I appreciate the vaporwave aesthetic. I like that it was given space to be designed by someone passionate and not a design by committee - appeal to the masses blob. Unfortunately what they came up with is crap. I'm worried this will kill off any further vaporwave designs because it is so bad.
Tesla Cybertruck
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Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#772So many people tripping over themselves to criticize this. But hey, everyone is talking about it. $0 ad spend. It elicits strong reactions. People seem to love it or hate it. Far better than indifference. Not a truck owner, nor in the market, but I appreciate bold moves and deviation from the norm.
You know what would've generated as much conversation? Just an electric truck with towing capability and decent range. They didn't need to make it looks so awful to generate conversation.
... and you know, Rivian already did that, and the base model costs $20,000 more than the base telsa.
The flat surfaces and not-stamped stainless are about ease of manufacture - https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#773I'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...
I was discussing this the other day with an automotive designer. Yes Fiat Multipla is ugly, but imagine the courage Roberto Giolito (the designer of Multipla) had when he proposed this to the management of FCA! Almost nobody in modern automotive industry dares to match this outside of the concept cars.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#774I'm getting a strong "Homer Simpson's car" vibe from this. I'm rooting for Tesla but this... I wouldn't even want to ride in it.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#775I 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.
The divisiveness of this design is precisely what will propel its success. It's the coolest production car I've ever seen. And I expect >50% of the population to strongly disagree, mostly people from different generations. "Appalling" designs get free viral marketing; the trick is to still appeal to enough of your target market.
This truck gets attention. It's a loud status statement that looks cheap to build, costs less than $50k. Well done Tesla.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#776Rumours are this will be folded rather than pressed... Is there a source for this? I'd press parts if I were designing it - unless you want welds showing at the corners!
Motortrend are saying this (They had access to it back in September).
It's going to drastically reduce production costs.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#777Stupid 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.
I live in a northern Midwest suburb, in a region that receives a lot of snow in the winter. I have driven older trucks my whole life, in part because of of the 4x4 capability for winter driving. I also enjoy being the guy who keeps a tow strap in the toolbox and hauls people out of ditches. Hard to do that without a heavy 4x4 vehicle. When you have the bed, you realize there are a lot more uses for it than you might…
How do you justify having much dirtier and far more carbon emissions than people who have appropriately sized vehicles? Granted, you could use it a few times for the bed, but why not just rent a truck and save the environment the other 95% of trips?
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#778I'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.
I think people are not as aware of this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696 "Tesla Cybertruck (pressurized edition) will be official truck of Mars" They have designed it to drive on Mars.
It will probably look better in the context of the Martian landscape, set in the foreground with the first colony in the background.
On Earth, it's ugly.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#779I'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...
I think the Fiat Multipla is distinct in that it is unlovably ugly.
I can get behind the ugliness of vehicles like the Cybertruck because it just looks absurd, but the Fiat is just grotesque.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#780I'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.
I think people are not as aware of this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696 "Tesla Cybertruck (pressurized edition) will be official truck of Mars" They have designed it to drive on Mars.
If there's one thing I want in a truck it's the ability to drive on a planet which I will never actually visit.