A lot of images floating around and people making jokes about the Cybertruck’s crashing testing that was seemingly performed yesterday. I posted a link below to a video where you can see the end result of this testing. It looks like the Cybertruck held up just fine and perhaps they will just crash other cars into the Cybertruck as testing in the future instead of cement walls.
https://x.com/wholemarsblog/status/1699936853263270152
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My car that I’ve been driving for more than a decade had its check engine light come on today. I sure hope Elon is able to get the Cybertruck deliveries rolling soon. Not sure how much longer my whip will be running. With all the price reductions on the rest of Tesla’s fleet and the tax rebates, it’s hard not to pull the trigger on a model 3 right now. Gotta keep my eyes on the prize though.
With still no price and full specs the wait list may drop off a lot once they really start selling. There is also the issue of time, how many people will they loose because for whatever reason they just can't wait any longer. That has become a large issue over the last few years with 'wait listed cars' I wound up getting my deposit back on a couple of car reservations because it got to the point although I did not need a car NOW my warranty was expiring and I did not want to risk driving something (even something as reliable as a Honda) without one.
On today's vehicles, which are for the most part computers with wheels, even minor things can cost a fortune to fix. At times it's not even the parts but just a labor to get to the parts.
On today's vehicles, which are for the most part computers with wheels, even minor things can cost a fortune to fix. At times it's not even the parts but just a labor to get to the parts.
I went the other way, instead of getting a new tablet on wheels every 3 years I figured that an older used car with no turbo, no ADAS, port injection, stick shift, is about as good as it will ever get in automotive technology. The only modern amenity I like is Android thingamabob with maps and Spotify, and that's like a $500 retrofit, people pay more than that MONTHLY for their cars.
Anyway, speaking of Tesla, I did have a reservation on Model 3 back when they promised to deliver it for $35k in 2016 I think it was, the date came and went, I think they were 2 or 3 years late, by that time I obviously had purchased another vehicle and got my deposit back. You gotta be a hardcore fanboy to put up with that and CT is surely testing the strength of Elon's reality distortion field much more than any of their previous models.
I’ve been seeing tweets showing the Cybertruck driving around with its suspension fully raised. Looks like a monster truck. I wonder if I’ll be able to set it to raise fully when driving and then each time it turns off somewhere it fully lowers. That would be cool… I’ll post some links below so you can see for yourself.
https://x.com/adanguajardo/status/1698509119747928478
https://x.com/corbinwilliams/status/1699173133079793938
https://x.com/adanguajardo/status/1698509119747928478
https://x.com/corbinwilliams/status/1699173133079793938
Would like to see the offset front crash tests on one of these.
With that much of the front end on moving hinges it's going to crumple in an interesting way.
Just more of an engineering thing then anything else.
Since as of now it's not going to be able to be sold in the EU / other parts of the world there are a lot of safety things it will be exempt from, so we might not see a lot of the more unique testing.
Would like every car to go though the Volvo tests. Less about safety, mostly because they are cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Agd_YGDu0
I'm 90% certain that some of those tests were invented by engineers as drunk bar bets about what they could get management to pay for in terms of testing.
"Lets drop cars from 100' up from, we will tell them it's for rescue crews to figure out how to deal with getting people out of bad accidents, and it's cooler then smashing them into walls at high speed"
Back to this.
With still no price and full specs the wait list may drop off a lot once they really start selling. There is also the issue of time, how many people will they loose because for whatever reason they just can't wait any longer. That has become a large issue over the last few years with 'wait listed cars' I wound up getting my deposit back on a couple of car reservations because it got to the point although I did not need a car NOW my warranty was expiring and I did not want to risk driving something (even something as reliable as a Honda) without one.
On today's vehicles, which are for the most part computers with wheels, even minor things can cost a fortune to fix. At times it's not even the parts but just a labor to get to the parts.
One of our customers has or had, a reservation for the CT, but he needed / wanted a new pickup now, might have been able to stretch it till the end of the year or early next year but not past that. So he bought a F150. Until it dies or goes out of warranty he is not getting the Tesla. Nothing good or bad, just the way it is.
