An early 2024 Tesla Cybertruck was reportedly sold at the Petersen Auto Museum 29th Gala for $400,000, according to several social media posts that surfaced this past weekend after the event was finished.<\/p>\n
In other words, this is theoretically the first-ever Cybertruck to be sold, considering the electric truck is still yet to be delivered to the estimated two million reservation holders that are waiting for the zero-emissions pickup to go into full-scale production, an occurrence that has been delayed several times since the model\u2019s reveal back in November 2019.<\/p>\n
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has had a rather special relationship with Tesla, most recently hosting what the museum called the \u201cmost comprehensive gathering of Tesla products to date,\u201d including the 2005 Roadster \u201cAerodynamic Buck,\u201d the 2012 Model X prototype, as well as both the Cybertruck and second-gen Roadster prototypes from 2019 and 2017 respectively.<\/p>\n
With this being said, it\u2019s unclear what VIN the winning bidder will get, seeing how Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for driving the original Roadster bearing the VIN 001 number. When the auction was announced last week, the event\u2019s description only said that all attendees could bid on a \u201clow-vin\u201d 2024 Cybertruck.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the Petersen Automotive Museum\u2019s 29th Gala didn\u2019t come cheap, with a single seat costing $1,750, a table $17,500, and a \u201cpremier\u201d table going for $30,000.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth mentioning that although the $400,000 winning bid is substantial, the first 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV fetched even more money \u2013 $500,000 \u2013 when it was sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction on January 28, while the first-ever GMC Hummer EV pickup was sold at auction for $2.5 million back in 2021.<\/p>\n
As for the Cybertruck, it should be noted that several so-called \u201cmanufacturing confirmation\u201d units were spotted recently in the Texas Gigafactory parking lot, hinting that the next batch of electric pickups to come out of the assembly line will be the final, delivery-spec vehicles, but this hasn\u2019t been confirmed.<\/p>\n
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