Tesla Cybertruck Owner Gets 'Coming Soon' Message When Trying to Lock Diff

Post by josefresco » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 9:50 PM UTC

geocrasher wrote: post #47

josefresco wrote: post #21

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Every offroad comparison I've seen of the Cybertruck uses the same driver for all vehicles being tested. If a driver (even an inexperienced one) can make it up a small hill with a Subaru, but not a 4x4, locking diff, tri-motor, Cybertruck what does that say? You can't bolt on 4x4 engineering skills.

It tells me that the involved driver doesn't know how to get the most out of the Cybertruck... probably. A Subaru of any size is a much lighter vehicle that's going to handle completely differently. Getting out of that and into a Cybertruck would be like getting out of a Corolla and into a Suburban. Just completely different vehicles. That being said, Subaru is renowned for being a highly capable off-roading car. Cyb…

Post by CamperBob2 » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 9:51 PM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #33

ramesh31 wrote: post #16

This truck is going to be a complete disaster in every conceivable way for Tesla. You've got a TAM on that thing of like.... maybe a few million people on earth? And even then, it's just going to be a silly short-lived fad for the ones who do. They more or less did the same idiotic thing as Ford with the Lighting. Tease a "$35k" starting MSRP for all the publicity, convince themselves they had a hit, and overcommit o…

This isn’t an answer or even a disagreement. But don’t they have the #1 best selling car in the world?

Post by crote » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

nomel wrote: post #3

ijhuygft776 wrote: post #2

> Connected cars aren't just the future, they're the present. Been the present for 10+ years

Taking on the persona of a boring consumer, who has had to go into the dealer to get several updates with their unconnected car, and sometimes charged for it ($200 to $700), I don't see this as bad, if it's done well.

Post by brandonagr2 » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 10:14 PM UTC

ramesh31 wrote: post #49

tomcam wrote: post #33

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This isn’t an answer or even a disagreement. But don’t they have the #1 best selling car in the world?

>But don’t they have the #1 best selling car in the world? No. Fifth in the US: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g43553191/bestselling-cars... And barely top ten globally: https://medium.com/@wiack/what-is-the-most-sold-car-in-the-w...

Post by 1970-01-01 » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 10:18 PM UTC

NotSammyHagar wrote: post #45

1970-01-01 wrote: post #24

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Very bearish take. A complete ROI is like half a million sales, and they still have two million preorders.

I don't think they'll ever sell many of time. It's just not that compelling of a vehicle, the other ev trucks (rivian and f150ev, plus some new ones coming reasonably soon like chevy silverado) look like more practical vehicles, if you actually need one. Tesla has that great drivetrain but when superchargers open up to the others, I really think there's no reason for the ct to exist. I guess it's great that it's a lo…