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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by NamTaf »

Danieru wrote: post #62

Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? An all metal front grill must be horrible on any safety tests. I can only assume this is a joke and in a few hours Elon will do a "one more thing" before showing the real Tesla Pickup. This take on a pickup looks like some engineer accidentally left their Halo fan-art on the shared CAD file server.

That was my immediate thought. Granted, I've not watched the video as I'm at work so if it was covered then I've not seen it, but that thing looks like it has absolutely no crumple zones, and the lack of curved surfaces would cause horrific injury in a pedestrian collision.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by sixothree »

atonse wrote: post #64

You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…

My question: Can it fit a sheet of plywood in the bed.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by et2o »

atonse wrote: post #64

You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…

Does the presentation really matter? 99% of people who will buy one of these were not watching. They'll just see the pictures online later.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by oxplot »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #118
atonse wrote: post #64

You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…

> You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. Jobs would start off describing a common problem before unveiling the product which inevitably solves said problem. This often brought cheers that felt genuine. Musk simply shows something bizarre and talks about how they made it, never how it solves your problems (other than a desire for the latest tech). edit Regarding the transition to EV ve…

Didn't he start by saying the trucks in this category are number 1 sellers and to move everyone to sustainable energy, trucks need to go electric?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by jccooper »

gexla wrote: post #104

Yeah, a lot of people talking about how ugly it is. But that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. A big ugly thing with a bed in the back and a lot of utility most people didn't even use. Some models over the years have looked decent. Many have (Ford especially) have been dog ugly. I could see this thing taking off, though not sure how rural truck owners would take to electric. Edit: On second thought, rural tru…

Who cares about rural customers. How will the suburbs like it? That's who actually buys all those trucks.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by raldi »

Everyone in this comment thread is referring to a video of a live event, but I can't find any such thing on the linked site.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by dylanz »

mffnbs wrote: post #6

Elon walked off stage to kill the guy who designed the glass.

Hahaha... probably. I think it actually made the thing look a lot more bad-ass while he gave the rest of the presentation. I own a Tacoma (and have owned a few) and I've had my truck broken into quite often. Some places you don't even want to park because they're hot spots for getting your windows broken into (I'm looking at you Lombard Street). This will be a bit of a deterrent to thieves which is nice.
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