How Tesla made the WORST TRUCK EVER

The release of the long awaited Tesla Cybertruck has been nothing short of a disaster for Tesla. Here's why its the worst truck ever made
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[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Just what America needed. A 7,000 lb. razor blade that does 0-60 in 3 seconds

[@ahniandfriends123]

And can effectively peel and cut vegetables

[@xitrou]

GTA6 is coming

[@vanjamenadzer]

Didn't US just used Chicken Tax to ban new Toyota utility vehicles due to "safety regulations"? While Cybertruck exists.

[@jonathanbakalarz7786]

The class action is going to be epic when it comes. And it will come.

[@nathaneskin3572]

@@jonathanbakalarz7786I sure hope so

[@The.Lake.Effect]

Remember that episode of the Simpsons when Herb lets Homer design "the car for the average American" and he creates a massive, terrifically inefficient, hideously ugly travesty with a sticker price of $82,000? Yeah...

[@RevolvingCube]

When ever I see the cybertruck I literally do think of the Homer

[@grahamdeitner5507]

I'd buy a Homer over the Cybertruck everytime.

[@kevinpohlner2840]

Holy S! I just put that in my comment but you are spot on.

[@_mazarico_]

But does the Cybertruck play "La Cucaracha" when you honk the horn? Checkmate Tesla.

[@blackpajamas6600]

Is that the Canyonero episode?

[@timothymclean]

The Cybertruck is retrofuturistic because it looks like a resource-gathering unit in a late-90's RTS game.

[@SeattleShelby]

“Minimalist interior feels corporate and awful…” 😂 thanks for that. That was the deal killer for my Leaf loving wife.

[@DaleLadDaz]

I think he made a mistake there tbf should have said looks cheap and awful

[@rockymvvrcianu6846]

"leaf loving" lol

[@iraklisimonia]

😂

[@ChantingInTheDark]

I'm with your wife on the interior of Tesla vehicles. They're AWFUL looking. And oddly, they smell. Seriously, I've been in a few Teslas and they have this odd smell, it's gross.

[@rockymvvrcianu6846]

@@ChantingInTheDark what does it smell like? Old people? Corpses of animals? Rotten milk?

[@johyal524]

I just want an electric car without all the tech and screens.😢 Edit: stop replying to this comment. The notifications are annoy me.

[@GA-br8wj]

Screens are more techie, not really, they are a safety issue, also probably cheaper than dials, also can be disabled by a software bug or whatever else you can think about. I feel your pain but I do not want an electric car.

[@k20nutz]

Look into Edison motors. Currently they are only pickup conversions and semi trucks, there is a movement of us that wants simple efficient vehicles.

[@Rokkator]

I drive a 2003 Civic SI hatchback. If I could buy a new version of that car, just as it is, simple dials, buttons, and all, with the only change was that it was electric, I would do it. Unfortunately, no one will make that car.

[@didiermejia780]

F150 lighting XLT with extended range

[@thomosburn8740]

buy an air-cooled Beetle and have it converted.

[@MisterLumpkin]

I'm going to guess that 80% of miles driven in modern "pickup trucks" are by one person with an empty bed.

[@ellsworthm.toohey7657]

You mean no women at home ???? Makes sense !

[@99mage99]

​@@ellsworthm.toohey7657There's definitely no women in your home.

[@jessegaddy1897]

It's all about the appearance lol. I know people that have huge trucks and never put anything in the bed or tow. What a waste.

[@Shiftheads]

Literally my carpool lane all trucks with clean beds

[@FirstLast-vr7es]

At LEAST 80%. So many guys buy one to let everybody know that they're "a real man." Seems pretty bizarre to me. And that they have gotten so big... I recently bought a Tacoma. I wanted a new small truck like one of the older Rangers, but they don't exist in the US. I just need to haul mulch occasionally, or pick up some lumber from the hardware store. That Tacoma is as big as the old F-150, and the new F-150 is as big as an old F-250. I guess it's just domesticated men desperately trying to tell the world that they haven't been neutered or something.

[@turdferguson2537]

Everyone: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Elon: I present to you my newest creation. I call it the "wheel". *Unveils square wheel*

[@bogdiworksV2]

Elon fanboys: he's such a misunderstood genius!

[@rolletroll2338]

"wheels have been, uh , uh, pr-preretty the same for thousand of years"

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

He'd call it the Hyperwheel or Cyberwheel.

[@nvelsen1975]

To be strictly fair to Elon: Apple did that with both computers and phones, broke them and put out worse more expensive products. Suckers bought them in the millions only for the marketing. At this point Apple could sell a $ 200 brick stamped with their logo and their fans would queu up at night to buy it while rabidly argueing 'all other forms of brick and stone are obsolete now'.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

Knowing Elon Musk, he'd probably announce on a whim that Tesla cars won't have wheels anymore, and then one year afterward, he'd suddenly "solve the problem of their cars not moving" by "inventing" wheels for it again (except he'd call them something like "The Giga-Circle" or something)

[@prod-NC-17]

The worst part is I've actually seen one of these monstrosities in person on the roads, and this should come as a surprise because I don't live in California or Texas, I live in Nebraska. Who in the hell in Nebraska needs one of these?

[@evacody1249]

I saw one in Michigan on I75 and thought I was dreaming. No it wqs really and ugly.

[@jayclean5653]

​​@evacody1249 Yeah, there's one in Norton Shores, MI, as well. It's so much uglier in person. It is almost hard to believe how bad it looks. And the build quality is mind bogglingly bad.

[@blazernitrox6329]

Had one pop up at a local motorsports place in SW Missouri. I made the comment to my friend that "it looks less like something out of Blade Runner and more like something out of Judge Dredd."

[@MrFirebird467]

At least one in Sioux Falls as well

[@austinhernandez2716]

Same, I saw one last week here in rural Georgia

[@williamshetler4954]

... Cybertruck is what happens when a DeLorean and a Pontiac Aztek love each other very much ...

[@ADAPTATION7]

🤪🤪🤣🤣

[@AmpleVagina]

😂

[@ForsakenFenix]

Ah.... Yeah I see it... and I hate it....

[@TC-zf1ji]

A+

[@rewing4880]

The Pontiac Aztek has finally lost the title of ugliest SUV ever made.

[@thegorn]

Did we really think that someone who names their son, "X Æ A-Xii" was going to make a vehicle that wasn't completely stupid, when left to his own devices?

[@Yuki_Ika7]

At least simplify it to A-12 Archangel (the plane he named his child after)

[@factChecker01]

@@Yuki_Ika7 , Actually, I think they changed the end of his name from A-12 to A-Xii

[@JulianaBlewett]

The actual pronunciation of that is e-i-e-i-o. Fortunately, kid can change their name when they turn 18.

[@GudieveNing]

I believe this was his partner's idea. But I my be wrong.

[@kennethferland5579]

@@JulianaBlewett I pray this kid gets to change it before that.

