--- title: "Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Will Have “No Handles”" description: "According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company's long-awaited electric pickup will have \"no handles.\"" date: "2021-03-25" modified: "2021-03-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-will-have-no-handles" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Will Have “No Handles” ![According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company's long-awaited electric pickup will have "no handles."]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## Can't Handle This According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company's long-awaited electric pickup will sport a strange new design feature — or, rather, lack a common one. "There will be no handles," Musk said in a [cryptic tweet](). The truck, set to roll out later this year, is set to be a hulking wedge of reinforced stainless steel. The design was lauded by some as daring, while others [had far less kind words]() to say about it. According to Musk, the truck will have very few external distractions. It's still unclear if he meant interior passenger door handles, as [*Teslarati* suggests](), or external ones used to get inside. If the truck did indeed have no external handles, it wouldn't be the first to ditch them. The Cybertruck would follow the footsteps of other recent electric cars, including the Mustang Mach-E, which uses an electric latch door system. ## RIP Componentry It's a strange announcement considering that Musk made a point of the Model S-style self-presenting door handles of the Cybertruck when the truck was first announced in 2019, as *Teslarati* points out. Tesla has also recently declared war against traditional componentry in its cars — despite already having removed most knobs and dials from the dashboards of most of its cars. In its latest effort, for instance, the company [replaced the gear shifter]() in the latest Model S and X with an automatic system, plus a touchscreen-based backup manual override. **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk’s latest Tesla Cybertruck tease is a bit tricky to handle]() \[*Teslarati*\] **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Elon Musk: Cybertruck Will Be Able to Power Off-Grid Tiny Homes]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()