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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by kmlx »

notatoad wrote: post #264
fumar wrote: post #71

I appreciate Tesla for taking the pick up truck use cases and building something from scratch. This is the first pick up truck I’ve ever thought to myself “makes sense and I want it.” The ICE trucks have needy engines and most of the time the power is unused. The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. I would love to take the Cybertruck off-roading. I’m also excited t…

>The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. IIRC this was a thing on land rovers back in the day, and was notoriously unreliable. It's a great idea in theory, but much more difficult to get right than a bunch of steel springs.

the new defender is back, and looks pretty good: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-land-rover-d...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by gwbas1c »

rdoherty wrote: post #33

I agree that electric trucks are important to combat climate change, but wow. If their goal is to sell to the market that buys pickup trucks, I think the styling is way off the mark. Huge, beastly trucks are a status symbol and signalling to others that you are are certain demographic. Same reason some people buy cheap cars and add shiny wheels and lights. Same reason some people buy BMWs and Mercedes. These are all…

Take a look at the FJ Cruiser, or the Wrangler. This fits right in with that look.

There's also a Chevy truck with a toy look... But I can't remember the name.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by aembleton »

thedrbrian wrote: post #312
chrissnell wrote: post #42

As a truck guy who has owned a lot of trucks and currently owns a 2017 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 and a Land Rover Defender 110, I'm telling you right now: this is going to kill it. This is the suburban status item of 2022. I want to buy this right now. This has nearly the towing capacity of my Ram and will smoke my wife's Audi on the track.

By track you mean drag strip because mass and high C of G are going to make this thing difficult to corner/handle.

Why would it have a high centre of gravity? Wouldn't the battery pack be most of the mass and live right at the bottom?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by TeMPOraL »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #303
eo3x0 wrote: post #81

I know a lot of folks are walking away from the puzzling aesthetic but I think that’s the point. Existing Tesla owners with a taste for existing design cues won’t push Tesla sales any further. They’ve got to expand the demographic and this design has a chance to do this. Think of all the wrangler, hummer, truck buyers who want a militaristic, rough, unpolished steel look and this is that flavor taken to an extreme. O…

> walking away from the puzzling aesthetic This thing looks like straight out of a sci-fi movie. I think the aesthetic is going to get them a lot of sales. If I had use for a car, this would be at the very top of my list, purely based on the looks.

Yup. You need to apply only very little imagination here - this is just a paint job away from designs used in half of the sci-fi series of the last 20 years.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by alkonaut »

chrissnell wrote: post #42

As a truck guy who has owned a lot of trucks and currently owns a 2017 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 and a Land Rover Defender 110, I'm telling you right now: this is going to kill it. This is the suburban status item of 2022. I want to buy this right now. This has nearly the towing capacity of my Ram and will smoke my wife's Audi on the track.

Do people in the rural/suburban US really tow that much that often? Seeing the number of trucks just doesn’t make sense (especially given how few are towing anything). Is there a little measure of lifestyle signaling or macho involved in truck ownership, or towing capacity comparison?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by TeMPOraL »

syshum wrote: post #418
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.

>>Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? Yes we do, get out of the way. Outside of major cities there are almost no pedestrians in the US, the only time people walk in the US is when our car/truck is broken.. and with Uber we do not even have to do that now... Technology is great :)

Turn all parking spaces into buildings and you can pretend you live in space, except without leaving Earth :).
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