[@ToastGhost]

As someone who doesn't drive or live in America the only thing I want out of the Cybertruck is be able to own it in GTA 6

[@electrified0]

Yep hopefully they get the physics for electric thrust working this generation too. In GTA5 they made the Roadster inspired "Coil Voltic" RWD and super lightweight to make the acceleration quicker, to the point that it'd flip at top speed without a spoiler despite the real life version being extremely heavy and AWD. We need realistic mass and acceleration on this hulking refrigerator of a vehicle so that it can apply its true force against Vice City's pedestrians (as long as it's not raining)

[@ToastGhost]

A lot of the later DLC cars were better ev’s like the Obey I-Wagen

[@mr_b_hhc]

Yep, keep feeding the machine fellow consumer, have a look at how much money Rockstar made with GTA 5 then when we are all living in the barren desert left after we destroy everything remember that thought...

[@ToastGhost]

OMG you’re right, I should never buy anything else ever again!

[@dwo356]

🤦​@@mr_b_hhc

[@crudleydrawn]

any reasonable critique is "ELON HATING" to blue checks on twitter. When a car is this awful, its reasonable to call it as it is.

[@mr_b_hhc]

Who cares? I hate Elon and do not care how many blue check marks get upset. I would invite them round for a civilised chat about it all but that would be like trying to convince a piece of wood on a bonfire not to burn.

[@billjacobs521]

@@mr_b_hhc It's ironic to prove them right. I don't give a crap about Elon; what did he do to you that you actively HATE him?

[@kakarottattaglia556]

@@billjacobs521well elon musk hates taxes and unions among other things

[@Harrier_DuBois]

@@billjacobs521 He advocted for a military coup in Bolivia. Why did he do that? Because Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium on the planet. Teslas use lithium-ion batteries. Democratically elected president Evo Morales was ousted by a US backed coup because he wanted to nationalise the lithium industry. The fact that Elon came out in support of the coup even suggests that he may have had a part in it, being that he also stands to gain the most from it.

[@Eian_Anderson]

​​@@billjacobs521 1. Because he did hyperloop as a political ploy to stop california from investing in highspeed rail. 2. He fired 20% of his employees to save 2.4 billion, then asked for a 54 billion dollar bonus. 3. He constantly lies on all his products. 4. He pumps things like web3 and crypto to appeal to crypto finance wannabw bros, which is a brainrot segment of the internet. 5. He accidentally bought twitter and made it worse. 6. He actively insults people who have valid points of view or questions of him and his business practices, basically calling any criticism the corporate equivalent od the wors "fud" by saying the asker is either biased ir jot a "true" journalist.

[@ms1884]

There's a reason why people call it the Wankpanzer.

[@soco13466]

Einsletsloggen fur enscrappenzein und brekkendownnen!

[@matthewgodwin3050]

The Cyber Garbage Truck is certainly a very expensive way of telling the world that you're a gullible and stupid fool with more money than sense.

[@barbarusbloodshed6347]

I dunno, I'm German and I like a Panzer as much as the next guy... but come on, "Wank Tank" is way catchier. :D

[@ichaukan]

I like the term "incel camino".

[@goofball1804]

I personally like “no-head sled”

[@rapcreeperproductions3269]

As a whole the "truck market" has forgot what a truck is supposed to be

[@robswystun2766]

They're for staying shiny and taking up too much space.

[@patrickchubey3127]

A truck that's not a truck. Sounds like a magic trick. Will it carry 4 x 8 drywall? Nope.

[@icosthop9998]

​@patrickchubey3127 "Nope" is correct. The *CT* is A horrible toy.

[@DonaldPrizwan]

@@patrickchubey3127 well... many of them will do that now. in fact most of them... which is the largest shift in the truck market right now, you kind of have it backwards if you think most trucks are "too small". gone are the days of the common old ranger and s10.

[@strawdemindset]

Because most buyers arn't using them for "what a truck is supposed to be" so manufacturers have adjusted

[@Ian_sothejokeworks]

Does anyone remember 'The Simpsons' episode when Homer meets his twin brother who owned a car company, and he lets Homer design a car, and it bankrupts the company? His car was better.

[@yongyea4147]

2 glass domes

[@pablovirus]

Yeah it's funny how the Simpsons predicted this type of shit over 30 years ago

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

“Americans don’t want pep, they want things like..good gas mileage.” “You see!! See???!!!!!! This is why we’re getting killed by the Japanese!!! Instead of listening to what he wants, you’re telling him what he wants!!!”

[@celestialsalamander]

Yeah that is what the cyber truck reminds me of.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

What gets me is the LOW QC level for a 2024 EV. The seats, the int. The way it handles.

[@Its_me_6]

If it's supposed to look like the future, why is it designed like it's supposed to be in a ps1 game

[@koboldparty4708]

It doesn't have enough polygons for the ps1.

[@dredgerivers7730]

It was polite of Tesla to make the front blind spots so huge you won't see the look on faces of people killed by the Neanderthal Auto Pilot.

[@friedrichjunzt]

Elon doesn't like faces, it was not a favor to the customers.

[@LPVince94]

Neanderthal autopilot...love it

[@Sinyao]

That's an insult to Neanderthals.

[@jkbzz]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HugoHCardet]

this argument is like saying Neanderthal to an elevator while defending the stairs. lol How polite of the elevators companies to makes those elevator doors in the way we will not see the faces of the people will fall in the elevator hole. Stairs are so cool (even braking more legs) lol.

[@sometf2player752]

Honestly another stupid thing about Tesla is that they try soooo hard to make their interiors as simplistic and boring as possible to the point it’s actually affecting efficiency like I really don’t understand the obsession with hyper minimalism or the over reliance on a screen to control everything

[@ShazyShaze]

For real, touch screens are so antithetical to safe driving. There's no tactility at all, so you have to look at them to make sure you're touching the right thing. I can't understand how it isn't flat out illegal to make a touch screen control any feature of a car.

[@onsokumaru4663]

They are cutting down on costs, that's why they have shitty built quality, gotta cut corners as much as they can.

[@soldiersvejk2053]

I’d say a U-Haul rental truck is how minimalist is done right.

[@dguy321]

Putting everything on a touchscreen saves money. Full stop. End of story. Then it was PRs job to convince people it's what they wanted.

[@MrGiggity890]

You sound poor

[@Oriol-oo7jl]

1985 Little Elon sees a Delorian and thinks "Wow in the future cars will be like this!" 2019 Elon's ego making a point

[@Lorentari]

The cybertruck is to trucks, what a building would be if there were 10 architects and 0 engineers

[@Riokaii]

i would argue its not a retro design, but a brutalist design. It shares more with architecture than it does with car body or aerodynamics

[@artmoss6889]

It does share the asthetics of brutalism, but in a sense, brutalism is retro, since it was at it's height in the 1960s and 70s

[@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829]

It is aerodynamic…

[@peter.g6]

@@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829 Sharp edges are not aerodynamic. EV1 was super aerodynamic, just look it up.

