially a yoke with a top cross brace. I found it incredibly intuitive and easy to get used to, although I dismissed it as a joke before actually driving the truck.

The suspension is also surprising, as after driving 500 miles, I concluded that the Cybertruck is the vehicle with the smoothest ride in Tesla’s lineup. How can that be? After all, it has 35-inch LT tires running at 50 psi? It’s all down to a well-tuned, fully independent suspension that consists of a standard height-adjustable air ride and adaptive Bilstein shock absorbers.

However, this is a truck and it’s designed for off-road use, so I also drove the Cybertruck up my 20-degree ramp to measure the flexibility of that suspension in a frame-twisting situation. How did it perform? What does the suspension look like? Watch the video to find out. And I apologize in advance for some of the audio. My mic cable was shorting out at times and we had to resort to camera audio for some shots.

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