-Dave
With that much of the front end on moving hinges it's going to crumple in an interesting way.
Just more of an engineering thing then anything else.
Since as of now it's not going to be able to be sold in the EU / other parts of the world there are a lot of safety things it will be exempt from, so we might not see a lot of the more unique testing.
Would like every car to go though the Volvo tests. Less about safety, mostly because they are cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Agd_YGDu0
I'm 90% certain that some of those tests were invented by engineers as drunk bar bets about what they could get management to pay for in terms of testing.
"Lets drop cars from 100' up from, we will tell them it's for rescue crews to figure out how to deal with getting people out of bad accidents, and it's cooler then smashing them into walls at high speed"
Back to this.
With still no price and full specs the wait list may drop off a lot once they really start selling. There is also the issue of time, how many people will they loose because for whatever reason they just can't wait any longer. That has become a large issue over the last few years with 'wait listed cars' I wound up getting my deposit back on a couple of car reservations because it got to the point although I did not need a car NOW my warranty was expiring and I did not want to risk driving something (even something as reliable as a Honda) without one.
On today's vehicles, which are for the most part computers with wheels, even minor things can cost a fortune to fix. At times it's not even the parts but just a labor to get to the parts.
One of our customers has or had, a reservation for the CT, but he needed / wanted a new pickup now, might have been able to stretch it till the end of the year or early next year but not past that. So he bought a F150. Until it dies or goes out of warranty he is not getting the Tesla. Nothing good or bad, just the way it is.
-Dave
First video I’ve seen of the Cybertruck hailing a trailer. Check it out on X (twitter):
https://x.com/omg_tesla/status/1697778917573275898
You can really judge too much from a video of a Cybertruck flying by hauling a trailer, but it does appear to be casually pulling the trailer, likely for some sort of range test while pulling a load.
https://x.com/omg_tesla/status/1697778917573275898
You can really judge too much from a video of a Cybertruck flying by hauling a trailer, but it does appear to be casually pulling the trailer, likely for some sort of range test while pulling a load.
Glorious leader not happy with build quality... who could have thought that having all those straight edges would make amplify Tesla's panel gap issue. Well, any half-decent auto designed would have, but no worries, the boss will send a mean e-mail and physics will bend to his will.
Time to redesign it and make it out of molded plastic because LEGO.
Due to the nature of Cybertruck, which is made of bright metal with mostly straight edges, any dimensional variation shows up like a sore thumb.
All parts for this vehicle, whether internal or from suppliers, need to be designed and built to sub 10 micron accuracy.
That means all part dimensions need to be to the third decimal place in millimeters and tolerances need be specified in single digit microns. If LEGO and soda cans, which are very low cost, can do this, so can we.
Precision predicates perfectionism.
Elon
All parts for this vehicle, whether internal or from suppliers, need to be designed and built to sub 10 micron accuracy.
That means all part dimensions need to be to the third decimal place in millimeters and tolerances need be specified in single digit microns. If LEGO and soda cans, which are very low cost, can do this, so can we.
Precision predicates perfectionism.
Elon
Time to redesign it and make it out of molded plastic because LEGO.
It is suspected that the Cybertruck Release Candidate is out on the streets! This is pretty big news. It means they have finalized a model and are ready to send it to mass production! It won’t be long now. You can see pictures of the release candidate that were posted on Twitter (x) a couple hours ago in the below link.
https://x.com/showgren/status/1697091970626445409
https://x.com/showgren/status/1697091970626445409
Just take a look at Elon sitting in the production model of the Cybertruck.
It’s pretty cool to think this will be his daily driver vehicle. The richest man in the world driving the same vehicle as us mere mortals. I wonder how much longer it will be before we can select options and all that. I’m curious if solar panels will be offered or how much the CyberQuad will cost.
It’s pretty cool to think this will be his daily driver vehicle. The richest man in the world driving the same vehicle as us mere mortals. I wonder how much longer it will be before we can select options and all that. I’m curious if solar panels will be offered or how much the CyberQuad will cost.