[@AzoRevan]

It is unquestionably brutalist. The thing about brutalism in architecture is that it is called that because the raw concrete aesthetic. Raw steel aesthetic for a car is exactly what brutalism would be for cars.

[@lucasfragoso7634]

​@@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829 oh really well i work on aircraft so i can actually judge this. Its not aerodynamic the Fairly Battle is more aerodynamic then this thing.

[@SticksTheFox]

All I can say is, I'm glad we have saftey standards in Europe

[@smexy_man]

Imagine landing on that roof falling from a building

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@smexy_manwell, closed casket but you'll fit in a smaller one, your family might appreciate the savings

[@ppwalk05]

Yuropoors can't afford it anyways

[@personalemail9329]

​@@ppwalk05 standard of living is higher in developed Europe compared to the richest third world country of West called U.S.A.

[@z1ll4jr53]

@@ppwalk05 No European would buy that crap anyway, one with brains that is 😂 We actually have good cars.

[@LeCharles07]

It doesn't have a spare tire? -_- That's going to go work well at the jobsite.

[@nw42]

You can purchase a spare as an accessory, but you have to strap it down in the center of the bed. So you can have a bed or a spare, but not both.

[@carrite]

No worries, you'll never get it far away from home that you can't limp home on three wheels.

[@aa-jj1wh]

my caddie doesn't have a spare

[@nw42]

@@aa-jj1wh Do you use your caddy like a truck? Do you drive it onto construction sites? Do carpentry in the back of it? Take it off-roading?

[@pills-]

I'm still waiting for a spare tire subscription service...

[@lorizeppelina2286]

Wouldn't surprise me if the major EV manufacturer had a few members of Congress in its pocket.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

If they don't, that would be grossly negligent from a business perspective. If you aren't bribing the hopelessly corrupt bureaucracy, then you just ain't trying.

[@scottharding4336]

I'm glad you pointed out that trucks and semis are not really supposed to be able to accelerate like sports cars. That just sounds extremely dangerous for everyone on the road.

[@vapoet]

Especially when weight determnes stopping distance more than anything else. So you can get into trouble faster but still be to slow to avoid it.

[@leow.2162]

Yeah, you don't really want that.

[@orange_turtle3412]

Exactly! I was so confused watching the tesla semi presentation when he was bragging about its acceleration times and speed compared to diesel semis. All while conveniently neglecting to talk about towing capacity, braking performance, charging logistics, and all the other stuff that actually matters for a semi truck.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Whole SUV popularity is a huge mistake. They need electronic stability assist that almost stops them in any emergency manuver, just so they don't roll over. Citroen Xantia was safe, because of all cars that ever existed, it had the highest both entry and exit speed in the Moose manuver, meaning it was most capalbe to dodge collisions as long as the driver was capable. With modern electronics it could do this even with noob driver thanks to super low gravity center and active suspension that annuled bodyroll and reacted to weight transfer, but public popularity went the opposite weight. Instead of nimble and capable, the public went big and cheap.

[@rogergeyer9851]

The Semi does NOT accelerate like a sports car. But it accelerating at a REASONABLE pace is far SAFER re traffic flow. It having enough power to go up hills reasonably so as not to need special truck lanes on ANY meaningful hill (for example) is ALSO good for overall safety. It sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about. And I agree with pretty much everything in the video by the way, but re the semi, facts and logic exist.

[@valengreymoon5623]

One bad change most trucks have, is the cabs got longer, and the beds got shorter.

[@Santor-]

They have become family trucksters.

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

I'll be holding on to my 2006 until I die for this reason.....

[@KoiAquaponics]

You can get a tundra with extra cab and 8.1ft bed, it's great

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

@@KoiAquaponics Except I don't want the extra length, extra tare weight, or extra cost of an extra cab. My current truck has a tare weight of roughly 4,200 lbs. This comes in handy for a variety of lightly-built bridges I cross. Some of the sharper turns I have to make aren't friendly to it, let alone anything longer.

[@mdjey2]

This is why European small trucks are better. They are mostly vans with traditional industrial bed that isn't even painted. They are purely for work.

[@GabeHandle]

"A hotel ice machine on wheels". I'll never be able to unsee that.

[@reiil4785]

Elon Musk is slowly becoming the Gwyneth Paltrow of the car industry..

[@jr2464]

Slowly?

[@jaefrmbk2k]

gooop

[@mike73ng]

How dare you disparage Gwyneth like that.

[@Pheonixco]

Slowly? Dudes been that way since the early 00's. Most enthusiasts saw through his bullshit from the get go.

[@QuebecGamer20]

Imagine trying to ridicule the vintage trucks that are true workhorses and icons... With a piece of Toblerone that has worse build quality than a kid's toy. Like what was he thinking??

[@hehitmewiththatalphabetsou3337]

Exactly, a damn el camino has more utility as a truck than a cybertruck what with its non-existent bed space

[@QuebecGamer20]

@@erwin-franz 1- the presentation was trying to make classic trucks look outdated, which they sort of are, but it very much falls flat when the trucks they're listing are cult classics known for their design and reliability. I'm not offensed, it's just a silly thing to do 2- An overall unappealing design stacked on top of an incapable and unreliable vehicle makes a cybertruck superior only when compared to other terrible cars, say like a Yugo. Gimmicks and tech don't make a good car.

[@tjroelsma]

@@erwin-franz But IS Elon Musk's whole shtick: he claims that the "good, old" and very popular American pick-up truck is just an oldfashioned throwback, whereas the Cybertruck " supposedly is the NEW standard for pick-up trucks", at least according to Elon that is. He almost literally says it in that bragging sales pitch for the CT. So yes, Tesla/Musk DID build this monstrosity to upset others and I think it's fair to say they failed miserably. There's a couple of things that are almost sacred for many Americans: one is guns and the right to have as many of them as they want and the second is the "good, old" American (style) pick-up truck, built on the idea of "if it was good enough for my daddy and his daddy before him, it's good enough for me."

[@soco13466]

It looks like what I would have drawn, when I was in 7th grade. It's basically a high techie looking traveling cellphone. They use low grade "stainless steel," and forgot to hire actual automotive expertise. If you wanna build a vehicle, I'd poach the best PRACTICAL engineers, etc. I'd even (horror of horrors) bring on board marketing and styling experts. Musk can be the dumbest smart guy out there.

[@NormAppleton]

@@erwin-franz Bullshit! It was Elon's ketamine fueled dumbshit childish idea of a TUFF truck with an "exoskeleton". Which by the way it doesn't have. The stainless is just ugly, rusting, heavy snap on skin that pops of on almost a daily basis. In our age of tech, manufacturing and 125 years of auto building this joke is the the most ridiculously incompetent vehicle ever mass released. Most importantly it's just more Elon lies to pump the stock price. Are you REALLY dumb enough to believe that Robotaxis will be released in under 3 months? It's all about Elon's wealth and nothing else.

