Want to get your hands on the Tesla Cybertruck, but can’t wait long enough? A man in Shanghai took matters into his own hands, building a do-it-yourself tribute to the company’s uniquely-styled electric car. It’s the latest in a series of do-it-yourself projects that show fans’ anticipation for the truck is reaching new highs.

Wang Chao, who studied automotive engineering in Coventry University, stuck mostly to the original car’s design, except for two bumps on either side of the trunk that the presenter compares to “a man’s deltoid muscle.” Alongside the thicker front lights, the front bumper also adds an extra light. He compares it to a Lamborghini design, with changes like an inverted trapezoid in front and carbon fiber covers around the front wheels. Besides these changes, it looks remarkably similar to the original.

He shared a video in late March on YouTube and Bilibili detailing the car’s design, followed by an extra video exploring the comparisons with a sports car.

It’s the latest in a series of fan-made projects focused around the Cybertruck, perhaps the most strikingly-designed electric car to ever come from Tesla. The vehicle, unveiled by CEO Elon Musk at a Los Angeles event in November 2019 with a starting price of US$39,900, won’t start shipping until late 2021. But its strange angular shape, which Musk claims is because its hard steel exterior makes shaping too difficult, has already attracted widespread attention.

(SD-Agencies)