Elon Musk’s One Word Take on Shaquille O’Neal’s One of a Kind Tesla ‘Cybertruck’

Shaquille O’Neal has always had a thing for customizing his cars. What started as a necessity to get him to fit into luxury vehicles, has now turned into a full-blown remodelling operation. The big man was found showing off his most recent purchase from Tesla on social media, with a little bit of help from the dealership, Effortless Motors.

Even though Shaq mostly likes buying Dodge Chargers, a Cyber truck was the Diesel’s choice this time with a few additional modifications. These modifications seemed to have caught Elon Musk’s eye as well.

A man of many words, Musk was surprisingly pithy in his reaction to Shaq’s ‘Cyber truck’. “Nice,” the Tesla Motors CEO tweeted reacting to O’Neal’s one-of-a-kind purchase.

The modifications Effortless Motors made to the vehicle make Shaq’s truck one of a kind. He took to his Instagram to show off what makes this specific car special. The two main features that Effortless Motors has taken quite a bit of pride in are the material with which the car is made and the widebody kit.

Tesla Cybertrucks are made of stainless steel, but Shaq’s car is reinforced with carbon fiber. The widebody kit gives the vehicle even more of a dominating presence on the road. Not to mention the black-on-black paint job separates it from any other car of this make.

The fact that this ‘Cybertruck’ is technically a ‘Cyberbeast’ makes it even better. The main difference between the two is that the latter has a more powerful motor. The Cyberbeast is powered by a 845 horsepower tri-motor engine while the ‘Cybertruck’ is powered by a 600 horsepower dual motor.

One common misconception, however, is that the Cyberbeast is larger than the Cybertruck, which isn’t the case. Both are the same size and only slightly vary depending on the air suspension units involved.

How did Shaq get started with Effortless Motors?

Shaq initially never liked Tesla. He was once quoted as saying, “Going for all Challengers, all Hellcats, all Camaros, all Ferraris, all Lamborghinis. And the ones that I hate, you goddamn Teslas. Don’t mess with me.”

The Lakers legend had a change of heart when he found out about Effortless Motors through a sketchy situation between the dealership and LeBron James. The company falsely put out a statement claiming that they were delivering a car to James. Subsequently, LeBron took to his socials to clarify that he didn’t even know who they were.

Instead of being wary, Shaq took to his podcast a couple of months ago to say that he contacted them for a custom Tesla Cyberbeast. His reasoning behind this was that if someone as large as LeBron could fit in there, why couldn’t he?

Of course, as established earlier, there is no difference in size between the Cyberbeast Shaq received and the ones that are the standard issue. Whether he knows this or not is unknown. But if Shaq is happy with the purchase, who are we to judge?