[@petiteange08]

I'm half convinced the design is based on Musk's childhood art homework

[@microbuilder]

That was my thought the first time I saw it, I bet he called it the X, too, 'cause, you know, the letter X is super duper cool! lol

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

It also looks like it's driving backwards. The long wheel overhang is in the back...

[@tdylan]

I drew a truck that looked like this when i was in 7th grade (1992) using the ruler from my Helix Oxford Geometry set. Straight edges every where because they were easier to draw.

[@williamcahill2462]

All Tesla designs seem to be from primary school art class.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

@@williamcahill2462 And that's cool. I like the design of the CT.

[@amirmohamad2270]

I just can't get over how dangerous it looks for a potential clash with a pedestrian. And I'm saying this while living in a country filled with ancient unsafe cars

[@BevanWard]

the reason it can be sold in the US is because it's a truck. They have different rules to cars and can be far less safe, and still be sold

[@mr_b_hhc]

yay Murica

[@chuckschillingvideos]

BFD. I would argue that the government has no business regulating any of this and that it should be up to the automotive manufacturers to design cars and trucks according to whatever design criteria they want, and the public to buy them according to their own criteria.

[@asteroidrules]

That's also why it's called a truck despite having none of the attributes of a truck.

[@Eian_Anderson]

​@@chuckschillingvideosyou are a free market capitalist to the full extent. How do we stop people from putting swords on the front of their cars? Fundementalist absolute approaches to deregulation is literally brainrot.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@Eian_Anderson Of course I'm a free market capitalist - it is the ONLY economic system that a sane person believes in.

[@lokijordan]

"We just couldn't get the regulations changed..." gives some insight into the quality of our food, water and air.

[@vikteur5465]

That sentence is some real doomsday-capitalism corporate talk. I can’t believe people hear this and do not get furious immediately. Corporations are slowly taking away all the rights and achievements our parents and grandparents had to fight for in the past to a point where it hurts everyone and they’re doing it all for short-term profits of shareholders. Insanity

[@TexasNationalist1836]

@@vikteur5465proof

[@TexasNationalist1836]

Proof

[@charlotteryner6583]

Elon Musk is a very dangerous player. His money influences politics and those choices have a direct influence on regulations.

[@rogueninja1685]

Just wait until Project 2025 rolls out if enough Americans vote for republicans in November. Maybe this IS the wave of the future

[@michaeldeaton]

If people buy the Cybertruck to be cool, they've already failed at the task.

[@theronwolf3296]

Buying anything to be cool is inherently not cool. Self defeating.

[@Gweilo.Biden.1]

Hater Alert!

[@chrisking9881]

@@Gweilo.Biden.1 Uncool alert

[@suncaseen489]

You're aware that your statement is not necessary factual? - you're just saying your taste is different from those that like Cybertruck

[@Mayhzon]

They'd buy it exactly for it's intended purpose. The entire purpose of the Cyberbruck is to buck trends and be "extra". Mission fulfilled.

[@quentinwhite766]

It always reminds me of the cars I drew when I was 7 years old.

[@alliejr]

This "truck" is clearly what you get when you ask a 5 year-old to draw a truck.

[@TheStol]

"Teslas kinda look like Mazdas pretty much" that's the exact thing I'm telling to people for the last 5 years and they think I'm taking crazy pills.

[@emjayay]

There's a lot of Jaguar in current Mazdas. Tesla Model Ys have always reminded me of Jaguars. Every Tesla shares very similar design language which doesn't work so well on the tall ones.

[@cr10001]

I own a Mazda and I'm insulted.

[@X862go]

@@cr10001 well i am sorry but Franz von Holzhausen designed your car and the model 3 lol

[@X862go]

nope you are right Franz von Holzhausen designed mazdas 3 and model 3 .

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

Yeah, I can see it. Mazda kicked the ball out of the park with the Mazda 3. Tesla and BMW both took design cues from Mazda.

[@BongoBaggins]

60 million British eyebrows raised in unison at "E-spirit"

[@pd10642]

And also “the gigantic screen where everything is RAN.”

[@gabejohnson97]

+300,000 Americans with mildly autistic dads

[@Amunium]

Wait, he was trying to say Esprit? Hahaha!

[@matdur2000]

He said it twice for crying out loud

[@VeeKaChu]

Came here to say, "EH-spreee". It's not only Brits who oughta know, but anyone claiming to be a "car guy" as well.

[@mattboggs6304]

It looks like a movie prop that you would have seen for 2-3 seconds in "Back to the Future 2".

[@broisyougobbling]

Elon says the universe is a simulation, so what’s the smartest thing to do? Make a car that’s easy to render

[@oldmanmarsh2528]

The Cybertruck looks like a pre-PS1 3D racing game vehicle.

[@mr_b_hhc]

Come on man, don't diss Sony that badly.

[@Zhawn7]

@@mr_b_hhc He did say "pre-PS1" so maybe SEGA Model 1?

[@jamesprumos7775]

@@Zhawn7 Virtua Racing

[@timothymclean]

When I saw one in the wild, I thought it looked like a resource-harvesting unit from an early-90's RTS game.

[@jamesprumos7775]

@@timothymclean Tesla is clearly a front for the Brotherhood of Nod.

[@Moonless6491]

It's pretty simple. A bunch of white collar tech bros and a billionaire thought they could make a better vehicle with a better experience over what millions of truck users have asked for. They ignored the practical use and knowledge of blue collar people and every day Americans because they surely knew better than the plebians.

[@float32]

I think you’re thinking too hard about this. It’s a highly stylized vehicle. Nobody thinks this thing is for farmers. It’s for the concrete jungle, which is all most trucks see anyways.

[@KenDaizhai]

…sounds like even the “White-Collar Tech-Bros” knew better but EM insisted it follow his bizarre design choices and manufacturing absurdities.

[@westrim]

I guess you haven't noticed, but the large majority of trucks are sold to people who will never roll over anything more strenuous than a speedbump, not working people who need them to work. And if any other US automaker cared more, the light pickup wouldn't be basically dead and there'd be more than a handful of trucks for less than 40k on the lot.

[@aminoacid6177]

They are parking princesses. US should import more kei trucks from Japan for work/farm use.

[@Violaphobia]

Same reason why they’re constantly inventing worse versions of trains

[@akbrahma7739]

The Cybertruck will go down in history as the ugliest mode of transport ever. But what will absolutely baffle the future is, how such a asymmetric polygon with wheels managed to sell so many units. The power of PR.

[@istherenooneleft]

I actually love the design…I had a thought the other day…what truck looks good. Do standard F-150 look good…I mean they look like a trucks…I don’t think they look that cool…this looks cool to me

[@hibuddy1473]

The problem I have with the Cybertruck is that when I stare at it for a while I think it starts looking kinda cool right up to looking at any other vehicle, then it looks like what a toddler would draw

[@AFVEH]

I never realized how much Teslas looked like Mazdas until you put that badge over it. 😂😂😂😂

[@RiceIsBliss]

cuz the lead designer is from mazda! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Holzhausen also the guy that broke the cybertruck windows.

