00:00A Russian electric car company has built a Tesla cyber van. Now, it's not technically called a
00:05Tesla, but come on, this thing is obviously, it's obviously attempting to look like a Tesla
00:12cyber truck. It does look like one, and it looks pretty good. I think it looks better than the
00:16cyber truck, actually. It also does have one thing the cyber truck doesn't, and that is a 100-year
00:23warranty. I mean, are you really going to apply for warranty in 99 years? Probably not. Now,
00:29the 100-year warranty is on the stainless steel panels, so clearly there's the belief that this
00:35stainless steel, it's going to last a long time. Here are the details on this pretty cool vehicle.
00:42I think Tesla should make one. Hello, my friends. Welcome to the channel. I'm Sam Evans. You're
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01:01update every day of all the latest news in the electric car industry. Now, do I really think
01:07Tesla should make this? No, not really. Would it be good for car companies to make more compelling
01:14electric vans that are affordable? Absolutely, but it's not like Tesla should do it. I mean,
01:19if you say Tesla should do it, then why shouldn't other companies do it? They're not really doing it.
01:22If you look at the new Kia electric van, it's really not compelling at all. It's got,
01:28I think, WLTP range 400 kilometers, but that's not done with the wind factored in. It's probably
01:34going to get 300 kilometers of range. It's not compelling for the price that it costs.
01:38There's not really that many compelling electric vans on the market right now,
01:41except in China. That's a different story. In China, there absolutely is. There's cars with a real
01:47600 kilometers of range, which are legitimately awesome. Just not in the West yet. Tesla cyber
01:56van. Let's have a look at this vehicle. It is, I think, actually a really good ripoff of the
02:03Cybertruck. It's headed for production. It's actually called the Russo Bolt F200. It's a stainless steel
02:10van, and it's the first model from a newly revived brand that traces its name back to a
02:17storied Russian automaker and railway carriage builder that operated between 1869 and 1918.
02:26Production plans are already in motion with initial deliveries scheduled for,
02:30I believe, the end of 2026. The F200 has been seen on roads. So this is not fake. This is
02:37not like a
02:38fake video. This thing is actually driving around. It's real. And some people are saying that they
02:45think this could be very similar or could be a Weichao New Energy V90, which is a Chinese van,
02:54and they're kind of rebadging it, sort of slightly restyling it. But apparently this company in Russia
02:59are saying, no, that's not what it is. We build this cyber van. They should call it a cyber van.
03:05The body panels are shaped from unpainted stainless steel, just like the Cybertruck,
03:10and welded together by hand. Now, despite the raw metal finish, buyers can personalize the look with
03:17optional wraps, as you do. And there's a whole lot of colors and graphics and et cetera, et cetera.
03:23The full-width LED lighting front and rear, plus a tailgate design that recalls the styling of Tesla's
03:28truck bed cover, makes this thing actually, I think, look weird, but in a good way. What do you guys
03:36think of the looks? It uses a ladder frame chassis, and it has a monocoque chassis as well.
03:44Ah, while most vehicles of this size sit on a ladder frame chassis, this does not. It's got a
03:51monocoque chassis. It supports a payload, pretty good payload, 1,000 kilograms or 2,205 pounds,
03:58and has a 100-year warranty. Size, it's actually quite big. It's 5,950 millimeters long,
04:06which is 234.3 inches, 2,000 millimeters wide, pretty wide as well, 78.7 inches wide,
04:13and 2,550 millimeters height, so 100.4 inches high. You could stand up inside, most people could
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04:32you can do that. Power. It's not particularly powerful. It's got one electric motor with 200
04:40horsepower. A 115 kilowatt-hour battery pack gives it 400 kilometers of range, which is 250 miles,
04:48and it has decent DC fast charging, but we don't know what the speed is. But anyway, pretty big battery,
04:55115 kilowatt-hour battery, but because this is shaped literally like a brick, the range is only 250 miles.
05:01Pricing. The pricing is meant to be $85,000 in Russia, which is 6.5 million rubles.
05:12Deposit, you can put down a deposit, a refundable deposit, sorry, of $130 if you want to secure a
05:19place in the line. Standard equipment on this vehicle is ABS, ESP, climate control, rear air suspension,
05:26that's a pretty good feature, and 360-degree camera setup with live streaming capability.
05:33And apparently, every surface that can be heated is. The seats have heating, the steering wheel has
05:39heating, the mirrors have heating, the windshield wipers are heated. This vehicle is built for Russian
05:46winters. Well, for cold winters, anyway. Infotainment. There's a 14-inch touchscreen,
05:51which displays vehicle settings and offers integration with Russian platforms such as
05:56RooTube, VK Video, and Yandex. So yeah, this thing's, sounds pretty good. They're also apparently
06:04making a range extender version, which is going to have more range, of course. It'll have all-wheel
06:08drive, two electric motors, a small range extender motor, and 400 horsepower. It'll also add front
06:14air suspension, but we don't know pricing or details for that vehicle. Guys, I actually really like this
06:21thing. Is it overly compelling with its range? No, it's not really. It needs a bigger battery pack,
06:26really. Maybe 150-kilowatt battery would be perfect, but it does certainly look distinctive.
06:31I don't know what there is about it, but I just think it's weird and ugly and good-looking and
06:39all
06:39at once. I'm not sure how and why, but that's what I'm seeing. What are you seeing? Let me know
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