This battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck will one day tow your boat

According to Tesla, the top-end angular, stainless steel-bodied Cybertruck (Tesla's overly excited marketing arm drops the vowels to call it "Cybrtrck") will be rated to tow up to 6.35 tonnes behind it.

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At the same time, the electric car disruptor claims the version of the Cybertruck equipped with three electric motors will do 0-100km/h in about 3.0 seconds, making it as fast as a Tesla Model S, which in turn is as fast as a twin-turbo V8-engined Ferrari 488 GTB.

Tesla’s ever-so-slightly-flawed launch of the Cybertruck – a test meant to demonstrate the sub-$US40,000 ($A59,000) ute’s tough "cyberglass" windows failed spectacularly when one shattered after a steel ball was thrown at it – also lists the tray’s payload at an impressive 1632kg in the 180cm-long bed.

Tesla says it will offer three versions of the six-seat Cybertruck with driving ranges of 250 miles (400km) for the single motor version, 300 miles (480km) for the twin motor version and 500 miles (800km) for the triple.

The single-motor version will be able to tow around 3.5 tonnes, while the twin-motor version is rated to around 4.5 tonnes.

Inside, the Tesla Cybertruck features the same minimalist – read "stripped-out" – interior as the recently launched (in Australia, at least) Tesla Model 3, with the dash dominated by a 17-inch touchscreen mounted sideways.

Tesla founder Elon Musk said all models would come standard with adaptive damping and air suspension – both adjustable on the fly – and offer the highest ground clearance of any truck on the market – about 400mm.

One image of the Tesla Cybertruck with a “Cyberquad” electric quad bike also launched at the event – it received much less fanfare – shows the rear suspension dropping independently to help with loading.

Tusk said the Tesla Cybertruck would offer the best approach, departure and ramp-over angles of any ute. “You can basically do the Baja rally in this thing,” he said.

Electric car battery technology is already making its way into the boating world, with electric outboard engine and sterndrive maker Torqueedo tapping the energy source for BMW’s i3 electric car to power its new generation of products.

Australian buyers can already order a Tesla Cybertruck after laying down a $150 deposit. Production, not deliveries, for the entry-level and mid-spec versions of the pick-up truck is expected to start in late 2021 – two years from now – while the triple-motor version is expected to start rolling down the line in late 2022.

Australian deliveries? The Tesla Model 3 took around three years to arrive here after production started, so don’t expect to see a Cybertruck here until around 2024 at the earliest.