[@CST1992]

No surprise if you think about where Franz comes from.

[@CST1992]

@@RiceIsBliss I rather think of him as the guy that made the original (and best-ever) Model S.

[@trd8749]

Don't do Mazda like that.

[@stratos7755]

Teslas mostly look like Ford.

[@danieljones2936]

And with that, my 83 dodge d150 continues it's 41st trip around the sun

[@dipling.pitzler7650]

One trip around the sun would be about 2,75 million miles! Ah, you mean carried by earth while standing still in a shed.😁

[@danieljones2936]

@dipling.pitzler7650 you got me there, it hasn't traveled that distance under its own power, but it's been my daily driver for the last 5 years and will continue to be until the frame rusts out.

[@dipling.pitzler7650]

@@danieljones2936 I also favor used uncomplicated and easy to repair cars and bikes..👍👍👍

[@Metaintelligencia]

You can have the moon..that’s a bit over a quarter million miles

[@Metaintelligencia]

Although dodge ;) chances are 3 trucks will rust out before the engine goes bad…the mechanic at our shop called all dodges shipping containers cuz you just want the engine 😂

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I can’t wait until the future is laughing at our pathetic attempts to look more futuristic than we are, it’s like the 50’s and how we laugh at their assumptions of the future.

[@5kribbles]

"Unibody with no floor" that's exactly how the old Volkswagen beetles are constructed.

[@MostBever]

Tesla car shapes: Fridge and frog

[@bartscarstories]

Accurate

[@onsokumaru4663]

Add bar soap into that mix

[@keepyourbilsteins]

I'll chime in with "prison urinal" for the cyberwtf.

[@howebrad4601]

I've said for awhile teslas look like Kermit the frog

[@soco13466]

That's reserved for Nissan.

[@donreid6399]

To me, it looks like something the special effects department of a sci-fi movie from the 1980s built to depict what they thought vehicles would look like in the year 2000.

[@folkloreofbeing]

When I was a kid, our gaming PC needed cassette tapes to be loaded to play the game. As the game was loading, line by line, you'd get a load image appear. I played so many cheap games that I saw a LOT of cars on the style of a cyber truck.

[@victorkreig6089]

It's literally a copy of a Syd Mead concept design for Blade Runner

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Yes, it reminds me of the long range shuttle from Star Trek the Motion Picture - circa 1979.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

We need to pump out some bladerunner dystopian nightmare movies asap because these things will be headed to the junkyard soon so time is ticking

[@notreallydaedalus]

As someone who grew up in the 80s, that's exactly why I love it.

[@TheGbelcher]

Elon was 13 when Back to the Future was released. Hard to imagine DeLoren wasn’t top of mind

[@amineaiffa]

The Simpsons is so good at predicting the future.... lmfao

[@andrewlutes2048]

It’s exactly The Homer. Even down to the $82,000 price tag. One of the best jokes ever.

[@pigknickers2975]

Literally that right?! How can this be though? I'm sure we are being played, just not sure how.

[@float32]

Whenever people mention the price, I know they don’t own a truck AND haven’t looked at MSRP, for the performance trucks, within the last decade. Trucks are crazy expensive these days.

[@lexprontera8325]

Going with the Simpsons theme, I'd say it's an eCanyonero 😄

[@pigknickers2975]

@@upset_banana That is a good theory, like that. I think EM is such a charlatan anyway.

[@Hemestal]

Omfg I forgot about that episode 😂 the fcking Homer HAHAHAHA

[@sambecker23]

When SpaceX needed a pickup, they bought the F-150 Lightning. Enough said.

[@johnp5250]

Maybe because so many where available

[@vanjamenadzer]

@@johnp5250 Tesla cars build quality is generally horrible.

[@newbladey]

@@johnp5250 I think if anyone could get priority cybertruck access it would be the company also owned by the owner of tesla lmao

[@johndodo2062]

​@@vanjamenadzeryes they are. Every time i detail a tesla vehicle they fall apart inside just from sweeping. It's crazy

[@Alex-0597]

@@johnp5250 If two products are even remotely comparable in terms of quality, it's always worth it to buy one at cost rather than having to pay cost+profit on the other. Especially trucks, which have huge profit margins per unit to make up for the years of design and tooling work done prior to the first truck coming off the factory floor.

[@GameUnCrafter]

We're in this weird part of society where when a company presents something, they expect it to succeed no matter what. Apple, Tesla, all AAA gaming companies, etc. All think they're too big to fail ANY product.

[@notsam498]

When I look at the cyber truck I think of it as a symptom of main character syndrome. The voices finally won in elons head and he thinks he's the main character. The thing wreaks of a bad idea pushed through the pipeline by someone with enough power to do it. I don't think Tesla hires bad engineers, quite the contrary, and I don't think any reasonable engineering and design team would suggest this garbage.

[@xxDrain]

When someone tells you with confidence that something is easy to do, know that that person is too inexperienced to see the difficulties an expert would know to anticipate.

[@volvo09]

Elon laughed and said "it's easy" when talking about his "hyperloop" vacuum train thingamajig and look where that is now.... Out of business. If I hear him say "it's easy" or say "next year" with confidence, he's lying his ass off.

[@hifijohn]

Taking Elon seriously is like taking your 6 yo kid brother seriously.

[@obeseperson]

Dude it’s insane how many people continue to mindlessly obsess over the dude when it’s obvious he’s just an idiot with money

[@MrJamiez]

Sam's smarter than a 6 yr old. 😂 But that ain't Elon. 😂

[@parody_bear_mike]

Even Elon Musk thinks his space-cruising midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster looks weird. "It looks so ridiculous and impossible," the SpaceX CEO told reporters after the Falcon Heavy megarocket the car into space yesterday . "You can tell it's real because it looks so fake, honestly."Feb 7, 2018

[@princeofexcess]

how many 6 yo started multiple revolutionary companies that are extremely difficult to run and are the wealthiest man on earth? Elon is not right on timelines but he changes entire industries.

[@szabolcsmate5254]

He is the male Elizabeth Holmes. He may end up in prison for fraud. (Defrauding investors with claims like "FSD this year" - every year. Nah. Who am I kidding. There is such thing as too rich for prison.)

[@brianh9358]

I think this monstrosity will have a prime place in the "Failed Vehicles Museum" with the DMC Delorean sitting nearby.

[@mr_b_hhc]

At least the DeLorean was good looking and had a designer who was not the equivalent of a 5 year old chimp who fell out of a tree as a little monkey on to his head.

