Elon Musk recently revealed that Tesla (NASDAQGS:TSLA +14.07%) is set for an updated release of the Cybertruck sometime during the second quarter of this year.
This announcement comes more than a year since the electric vehicle company unveiled the first version of the Cybertruck. However, Tesla has been seemingly quiet about plans to improve the existing model. Tesla Cybertruck fans received their answer as former CEO of Aegon Asset Management, Gary Black tweeted at Elon Musk asking for an update on the highly anticipated electric pickup.
Black tweets, “@elonmusk – any update on Cybertruck first delivery date, cool features or options? Patiently waiting. $tsla.” Musk then responded saying that the company is “probably” going to update customers about the Cybertruck during the second quarter of 2021. He also said that the truck will be built Tesla’s own Gigafactory in Texas.
Tesla first revealed the initial version of the Cybertruck back in 2019, demonstrating the truck’s inability to be damaged. However, the presentation backfired when a metal ball was thrown through the windows and broke the glass. The currently Tesla Cybertruck model is more futuristic and does not resemble that of a traditional truck.
It is expected that the base version of the Cybertruck will start at $39,900 USD.
Check out the Twitter exchange between Gary Black and Elon Musk below.
Feelings of loneliness, fear and the unknown have engrossed the globe since the outbreak of COVID-19 back in March 2020. The pandemic can take its toll, pushing people further from others and leaving many feeling like they are living in a surreal world. Stickymonger conveys these difficult emotions across her latest body of work, but also incorporates the unpredictable, magical moments of everyday life to instill hope and positivity amid the difficult circumstances posed by the pandemic. These otherworldly pieces will fill New York City’s Allouche Gallery as part of a solo exhibition entitled “Still Smiling.”
Stickymonger’s studio practice blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Using various types of spray-paint, she creates emotive and textural portraits of young girls rendered in a nostalgic, manga-esque fashion with subtle hints of surrealism. The artist counts her experimentations with this medium as one of her main motivations for pushing the boundaries of her practice. “I really enjoy spray-painting more than ever,” said Stickymonger. “I’m exploring these new types of material by hacking the caps and manipulating technique to attain my own, unique visual language.”
For “Still Smiling,” each painting in the show acts as a self-portrait or “inner avatar” that mirrors the artist’s shifting moods and personal challenges amid these anomalous times. Included in the presentation, is a new selection of portraits called Pandemic Drifters that features a monochromatic cast of contemplative girls in various outfits. Although distinct in their respective appearances, the characters are all carrying suitcases — a visual metaphor that represents one’s yearning to escape from their current condition, but must face the reality of being stranded in a particular space. The black backdrops of these portraits coupled with images of ghosts also induce a fear of being lost, of forever floating in a phantasmagoric atmosphere.
“Still Smiling” will launch on March 13. Visit Allouche Gallery’s website for more information.
Elsewhere in art, COMPOUND has released a series of NFT editions and accompanying merchandise featuring Anthony Geathers’ portraits focused on sports and local communities.
Allouche Gallery
82 Gansevoort St.
New York, NY 10014
Vans has called upon two of its ’70s classics — the Style 36 and Slip-On — to serve in a special “Bandanna” pack. With a combination of skulls and paisley print, each shoe nods to traditional bandana graphics. Both also serve as the latest installment in Vans’ long-running partnership with BILLY’s Tokyo, a retailer who’s often tapped as the exclusive Japanese launching point for special Vans shoes.
Both the Style 36 and Slip-On are constructed from a sail-colored retro canvas, though the Style 36 adds extra texture with a soft tan suede toebox, eyestays and heel plus a white leather Jazz Stripe. Bandanna print is done up in black and infuses its paisley with a healthy dose of skull motifs. On the Style 36, a shoe sometimes confused with the Old Skool, the bandanna print is relegated to the quarters and the collar. On the Slip-On, it’s more omnipresent, reaching from the toe all the way to the heel. Both are finalized by white midsoles with a black heel badge and cream foxing stripe.
The Vans “Bandanna” pack will release at BILLY’s Tokyo come March 13. The Style 36 is priced at ¥7,500 JPY (approximately $69 USD) while the Slip-On arrives at ¥6,000 JPY (approximately $55 USD). Both prices are exclusive of tax.
Hamilton is going further than most to recapture the spirit of vintage watchmaking by introducing a new handwound chronograph, the Intra-Matic Chronograph H.
While many brands are keen to tap into the popularity for vintage watches with back catalogue reissues or historic re-imaginings, they usually stop short of complete historic authenticity, opting for admittedly more convenient automatic movements, where manually wound varieties would have been the choice of the day.
Of course even automatic chronographs have been around for more than 50 years, so the idea of hankering for something even older might seem odd, but collectors still attach a certain significance to hand wound chronographs and the ritual of keeping their mainspring wound.
Hamilton’s new 40mm stainless steel Intra-Matic Chronograph H is based on a pair of chronographs the company released in 1968, just 12 months before a trio of movements from different companies all claimed to be the first automatic chronograph. These Hamilton A and B chronographs were panda (black sub dials on white dial) and reverse panda and were revisited in 2017 with the Intra-Matic 68, which used an automatic movement.
Now Hamilton has ‘worked with its partners’ (which is almost certainly shorthand for Swatch Group stablemate ETA) to develop a new handwound chronograph movement, the Calibre H-51, thought to be a manual version of ETA’s 7753. The movement beats at 4Hz and has a 60-hour power reserve while the watch’s dial proudly advertises the fact it is ‘Mechanical’, in the same way that quartz watches did when they were cutting edge.
Hamilton has also clearly paid a great deal of attention to the dials of its new pair on chronographs, greatly refining those of the now four-year-old Intra-Matic 68 by ditching the contrast-colored tachymeter ring, using finer lettering and using what looks like a softer, less clinic, off-white shade for the panda.
It’s true that not everyone shares the watch industry’s enthusiasm for Super-LumiNova’s ‘fauxtina’ shades that replicate aged lume, but here it’s difficult to against the stylish orangey hue used on the hands and hour markers.
This new Intra-Matic Chronograph H is offered in both panda and reverse panda configurations on either black leather strap with pin buckle or a stainless steel Milanese mesh bracelet, and is water resistant to 100m.
Available now, the Intra-Matic Chronograph H is priced $2,095 USD.
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