Cybertruck was supposed to be first by taking a radically different approach to building a truck that would let them deliver a lighter (structural exoskeleton) and cheaper (no paint) truck to offset the expensive batteries.
In the time it took them to do that, cheaper batteries in a standard truck became feasible.
True.
Btw, does anyone have hands-on experience with such a truck like, say, an F150 lightning?
A friend has one and two things: the frunk is awesome, and two BlueCruise is great. The frunk means there's a huge storage area for all the tools that used to be in the bed tool boxes or in the cab that no longer need to be there, freeing up a bunch of space of passengers and materials.
BlueCruise doesn't cover all freeways, but is such a game changer for commuting. It's not full self driving or Waymo but it's solid where it needs to be for a freeway heavy commute. Also it can now charge on the Tesla Supercharger network so charging is fine, esp on top of a home charger.
One problem I'll mention is it's got an electrically limited top speed, so while it accelerates great, it tops out low.