[@brianh9358]

@@mr_b_hhc Yes, the Delorean was a better design. I think Elon wanted something that looked similar, but failed miserably. But both vehicles have inherent issues due to using stainless steel. It is difficult to work with, heavy, and the metal has to be type 304 stainless steel to keep from corroding. I think in the Cybertruck's case, some of the steel they used proved to be off specification - so rusting has occurred in some cases.

[@XAJUSS]

Endless videos, endless comments. No matter how much you hate it you just added more to the stats that will define what history has to say about that thing.

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

No one makes good movies anymore they could put a cyber truck in, so it will be forgotten long before the Delorean

[@crwhhx]

Don't think it looks like a gigantic hotel ice machine on wheels....I think it looks like a coffin on wheels...

[@dougjohnson4266]

The cybertruck is the stupidest vehicle made in the last 70 years. Even worse than the AMC Pacer. EM should be removed as CEO.

[@jayclean5653]

Don't disrespect the Mirthmobile.

[@kenpomroy7052]

If it can't really do truck stuff, then don't call it a truck.

[@ogzombieblunt4626]

It can... sorry your biases blind you.

[@tcolley]

Not exactly objective

[@dc6233]

Even a simple mountain bike doesn't fit in the bed, such a fail.

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

@@dc6233 also its the only truck on market or possibly in history that has the spare tire sitting on top of the bed instead of underneath it or inside so that it doesnt take up all the bed space 🤣

[@lmost]

I don’t call it a truck, I call it the idiot’s hallmark.

[@tr1pman]

Did he just say "Lotus E-spirit"? Twice? Lol

[@chrismay2298]

I died of cringe.

[@ItsJonnyRock]

Yes, that was jarring

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

AI narrator ... do you think that is a real person??

[@TitaniumSurf]

@@ScubaSteveCanada Crikey, so the AI narrator can't read?

[@Reprint001]

​@@ScubaSteveCanadaIt's not an AI narrator.

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

What'd you expect from the tiny brain of Elon lol

[@angushughes5371]

Honestly, if Edison Motors ever gets off and is able to build their own vehicles from scratch, they should lean heavily on everything that has ever been introduced on pickups from the later half of the 20th century, and just leave it at that, all while making it compatible with the some of the biggest manufactures for spares, maybe.

[@DJH316007]

The future is N64 graphics! That does make sense why it's sledgehammer proof, but will die in a car wash.

[@thomasneal9291]

it's not sledgehammer proof. the guy you see swinging the sledge VERY clearly held back his swing at the end, every time. I've seen regular shotguns destroy these doors. they are VERY thin.

[@DJH316007]

@@thomasneal9291 It was just a joke

[@TomCruz54321]

The designer was using a Pentium 2 computer and it didn't have enough polygons.

[@Sonicno1fanatic]

That's an insult to N64 graphics.

[@roevhaal578]

@@thomasneal9291 The promo truck likely didn't have as thin panels as the production ones aswell. I recall hearing they had to reduce the thickness because they couldn't find a way to form the thick sheets.

[@ironchef66]

The Weinermobile has major swag. Cyber truck just shouts “insecure tech-bro douche”

[@johnchedsey1306]

I work in the tech industry and even the tech bros are like "WTF is this"

[@patrickcardon1643]

It's a flasher for people with way too much money and not an ounce of taste ... and with a deathwish

[@sole__doubt]

Thats what I think when I see any Tesla.

[@matthewcarter9790]

Hence Kim Kardashian owns one…says all you need to know about the wankpanzer.

[@kenp5186]

Wienermobile looks much better in person, very difficult to do it justice in pictures. Cybertruck is the exact opposite, it photographs well, but in person it looks like a hotel ice machine with wheels as the video said.

[@Koozwad]

that's not a truck, that's a car

[@keithsinter5611]

The Cyber Truck looks like as if the modell is still buffering.

[@diestormlie]

You know the F-117 Nighthawk? How it looks like it was the designers had a hard limit on the Poly count? Well, they did. They were using early-gen CAD software so they... Literally had a hard poly count. Somehow, decades on and computer power having upped by several orders of magnitude, we have returned to Hard-Polygon-Cap-Chic.

[@yurcchello]

you need pay more for better LOD model

[@ryanlittleton5615]

It's an Aztek with PS1 graphics.

[@nerychristian]

Looks like something you would see in a Halo game on the Xbox 360

[@axelmaldonado2642]

Bro hasn't finished rendering

[@colincomposer]

As far as design is concerned, there is an Australian car reviewer who calls it the "cyber-urinal."

[@markopetrunic7598]

Haha John cadogan

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Main differences being that if you piss on a stainless urinal, it doesn't rust straight away & the urinal is suitable for purpose.

[@windsolarupnorth7084]

At least urinals have a purpose, ClusterTruck is just pointless garbage that never should have been produced.

[@sfacco]

SS rust. series 300 SS rust, Also 316 can rust. In my industry (i am a Quality engineer in construction external facades) we use a lot of SS as external finitures, the matter is that SS need continuous maintainance, this could be avoided with surface treatments to isolate the metal surface from the elements. In a car, fingerprints will be a drama to clean, small surface scratches will result in rust by contamination, salts and calcium will stick in the surfaces creating uncleanable situations. that's why people apply coatings to protect the metal from corrosion, Thats why tesla itself start to sell colored cybertrucks, creating a possible secondary issue, SS is not famous for its surface adhesion skills, correct surface pretreatments shall be used, element exposure can create de-adhesion of the coating that's why, despite the trends, using stainless steel as external finiture, in things exposed to the elements, is not a great idea, despite if it looks good after installed, despite people thinking it will not rust.

[@j.d.4697]

Damn, can't unsee that mental picture.

[@richwhippersnapper]

If discontinued, they will become rare collector cars. Innovative design, just impractical in the real world

[@Niklaos]

Why does the regenerative breaking thing make no sense for the semi? Hybrid-Electric trains do, in fact, use electric breaking rather than pads when possible. In the case of the trains, the energy is literally dumped as heat through a huge resistor (the fans you see on top of any train engine). A truck could absolutely do the same thing and dump that energy back into the battery pack. EVs cars do that already and breakpad are very seldomly used today.

[@DoctorBiobrain]

It doesn’t matter how many times I see this thing, it never stops surprising me with its ugliness.

[@philsurtees]

It's American, so of course it's ugly. They get 5 year old children to 'design' their cars. I'm pretty sure it's the law that all American vehicles must be ugly.

[@suncaseen489]

You're just saying your taste is different than those that like it. And it's ok. But be aware that's what it is - not a factual statement but expression of your taste

[@mikelp72]

When I see one, I just laugh and shake my head.

