Cybertruck driver shows how much it cost to fully charge truck at Tesla Supercharger

This Cybertruck owner posted a video to show exactly how much it costs to ‘fill up’ the tank with electricity.

In the clip, the content creator details both the amount of cash it takes, and the amount of time required.

A lot of people took to the comment section after watching the video.

It’s easy to see why because this short clip accidentally reveals what many believe to be a big problem with EVs.

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Time vs cost

In the clip shared by utechpia.dev on Instagram, he explains that charging his Cybertruck from 0 to 100 percent will take around 90 minutes.

This is obviously the main disadvantage.

Modern EVs charge faster than EVs from 10 years ago, but even if you’re happy with 80 percent of the charge, and even if you’re starting from 10 percent or 20 percent, it still takes way longer than filling up your tank with gas.

It’s also a lot slower than hydrogen cars, with some hydrogen vehicles only taking seconds to fill up.

Also, the owner points out that this charge will cost him around $73.

That’s cheaper than filling up a tank with gas in most cars in most states, but it’s not as cheap as people expected.

In fact, that’s exactly the general tenor of the comments, because so many people replied saying different versions of the same thing: ‘I thought it was cheaper’.

The range debate for Cybertruck

In theory, the range-topping version is capable of running 500 miles (800 km) on a charge.

But a YouTuber put his truck to the test and he only got around 80 percent of that.

And there’s another key difference that’s not talked about enough.

With gas, a vehicle is either economical to run, or it isn’t, and a person’s driving style won’t change that except marginally.

Translated, it doesn’t matter how careful you are at the wheel of – say – an AMG G-Wagen, it’ll still be very thirsty.

That’s not the case with EVs because the driving style heavily affects the range.

The author of this article found this out the hard way, after getting dramatically different results with a Model S on exactly the same route.

Driving like a nun produced a range of around 600km (370+ miles), whereas driving a bit more ‘briskly’, the Model S only lasted 400km (250 miles).

This, along with charging times, is probably something automakers should focus on.