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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by maest »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #697
sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

There are two types of people: those who have trucks, and those who get their friends with trucks to help them move.

Everyone I know just rents a moving van/movers.

Weird reason to own truck if you only do it so your friends will call you over to help them move.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by buboard »

Phillips126 wrote: post #704
Pxtl wrote: post #639

I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

That was basically my initial reaction... looks like low poly game art. Not interested.

maybe they plan to texture it with high tech holographic textures though

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by AgloeDreams »

grecy wrote: post #722
waiseristy wrote: post #306

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 guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now Except the base Tesla is $20,000 cheaper than the base Rivian. The High end Telsa (with 500+ miles of range and 2.9 0-60) is the same price as the base Rivian. Rivian are shitting themselves right now about pricing.

Honestly this could be a brilliant strategy to destroy competition if I didn't think they were so inept.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by efficax »

34679 wrote: post #738

That's a truck only if you consider a Subaru Baja a truck. If you want a real crack at the F-150's market share, it has to be usable for work. If you can't put a stack of plywood or drywall in the back and still have room for tools and a ladder, it's useless as a work truck. Will this thing even accept a ladder rack? Has a single person on the design team ever spent a single day working a blue collar job that require…

My first thought was where the hell I'd put my ladder, and then how I'd fit a sofa on there. What even is this thing

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by rubber_duck »

34679 wrote: post #738

That's a truck only if you consider a Subaru Baja a truck. If you want a real crack at the F-150's market share, it has to be usable for work. If you can't put a stack of plywood or drywall in the back and still have room for tools and a ladder, it's useless as a work truck. Will this thing even accept a ladder rack? Has a single person on the design team ever spent a single day working a blue collar job that require…

I don't know about the car market in the US enough but Tesla seems to be in the premium segment - are the trucks people buy for this kind of work in the price range of this thing ?

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by abledon »

khafra wrote: post #694
Pxtl wrote: post #639

I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

The Vaporwave aesthetic goes beyond mere 80's nostalgia into a sort of fetishism. Normally, targeting fetishists is a bit niche; but Tesla has hit on a lot of success targeting market segments that everyone else thought were tiny niches.

I think the truck was built w/ spaceX in mind [1]. You can probably manufacture that thing quite easily from basic sheet metal, when you have limited machinery and labour on another planet.

[1] https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by scrumbledober »

okareaman wrote: post #685
Pxtl wrote: post #639

I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

The Hummer was hideous as well, but it sold like pancakes for a time

I think the hummer is a really good comparison here. The ground clearance and low center of gravity of the cybertruck will most likely give it legendary off road capabilities. I can't wait to see some footage of one at moab or something.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by beefield »

Pxtl wrote: post #639

I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

> That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

Let me try to beat that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla#/media/File:Fiat...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by globular-toast »

sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

The US is a very wasteful society. It makes sense that they'd want to burn twice as much fuel as necessary to get themselves around. Watch Wall-E again to see where we're heading. Those "SUVs" are quite literally obese versions of the cars of the past. Obese vehicles to carry around obese, useless bodies.
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