If Silicon Valley was still airing, Russ Hanneman would have one of these.
It doesn't have doors that open "like this" though.
Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
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why do steer by wire at all? Is it cheaper somehow?
It has rear wheel steering, so there would be a lot of linkage needed to do that mechanically. That said, GM has been doing rear wheel hydraulic steering for a couple decades and the front steering is still mechanical in those (at least historically, not sure if that has changed with their EV lineup).
Just about every car manufacture has done rear steer at some point I believe. Nissan had it done initially with a Hydraulic system then electric.
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Well this is sticking your head in the sand about it. People own trucks because while trucks might not be particularly good at some things, they're also not particularly bad at them. If you need to move large or heavy items occasionally, it's really handy having a truck...and the thing is, it won't be bad at doing car things either. To the specific example here, you also have the obvious missing part: people are havi…
> they're also not particularly bad at them. Things trucks are particularly bad at: - Fuel efficiency - Safety (for pedestrians and everyone in smaller vehicles) - Noise
Also Parking.
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Would there be a “safe mode” for steering where it has basic operation if it can’t get speed data? Drive by wire kind of scares me.
> Drive by wire kind of scares me Physical linkages break too.
Has this ever happened to you? Good god, i want less SW in a car, not more. W/o power steering i can at least control a vehicle, only the brake pressure lost is a serious problem.
Same with keyless starters, i remember this story about some French car experiencing a kind of highway run-off that couldn't be stopped due to this BS solution to a non-existing problem.
"But hey, that's not innovative enough"
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#635Earlier quoted context omitted.
The people who would consider buying an F150 or a sprinter van are not the people who would buy a Cybertruck. Smaller bed, can't tow nearly as much, lower range. The dominant market for this truck is going to be people who may as well buy a Model 3.
The Cybertruck has a larger bed and longer range than an F150 Lightning SuperCrew.
That’s because you’re comparing it against the supercrew model… the model that sacrifices bed for cab…
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#636Seems like there's been relatively less attention on the 48V/800V architecture and the Ethernet comms/steer by wire setup, but I think those are what make this particular vehicle quite interesting. Up until recently I think 48V power electronics have been fairly rare outside of telecom/other high cost situations, but I suppose one major difference is that at 48V, transformer-based DC-DC conversion is usually a better…
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#637The cheapest F150 Lightning (available today not in 2025) is $50k (vs $60k for Cybertruck), same 250 mile range but AWD standard , and is a regular pickup truck compatible with standard accessories and parts for doing actual pickup truck work. Of course, most of the buyers of either the Cybertruck or the F150 Lightning probably aren't getting much dirt under their fingernails. Everyone I know doing construction/trade…
When you say "we need" do you mean... "you want to see" ? The highest selling vehicles are trucks and so the company that makes the best selling car wants in. Seems logical and good for the industry
What's the point of your pedantry? Does it aggravate you to see people have the opinion that markets don't always reflect what is best for society?
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#638Stainless steel exterior with sharp edges. Not looking forwarding to seeing pedestrians get gored when these things run into them. Not holding my breath on good crash compatibility with cars, either. If you care about humans, you won't get one of these.
All full-size American pickups are pedestrian killers, particularly of toddlers.[1] There’s nothing unique about the Cybertruck in this respect. They also are more than twice as likely to kill the occupants of other vehicles in crashes.[2] The public policy choices that led to full-size pickups as currently designed becoming the family transport of choice were incredibly dumb. So be mad about the Cybertruck, by all m…
Oh of course they’re all terrible, I’m just blown away that they’d actually make the front end _sharp_
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#639Stainless steel exterior with sharp edges. Not looking forwarding to seeing pedestrians get gored when these things run into them. Not holding my breath on good crash compatibility with cars, either. If you care about humans, you won't get one of these.
I'll wait to see some credible pedestrian safety ratings rather than random eyeballing. American trucks are already designed to easily kill pedestrians; a lower shape where a pedestrian goes over rather than being knocked flat could well be less bad.
pedestrian safety isn’t an arcane science. Here’s some info on how car shape affects pedestrian safety: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicles-with-higher-more-v...
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#640Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you missed the point? Tesla brag about fast quarter mile speeds which don’t really amount to much, whereas a really nice driving experience via good suspension and weight distribution is truly wonderful. Let’s see Tesla brag about Nurburgring times!
Yes, but people BUY 16gb of ram, and BUY a pickup bed, and BUY extra bathrooms... and they BUY a truck that can accelerate (almost) like a porsche. note truck cannot accelerate like a plaid :)
When I'm in a truck, I'm more concerned about braking than acceleration.