[@user-bq3mu5id3d]

Honestly I friggin love it and i don't understand all the people saying it's ugly. it's DIFFERENT, unlike 99.999% of cars today, i'd absolutely love to have a car with that shape. that doesn't mean it's not a piece of trash obv

[@suncaseen489]

@@user-bq3mu5id3d piece of trash, obviously?? C'mon. I get the hate based on taste - everyone's taste is different - but saying it's a piece of trash while many say it's really good and revolutionary in many ways is just nonsense. Looking at other car manufacturers Tesla is barely a startup and they're already taking over huge percentage of market of new cars. That couldn't happen if they made pieces of trash. No way. Especially in such a competitive industry. People need to calm down a bit

[@johnepavek]

I’m a contractor. I almost bought a Lightning because my old truck was on its last legs. But honestly I need an 8’ bed to haul lumber and sheet goods and the Lightning’s bed is too tiny, so I bought an F350. Imagine trying to use the bed of the Cybertruck to haul sheet goods or to put tear off into. Or imagine trying to reach into the bed for tools right behind the cab. As a guy who has and uses a truck for truck stuff there’s no way I would own a Cybertruck.

[@gamerfan8445]

And that is one of the many problems of it.

[@BigBossIvan]

Who would possibly cross-shop a 1-ton truck with an EV pickup? That’s so apples to oranges it's absolutely ridiculous.

[@gamerfan8445]

@BigBossIvan not really. Considering that an EV pickup is around 4 tons of weight, however he mainly pointed out how small the bed is.

[@BigBossIvan]

​@@gamerfan8445 Once again, the weight of the vehicle has nothing to do with it; it's capacity/capability. A 1-ton truck is a commercial-use truck that is, most of the time, built for that purpose. A half-ton (like the F-150/1500 series) is the direct competition to the Cybertruck. All of them also have 5-foot beds with standard crew cabs.

[@gamerfan8445]

@BigBossIvan Even then, the cybertruck is a worse truck than a lightning and raptor. Hell, a ranger is a better truck than it.

[@sethlangston181]

Only Elon Musk could come up with such a stupid design for a truck. It's like he consulted a fraudulent alien fortune-teller on LSD for inspiration for what the truck of the future should look like.

[@needbettername8583]

I've never liked trucks, and the idea of having to drive an F150 always felt gross to me. But I'd drive one any day of the week over this shiny wedge of pedestrian guillotine.

[@916hayabusa]

“Back to the yuppie stuff’, yep, that sums up Tesla perfectly.

[@churchofmarcus]

Anyone whose own a Prius understands the never replacing brakes thing. I used to be a mechanic and never replaced brakes on a Prius younger than 170,000 miles, because the regenerative braking does exactly what Elon said. The silly thing is all the prior Tesla cars had that feature too.

[@NunoLosch]

He still mentioned in the Semi unveil because brakes are probably the most frequent maintenance stops semis have to do and it's not cheap to do on a big fleet, so it's a big thing for logistics companies and truck drivers as well. going downhill on a fully loaded semi is stressful af because if you overheat the brakes, you only stop at the bottom

[@lifted_above]

I managed to get a 2003 Ford Focus 5speed manual clutch to last beyond 166,000 miles without fade. Also a set of factory brakes to last past 90,000 miles before change.

[@tinetannies4637]

Would that same factor apply to something as heavy as the Cybertruck? That is, would regenerative braking still be enough to avoid brake pad and rotor replacement?

[@fnsmike]

@@tinetannies4637 Yes, because the point of regenerative braking is that the physical brakes don't get engaged unless you're braking hard. There's much more mass on a semi, but there would have to be that much larger a generator and batteries as well.

[@meatslide]

Brake pads are super cheap, require minimal tools and is extremely easy to do.

[@eprjct]

Elon looks at the drawing board, starts figuring out the problem with his 250IQ and muttered, "It should've been called X truck."

[@BeddGBugga]

Usually when you purchase a 4 door pickup truck with a short bed it's not for work it's to tow a boat with your family to the lake.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

I'm an EV guy who long ago ditched the 4x4 SUV and placed my cybertruck order within seconds of it going online. I was thinking with 500 miles of promised range, I'd finally be able to take an EV off-roading here in the California desert, like I used to do with my ICE trucks. Then out came the 200 mile useful range at double the promised price, and it's just a no-go. So I cancelled, and now that I see it's basically a rolling meme, I'm glad I did.

[@qweqwe9678]

Did you get your deposit money back?

[@williamcurtis1088]

Tell me you never actually order at CT without actually telling me you really didn’t order one!

[@OrgaNik_Music]

@@williamcurtis1088 Uh oh, smells like copium in here

[@skylined5534]

​@@OrgaNik_Music 'Yesla' fangirl copium in your case.

[@rogergeyer9851]

Even with fanbois, Musk can only just lie and spew nonsense for so long, and things will catch up to Tesla. They should focus on what they're good at -- but Musk is too scatter-brained, and the BOD can't control him. He's mostly the opposite of what a good large corporation CEO should be. He should be chief engineer or something -- and have to get his "big ideas" by management's practicality, cost, and facts filters.

[@XShaneX19]

If I ever have the urge to spend 100k on a meme car I buy 50 used Pontiac Azteks, pick out the crappiest one for myself and go on a quest to gift the rest 49 to professional clowns I meet. Most of them will still be driven for clown commutes when the last Cybertruck arrives at the hazardous-waste junkyard.

[@3dartxsi]

That is the wrong way to use 50 Pontiaz Azteks. The correct way is to shave your head, grow a goatee, and find fifty other guys to do the same and form a troupe of Walter White lookalike who do travel across the country performing Shakespeare.

[@vanivari359]

aren't clown commutes the only reason why a cybertruck is driving around (aside from tech influencers making videos)? The only purpose of that thing is to get an unprofessional clown to his office job and back.

[@Christopher_Giustolisi]

The Fiat Multipla would be my choice

[@lasskinn474]

yah good luck buying 50 used azteks for 100k

[@vapoet]

The thing is, an Aztek is more useful.

[@theautomaticfiend]

The bigger the company the more power they have to get regulations changed.

[@andrewreed1912]

yeah it's not a "gas pedal" bro

[@DanaTheInsane]

The utility of $100,000 pick up truck you can’t put a bicycle in?

[@9256steven]

You can fit a bike in the back with no problem, do the math.

[@jajo83]

​@@9256steven i wont do fucking MATH to put my bike in PICKUP

[@Skelterbane69]

@@9256steven You shouldn't like your own comments. It makes you look stupid.

[@samurai_jack_1]

​@@jajo83well said

[@jajo83]

@@samurai_jack_1 thank you samurai

[@ronijarvinen3759]

If I put wheels and lights on my cat's litter box, it would be both more beautiful and more cyberpunk than Elon's dumpster.

[@valleyofiron125]

and your cat would think it is steven segal

[@ronijarvinen3759]

@@valleyofiron125 I doubt the poor old man can drive, even a litterbox. Even walking seems to often require a stunt double. He might try "kung fu" but I might just put the litter box up some stairs to keep him from driving, for the safety of us all.

[@skylined5534]

​@@ronijarvinen3759 How dare you... he'll slap you from his chair if you get close enough.

