--- title: "Tesla Has Quietly Built a New Vehicle That Riffs on the Cybertruck" description: "Tesla showed off an amazing Cybertruck-inspired buggy, which can ferry workers around the company's Gigafactory in Texas." date: "2023-12-04" modified: "2023-12-04" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-cybertruck-cart-factory" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Tesla Has Quietly Built a New Vehicle That Riffs on the Cybertruck ![Tesla showed off an amazing Cybertruck-inspired buggy, which can ferry workers around the company's Gigafactory in Texas.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Cybercart Tesla's long-awaited delivery event of its much-hyped Cybertruck was a bit of a dud, from a [poorly rehearsed and downright half-assed]() presentation by CEO Elon Musk to the reveal of [disappointing specs]() and [much-higher-than-expected prices](). But the EV maker may have buried the lede with its presentation. Audience members of the delivery event got a tour of the company's Giga Factory in Austin, Texas, prior to the event. And what really caught our attention wasn't the monstrous pickup truck itself — it was the Cybertruck-inspired "buggy for whizzing around," as described by YouTuber and motoring journalist Mat Watson in a [recent video]() (3:47 minutes in) for the popular channel Carwow. "Don't think it has the steer by wire or the rear axle steering," Watson joked, riffing on features of the full-size Cybertruck. https://youtu.be/wqcu0j3Wsys?t=227 ## Much Better Deal There's a lot we don't know about the little cart, and chances are Tesla isn't ever planning on mass-producing it — which is a huge bummer, if you ask us. Judging by pictures of the golf cart-sized vehicle that have been [circulating on social media](), it can ferry up to six people around the factory's vast halls and is reminiscent of the kind of people carriers that shuttle travelers through airport terminals. Much like its much bigger cousin, the cart appears to have a scaled-down exoskeleton of bent stainless steel panels and even a sleek lightbar across the front. ![]() *Credit: Carwow via YouTube* Given the sheer size of Giga Texas, we can't blame the carmaker for coming up with a solution to get workers across its extensive halls. The building itself has over 10 million square feet of floor space, the equivalent of around 100 football fields or [15 city blocks](), making it the second-largest building by volume in the world, [according to *The Verge*](). It's also just shy of an entire mile in length — a distance we'd much rather cover while sitting in a mini Cybertruck than on our feet. We can't help but stan Tesla's little Cybercart, and as far as we're concerned, we'd much rather have it roaming public streets than the full-scale pickup truck monstrosity it was inspired by. **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Aha! There's an All-Black Cybertruck]()* ## 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]()