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The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by [deleted] »

oh_sigh wrote: post #47
nosequel wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who owns a truck (F150) and uses it for truck-like things (wood, rocks, concrete, towing, etc.), I would never be caught dead going to the local lumber yard or landscaping yard in a Cybertruck. The Rivian and Ford at least look like trucks.

You care enough about what some random Joe down at the lumberyard might think of you to base your car purchase decision on that? What if the guys there will laugh at any electric vehicle? Better stick with gas, or better yet diesel, and be a real man. And don't even think of bringing anything with a bed less than 80" in there.

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Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by bottlepalm »

crazygringo wrote: post #49
bottlepalm wrote: post #12

Not existing? They built an entire factory for it in Texas, is in going through crash testing, qualification, and the truck is regularly seen on test runs around their offices. This just seems like a lazy hit piece with little actual information even though there is a lot out there if you actually follow the development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvy19pEVs1M

Going through crash testing? Are you referring to the viral April fools video they released a couple weeks ago showing "crash testing" without any crash? Which was presumably just very slow driving with the video sped up, because they didn't want to damage their prototype? If you were doing real crash testing you wanted to show off, you wouldn't skip the actual crash... It was a joke.

Wait you think they brought the vehicle to a crash testing facility, wired it up with sensors, painted all the structural components for identification and then didn't actually crash it? Talk about conspiracy theories, wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnqKm4WJs1o

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by Zach_the_Lizard »

nosequel wrote: post #28
jimnotgym wrote: post #17

The cyber truck is such a miss. If they had built a normal truck, but electric, they could have tapped a huge market. Instead they went super niche with the sci fi truck. I hope for Tesla's sake that Tesla have enough fanboys.

As someone who owns a truck (F150) and uses it for truck-like things (wood, rocks, concrete, towing, etc.), I would never be caught dead going to the local lumber yard or landscaping yard in a Cybertruck. The Rivian and Ford at least look like trucks.

I hauled off storm debris in a 1960s truck and definitely got some funny looks at the wood pulp place. Modern trucks were about twice as big and I was more or less the only guy without a trailer.

Who cares? I sure didn't. I needed a tree gone.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by Fuzzwah »

timeon wrote: post #35
marcosdumay wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many US SUVs can not be sold globally. If they make a "normal" one, they will have the same problem. Car manufacturers don't need to sell the same model everywhere anyway. Regional markets are large enough to absorb a full model's production.

Is there a point to sell 'trucks' globally?

Profit?

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by nostromo »

nosequel wrote: post #28
jimnotgym wrote: post #17

The cyber truck is such a miss. If they had built a normal truck, but electric, they could have tapped a huge market. Instead they went super niche with the sci fi truck. I hope for Tesla's sake that Tesla have enough fanboys.

As someone who owns a truck (F150) and uses it for truck-like things (wood, rocks, concrete, towing, etc.), I would never be caught dead going to the local lumber yard or landscaping yard in a Cybertruck. The Rivian and Ford at least look like trucks.

If you care about getting things done more than fitting in, the Cybertruck actually looks like a much better work truck than a relatively delicate F150.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

slashdev wrote: post #30
at-fates-hands wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> I wouldn’t buy a normal truck, but a cybertruck is my dream vehicle. Honest question. What is it that makes it your dream vehicle?

Large, extremely safe, no paint to maintain, no body that gets easily dented, impact resistant glass, electric, high performance, long range, great torque and acceleration, can haul stuff, can fit a family, can be used in a pinch for power, and looks awesome. And maybe the self driving stuff will turn out to be useful too. Too soon to say. Electric vehicles are coming much more slowly where I am and they cost 1.5-2x…

I understand you are excited about this truck. I just want to highlight that aside from the paint thing most of this applies to a Rivian or a Ford F-150 lightning. I am not really sure the "no body that gets easily dented" is true - time will tell how durable the body is.

But I am not arguing with you about your preferences. I am saying that for the broad base of consumers, most of these needs (except no paint) can be met by existing vehicles. The Rivian for example is getting great reviews, and I think it has great looks. And the F-150 is already the highest selling vehicle in the USA, so an electric version will be a good choice for many of those consumers. Tesla coming out with such a unique vehicle means they're really going to have to prove its worth.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by threeseed »

bottlepalm wrote: post #58
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #16

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It doesn’t matter. You can’t buy it. This is like reading developers say, “We’re almost done!” and you’ve only now pushed to the test environment. No QA, no UAT, nothing. If it’s not in production, it doesn’t exist.

I see so a vaporware product and a product with immense resources going into it, but not yet released are equal in your eyes. You remind me of the people who laughed about reusable rockets, starlink, private crew, and every tesla model. They laugh right up to the point it is released, and then they move the goal posts to the next product.

And how about Solar City, Boring Company, Twitter.

Musk doesn't exactly have a perfect track record.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by crazygringo »

bottlepalm wrote: post #62
crazygringo wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going through crash testing? Are you referring to the viral April fools video they released a couple weeks ago showing "crash testing" without any crash? Which was presumably just very slow driving with the video sped up, because they didn't want to damage their prototype? If you were doing real crash testing you wanted to show off, you wouldn't skip the actual crash... It was a joke.

Wait you think they brought the vehicle to a crash testing facility, wired it up with sensors, painted all the structural components for identification and then didn't actually crash it? Talk about conspiracy theories, wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnqKm4WJs1o

Of course I do. It's called marketing. It's a relatively cheap commercial to make, and the fact that it went viral proves it was a good use of budget.

Setting up fake scenarios is basically every TV commercial ever. That doesn't make them conspiracies.

Also it was April 1. It was a joke video, get it?

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

bottlepalm wrote: post #58
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn’t matter. You can’t buy it. This is like reading developers say, “We’re almost done!” and you’ve only now pushed to the test environment. No QA, no UAT, nothing. If it’s not in production, it doesn’t exist.

I see so a vaporware product and a product with immense resources going into it, but not yet released are equal in your eyes. You remind me of the people who laughed about reusable rockets, starlink, private crew, and every tesla model. They laugh right up to the point it is released, and then they move the goal posts to the next product.

I made no such comments, but OK, sure, whatever you say. Bottom line is, if you cannot buy it, it doesn't exist to the public. You can't drive .jpegs of cars.
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