Elon’s Edsel? The Tesla Cybertruck went on sale today
Elon’s Edsel? The Tesla Cybertruck went on sale today
Tesla handed over the first 10 trucks to customers, with more deliveries in 2024.
What an ugly vehicle. It looks like a real life low-poly car from a 90s game...
Reminds me of Minecraft
The only thing this will be good for is when they do a Back to The Future reboot in 10 years time...
I think it'll be better suited to a Mad Max reboot.
You built a time machine out of a cybertruck ?!
i dont see it. the delorean was actually a neat vehicle with a few drawbacks. the cybertruck is 100% hot garbage.
Just say the stainless steel body helps the flux capacitor work and you are good to go.
Most reboots are about call backs that are not as good as the original.
Yeah, but the Ford Lightining already exists & I feel dirty saying this, but Ford makes better vehicles.
Yeah, Ford deserves some credit for their electric program. Theyve done a good job with quality, reliability, and pricepoint.
The lightning is ugly AF too.
Ford can make good vehicles. They turned the corner with the Taurus.
And I really dislike American car companies. I still won't own one, but have to admit they've gotten tremendously better. (Have owned them, have them in my family. Hate working on them.)
To be fair, Tesla makes better vehicles than Playskool.
Not by a large margin, though.
Musk claimed the Cybertruck is better than any other truck but also more of a sports car than any other sports car, made of a "special Tesla designed steel alloy" that he claimed will never rust and which cannot be stamped but which can also be produced in volume.
The skepticism is coming through very heavy and I’m all for it.
Musk implied that in a crash with another vehicle, the Cybertruck—which weighs 6,603–6,843 lbs (2,995–3,104 kg)—will destroy the other vehicle.
It’s a car, not a battlebot. Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.
It’s a car, not a battlebot. Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.
Have you ever met an American?
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Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.
For normal people like you and me, no, but rich narcissistic assholes will definitely want that. Since nothing is ever their fault, the other person must have caused the crash, so they deserve to pay the price.
Frankly, I think that kind of hateful, aggressive, “fuck you I got mine” marketing is the best way to sell this monstrosity.
Six thousand lbs. Holy fuck.
I'm pretty sure that like 1500lbs more than any mid-size pickup (Toyota Tacoma, Honda Ridgeline), and as much as a full-size pickup.
Good luck getting this thing homologated in Europe. Or any country outside the US, really. I mean, I guess the Russians will take it. Then at least we'll see how bullet proof it really is.
Wait, they actually made that thing? I assumed the project would be canceled after everyone laughed at the reveal.
If you have ever worked for a large corp, you would understand.
"This is the bosses pet project. It doesn't matter how stupid it is, he wants it made and yes it will still be our fault when it is a total fucking disaster!"
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Musk, who has mostly made headlines in recent weeks for endorsing virulent antisemtitic theories on his social media platform, took to the stage almost half an hour late, initially delivering his presentation from the back of a truck with his face hidden in shadow.
Mindful of the window-breaking debacle during the truck's debut in 2019, Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen came on stage to throw baseballs at its windows.
Musk's presentation made it sound like Tesla has developed a lot of new technology for the Cybertruck, which will come as a surprise to the OEMs that have already delivered vehicles with four-corner air suspension, 48 V ancillary systems, and torque-vectoring drive units.
We did find out some more of the truck's specifications, like its 0.34 drag coefficient (worse than a Rivian R1T, better than a Ford F-150, albeit with a larger frontal area than either).
And it has a 0–60 mph time of 2.6 seconds, possibly while towing a sports car, although it's unclear whether that was conducted with knobby off-road tires.
I braved the Beltway earlier today to go check it out and can report that although roped off behind stanchions, the fit and finish appeared far better than the preproduction prototypes that have been seen driving in the wild.
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