Cybertruck AWD Deliveries Are Starting. Here's What You're Getting for $69,990
Tesla started assigning VINs to Cybertruck AWD orderers on May 24, 2026. That's the clearest signal yet that production is real and moving, especially after units were spotted at Gigafactory Texas earlier in May. If you ordered early, you're probably within weeks of delivery. New orders are looking at August to September 2026.
A Quick Recap of the Price Situation
When Tesla launched the Cybertruck AWD in February 2026, it came in at $59,990. That price lasted ten days. Ten. Now it's $69,990, which is where it'll sit when your order actually ships. If you ordered during that window thinking you locked in the lower price, I'd double-check your order agreement carefully.
That $10,000 swing in ten days was something. Tesla's pricing moves have always been abrupt, but this was particularly quick.
What the AWD Trim Actually Includes
At $69,990, you're getting the Dual-Motor AWD configuration with a 325-mile range rating, 7,500 lb towing, and a 4.1-second 0-60 time. Solid numbers for a truck this size.
The feature list is worth going through carefully. This isn't a stripped-down entry trim in the way you might expect. It has coil springs with adaptive damping, Steer-by-Wire, four-wheel steering, a 6' x 4' composite bed, powered frunk, powered tonneau, three bed outlets, and Powershare capability. Powershare on a non-top-tier trim is the thing I'd highlight most practically, because running tools or camping off the truck's battery is genuinely useful in a way that matters day to day.
The Steer-by-Wire and four-wheel steering combination helps with maneuverability. Anyone who's tried to park a full-size truck in a normal parking spot knows exactly why that matters.
The Safety Numbers Are Real
The 2025 Cybertruck earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ rating and a perfect 5-star overall from NHTSA, with top marks in frontal, side, and rollover categories. It got 'Good' scores across every IIHS crashworthiness category, including the updated moderate overlap front crash test.
And here's the thing worth saying clearly: no other pickup truck holds both ratings simultaneously. That's a real distinction, not marketing spin.
The Kazakhstan Angle
This one caught my attention. On May 15, 2026, Kazakhstan's State Guard Service deployed Cybertrucks as mobile command-and-control vehicles at the Informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Turkistan. Officials cited off-road capability, quiet electric operation, and high onboard power output for communications equipment as the reasons.
The power output point is the practical one here. Powershare plus quiet operation makes the Cybertruck genuinely useful as a mobile ops platform in ways a diesel truck isn't. Whether that matters to a typical buyer is a different question. But it's an interesting real-world proof of the power export capabilities, in an operational context where it actually had to perform.
Bottom Line
If you're in the August-September window for a new AWD order, the wait is real but not indefinite. The spec sheet at $69,990 is reasonable for what you're getting, especially given the safety ratings and the Powershare inclusion at this price point. The $10,000 jump from launch day is annoying. But production is clearly moving, VINs are going out, and deliveries are coming.
Source: Teslarati