[@ronijarvinen3759]

@@skylined5534 My cat would have to find another place to do business. Luckily, even with all his harsh training, Steven can only occupy one litter box at a time.

[@canieto1]

I think the cyber truck is beautiful

[@Dr.HouseMD]

I guess “Markeeese” is a better pronunciation than Will Smith’s “MarkAss”

[@breannamartins9992]

Omg teslas really do look like Mazdas I never saw it before

[@stanvanillo9831]

So I guess they designers in the 70s predicted the future correctly after all.

[@nytovaok516]

its lotus eh-SPREE, not EE-spih-rit

[@derkommissar4986]

Looks like eh-spirit

[@mitchbarber4748]

@@derkommissar4986 only if you misspell it.

[@derkommissar4986]

@mitchbarber4748 well its not espree 😂 ik its pronounced like that but can you really blame him, it just looks like e spirit

[@TassieLorenzo]

Yep, like the clothes store. But that's not a big deal. 🙂

[@UncleMcTouchyBottom]

holy fuck i'm new to the channel but the kid BUTCHERED a simple name. Also Jewgahruuh.

[@salikali2]

The first time I saw the cyber truck in real life I thought it was a stainless steel fridge.

[@NeedsLessWedge]

Im not truck people. I hated trucks growing up and never saw myself owning one. But a man, or a woman, at least a self reliant one, especially one that lives anywhere outside of a sprawling city needs to own a truck. Its not a culture, i dont bond with others that own trucks, its not a tradition, or acceptance. Some of these young douches with their squatted trucks may be that crowd and generation that are the truck crowd. . But for most, its outright functionality and not having to rely on another dude to care for our families. . My trucks are always used and not show stoppers. I use them to haul stuff, my tools, my hobbies, lumber, junk, tow my own trailers and used to use them to get stuff to the races and back. My trucks have been practical and an outright necessity if I wanted to be self reliant and also have a little fun sometimes. There is nothing practical about being an 80k+ dollar truck owner whether it be EV or gas or diesel. Unless its paying for itself daily, through sheer profit..then theh are all doing it for show and no different from each other in terms of wanna be-ness and attention seeking and making uo for deficiencies.

[@FeedMeSalt]

I got to see one in Halifax Canada. The owner gave me these warnings. 1. He can't park it inside his attached garage because his home fire insurance would triple. 2. It losses 33% range at -20C 3. It can't charge outdoors if it's sub -25 c with any windchill. 4. It's so heavy it damaged his friggin driveway and sank half a foot into his lawn overnight when he had the dents filled. Yeah it Dented his pavement. 5. He can't store it in any above ground parking structure without getting towed. Weight restrictions. 6. I could see this with my own eyes, but it was rusty. The edges of the panels has clear discoloration and water lines. 7. It got stuck every single time he took It anywhere not clearly paved as a dirt road.

[@FeedMeSalt]

Forgot, it also isn't safe in snow or slush apparently. It loves to slide sideways so the owner said

[@not_ever]

@@FeedMeSalt Did he otherwise seem like an intelligent human being?

[@float32]

Two issues 6. That’s not the steel. This has been debunked so many times. It’s other stuff that will clean off. 7. They come with EV tires made for good range, but have horrible off road performance. Also, locking diff feature (yet to be enabled wtf) will help this tremendously.

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@float32 no, it certainly doesn't "com off" it was Infact stainless steele rusting. Which it will Infact do. I got to touch it man. It had Texture.

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@float32 it weighing 4 times what it should ensures no amount of fancy tricks will help it. Maybe if you rock crawl, but the second you find mud or soil you sink.

[@EzraTeter]

I think of the Cybertruck as a loyalty test for the Tesla cult.

[@mr_b_hhc]

All hail Musk, king of the Capitalist shitheap.

[@tyrannosaur6265]

"Sticking" is a light way to put that the gas pedal falls apart and lodges itself in full throttle, in a car without a fucking brake.

[@7Lace77]

I think the Pug 306 should make a comeback.

[@Juliett-A]

Electric trucks all have plenty of power for towing, but it absolutely destroys the range because of the added mass.

[@kingofthesofas]

yeah electric trucks will not be useful for towing until they get charging to be MUCH faster and battery range needs to double at least.

[@lifted_above]

@@kingofthesofas ...which was the same problem with battery powered vehicles OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

[@kingofthesofas]

@@lifted_above I don't that is a fair comparison because modern electric vehicles are much more advanced than they were 100 years ago or even 10 years ago. Lithium Ion batteries have had a huge impact and made them way more viable and future tech like solid state batteries have the potential to take them even further. They just need another 5-10 years to develop better battery tech before they are ready for mass adoption.

[@lifted_above]

@@kingofthesofas The rhetoric is the same. You have much more efficient motors and computers managing the power, you have lithium batteries, but otherwise, the same exact issues with batter power density, battery chemicals and manufacturing, battery recycling, and electric generation and distribution exist. While you say things are much more advanced, so are the populations that require motorized transportation as compared to the early 1900's. Big picture.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

​​@@lifted_above Big advantage of electric will be stop start city driving. They don't have to idle. They don't use any power when you're not moving, they have highest torque from a standstill and you're not going hundreds of miles so the range isn't a big downside.

[@raymondjackson6069]

This thing looks like something somebody printed up in a 3D basement printer.

[@ryelor123]

To be fair, the design probably was printed in a 3D printer. Car companies no longer have to rely on clay models.

[@raymondjackson6069]

@@ryelor123 A very cheap, 3D printer.

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

No, I'm kind of a neophyte at designing items and printing them on my $200 3D printer, and I can do things a lot more sophisticated than that.

[@strayiggytv]

And then I found it still stuck to the plate it was printed on at goodwill.

[@raymondjackson6069]

@@five-toedslothbear4051 Ad it's not like Tesla doesn't have talent. I think they just got lazy.

[@alejandroalarcon9662]

remember when the iPhone was just a toy that wouldn't amount to much? It's crazy how much we punish new ideas. The discourse is not "What makes this good? What makes it not good? and how could this be better?" but "Let me find all the flaws and tell you why it sucks" I get it, people invest a large sum of money on these things and the best quality should be expected, but maybe history tell us that before things become "flawless" and ready for mass adoption, they start full of flaws? And in the end, it's thanks to people daring to push out their ideas, and thanks to the ones willing to adopt them, flaws and all , that we have the airplanes, bicycles and lightbulbs? I'm not on the side of fanboys nor haters, I can't even afford a Cybertruck, but I do recognize throwing stones is easier than carving them.

[@HolyBlowhole]

The 1995 Mitsubishi Mighty Max 4WD was the best vehicle I ever owned. I really wish one of the manufacturers would make a small size electric/hybrid pickup truck. I think Tesla would’ve had a lot more success with a mini truck instead of that monstrosity Musk came up with.

[@FalconXE302]

Jason has never been an independent journo... he is the classic Automotive Journo that does car stories for car companies.