CyberTruck

[MACHtobers Very Own]

I'm in Orlando for the week and I've seen quite a few. (My first time seeing them in person) You have to remember if you don't like this car....

It's not for you and never was.

In the same way my mother can't understand a 2 seat low to the ground mustang that gets 14mpg on a good day. Its not for her.

The target audience for this vehicle will make it profitable/successful.

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[RowdyRam]

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He loves it, and has a home charger, but has taken a couple trips and said the charging habits takes some getting used to, but not a game changer.
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I'm with your buddy right up until that last statement. I realize everyone's needs and wants are different. I drive a pickup daily and would consider an electric one for short trips, commuting, hauling, towing and all. Cybertruck is ugly but would get the job done for me from a practicality standpoint. So would a Rivian or a Lightning, and with more style, IMO.

But, on a recent trip to Vail, Colorado, I don't think an EV would have worked for my wife and me at all. It's not just the charging habits, it's the availability of charging stations along the way. It was (sometimes) hard enough to find GAS stations, depending on where we were on our scenic route.
We have a Highlander for trips like these and it excels in that role. To have to do this same trip in an EV, Cybertruck or otherwise, would be aggravating and prohibitive in too many ways - route choice (based on charger locations) being one of them.

 

[Bulldog9]

You are forgetting the cobalt in the batteries, and all rare earth metals that are in permanent magnet motors, 70% exist only in mainland China.

Already Deng Xiaoping, said "The Middle East has oil. China has rare earth metals". I guess it says it all.

I think this is Toyota's point with their 1:6:90 analysis. When it comes to overall efficiency and rare earth metals and manufacturing:

1 BEV = 6Plug in Hybrids and 90 Traditional Hybrids when all things are factored.

I think Toyota is spot on in this.

 

[ShadesOfBloo]

I don’t even know how functional the bed of the truck is and the hood will chop your fingers off (see the Throttle House video where they test it with a carrot). And yeah, Tesla’s in general are just put together so poorly. You think Mustang’s have panel gap issues? They’re nothing compared to Tesla. My neighbor has 2, a Y and an S. The gaps are unbelievable, particularly on the Y.

Tesla has the worst panel gaps I've seen since the Pontiac Solstice.
...And I can't think of any other brand that has delivered a brand-new car to a customer, just to have the steering wheel come off in their hands the first time they try to drive it.

I guess it could be worse. At least the steering wheel came off before the car ever moved.
Five minutes later it would have been much more dangerous.

 

[ShadesOfBloo]

Definitely it was gutsy to produce something so unusual and polarizing. I would never buy an electric because they don't put a manual transmission in them...

I can see a use for a 3-speed manual transmission in an EV, but that's a long story.

Tesla probably thought they were clever, convincing most customers that they never tried to put a gear-changing transmission in their cars. Then again, we're talking about owners of a 9.72 rear end who don't think their car has gears of any kind.

...the model's "checkered history only reinforced the belief that GM made inferior small cars. This legacy would prove far more important than any direct impact the Vega would have on GM's profits."

Telsa can keep making this turd and the same will happen sooner or later.

We can always hope, but Tesla chose their target market well. By and large, they're people who didn't know jack about cars, and want their car to be an iPhone that gets them from place to place.

These people loved to point out how well a Tesla Model S did in Consumer Reports' tests. A few years later Consumer Reports had reliability data on Tesla's cars, and the same people bought Elon's story... Whatever he claimed was wrong with Consumer Reports.

 

[RedTetsu13]

Seen them in person, and they're growing around my area. But after seeing the body line comparison to a dumpster, I can't un-see it (granted it was never in contention for me, not a sports car after all, I don't need a truck). I wish the people who got it realize they bought a dumpster on wheels but hats off to Musk for trolling the world once more (first Tesla troll I'd wager was his first 4 mainline EV's spelling 'sexy' on his website).

 

[KeyLime]

I can see a use for a 3-speed manual transmission in an EV, but that's a long story.

I'm all in if Elon puts the shifter on the steering column.

 

[Skye]

I saw one of these for the first time in the wild today, driving in traffic.

What surprised me the most about the Cybertruck is how completely uninspiring it is. The vehicle is devoid of any personality whatsoever. I felt the same interest of it as a trash can (yes, the previous photos are apt), fridge or vacuum cleaner.

If it did something cool or had a unique capability, maybe I'd look more, but ugh, there's just no spark.

 

[gone_n_60]

 

[Bugs]

I agree...

 

[Bugs]

 

[K4fxd]

The cybertruck is Elon saying F U to all the fanatics out there.

He is rolling on the floor laughing at anyone who buys one.

 

[SnowFox]

I see a few around here.

They look better than I thought, but still not great.

I give them points for being daring and unique looking for sure.

I wouldn't pay for one. But would probably enjoy driving one.

 

[SnowFox]

It's such a a true meme

 

[RedTetsu13]

I've seen two rolling around near me. One was fingerprints galore (have the images to prove it).

The other was wrapped with a green mirror wrap, which nearly blinded me during a cars and coffee, putting aside the dumpster meme's, the thing has no curves and can't diffuse the light, it's an actual road hazard in my book based on that alone (putting aside the pedestrian safety concerns).

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