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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#461
Personally I like cars with rough edges like this. But there's a reason no one except for Lamborghini is building low-polygon cars: It's pretty inefficient aerodynamically.

But this looks like just an early concept. Those always look much more spectacular than the final, real-world version where physics and laws need to be respected. We can probably expect it to end up looking a bit more round and less exciting.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#462

I genuinely had to double check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1st. I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring, middle of the road designs of their previous models. But this.... this is just hideous. It doesn’t look tough or futuristic; it looks like something a 10 year old designed, and no, that’s not a good thing.

My first thought was that the 3D model accidentally used the low-poly LOD for far-away rendering instead of the high-poly one.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#463

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

The current F150 is probably the ugliest car I’ve ever seen, but I understand that sells pretty well. Granted, I am not the target demographic.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#464

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

You do know how G Wagon, the ultimate $ symbol, looks like, right?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#465

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

It looks like the attempt of a “futuristic” vehicle in an early 90’s low polygon video game. Reading these responses makes me think I’m out of the loop on some joke. Seriously. I had no doubt when I came to the discussion that all the comments would be about how ugly it is. Maybe this is one of those white/gold vs. black/blue dress things. Or the “yanni” thing. I’m blown away by any of the comments that find the desi…

And here you go. The Walrus ATV from Carrier Command.

http://www.retrogamer.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/launchi...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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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…

> that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. A big ugly thing As a former truck owner I have to disagree. I like modern trucks and with a few exceptions think they've looked great since they were invented. The truck shown by Tesla does not appeal to me. Frankly I think it's odd how one-sided the upvotes are going in this thread. I really don't think Tesla would bother astroturfing on HN so I dunno... I guess HN f…

A Ford F150 looks blobby and and archaic. The Tesla truck looks like a fucking stealth fighter. How more masculine can you get?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#468

What about that "Cybergirl" that introduced Elon? She called him her "creator". Just an actress (Grimes) on video with weird almost-flailing gestures or was it an animated AI from a secret Elon project made in the likeness of Grimes? https://youtu.be/0y3wE0pgXcM?t=131 For real. When she's done talking her expression just goes full neutral like she's waiting for input. edit: this is not criticism, I loved it, I am gen…

All of the cyberpunk extras in the background during the presentation were super cringe too. The whole thing was just cringe on top of cringe.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#469

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

really? I think it looks so awesome, like a car out of Halo!
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