Tesla’s site now lists the option to redeem tickets for the Cybertruck delivery event in Austin, Texas. In order to qualify you must have 30,000 credits, which is equal to three Tesla referrals. Unfortunately, I haven’t referred 3 people to buy Teslas so I won’t be able to attend. A shame as I would have loved to been there. Anybody want to buy 3 Teslas?
I can't believe that such a friendly charismatic rich person as yourself would not have at least 3 friends IRL to
Tesla’s site now lists the option to redeem tickets for the Cybertruck delivery event in Austin, Texas. In order to qualify you must have 30,000 credits, which is equal to three Tesla referrals. Unfortunately, I haven’t referred 3 people to buy Teslas so I won’t be able to attend. A shame as I would have loved to been there. Anybody want to buy 3 Teslas?
Thanks for the update!.I dont know nothing abuot it.
One thing i noticed seeing your pic its, the tyre its not so thick, seems more like a regular one with more rubber.
When its gonna be your Tesla droped? or you dont have a date to receive the car/truck?
One thing i noticed seeing your pic its, the tyre its not so thick, seems more like a regular one with more rubber.
When its gonna be your Tesla droped? or you dont have a date to receive the car/truck?
I haven’t received any news whatsoever about my order. I occasionally check to make sure my preorder is still there. I’m not expecting it anytime soon though. Last I checked I was like preorder #400,000 and I think they’re making about 10 per day right now, so it’ll be a while. Best case scenario in my opinion would be next summer and a more realistic guess would be next Christmas. I’m counting on having it by midway through 2025.
Thanks for the update!.I dont know nothing abuot it.
One thing i noticed seeing your pic its, the tyre its not so thick, seems more like a regular one with more rubber.
When its gonna be your Tesla droped? or you dont have a date to receive the car/truck?
One thing i noticed seeing your pic its, the tyre its not so thick, seems more like a regular one with more rubber.
When its gonna be your Tesla droped? or you dont have a date to receive the car/truck?
If you’ve been anywhere near social media this week you’ve no doubt seen plenty of images of Cybertrucks being shipped around the country. It looks like crash testing and review models going to as well as some being produced for employees. The retail customer isn’t far off. It seems like nothing will stop this beast from hitting customers this year.
It looks like a few minutes ago the first Cybertruck was produced at the new Giga Texas plant. This is quite a milestone. Many people on this very thread said that this day would never come. This is a reason to celebrate as I’m sure all those in the picture are doing right now. I can’t wait to drive the best civilian vehicle ever made.
Source: https://twitter.com/tesla/status/1680121747910148099
Elon Musk tweeted today (yesterday) that he had been driving the Cybertruck. Him calling it the Cybertruck instead of a pre-production model is leading to speculation that the Cybertruck has been finalized and is being actively produced. Tesla’s estimates are still that they will shop the first unit in less than 3 months. We’ll see…
With a suspected 4 months until a Tesla Cybertruck delivery event, more and more news keeps making its way to the public.
Yes...more news keeps making it's way to the public...
A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws
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IN NOVEMBER 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stepped onto a stage in California to launch a new kind of EV: the Cybertruck, an angular cyberpunk-styled pickup with bodywork made of brushed stainless steel and “unbreakable” glass. What happened next has entered into public relations folklore. Under the glare of the cameras, the demo truck’s windows smashed not once, but twice during a demonstration of their strength. Musk first swore, then joked: “There’s room for improvement.” That off-the-cuff remark could have been a fitting mantra for the entire project.
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The contents of the report do not deal a fatal blow to the Cybertruck. As one veteran automotive engineer, who spoke on condition of anonymity to prevent backlash from Tesla fans, says, the company has enormous financial resources which will allow it to address the issues detailed in the report. However, he said, “my first reaction is I am astounded. These are classic mechanical automotive engineering challenges that you have in pretty much any vehicle. I'm blown away that they would be struggling so much with the basics.”
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“Tesla is going to have to enter the truck market against the one thing that the US companies seem to know how to do really well, which is build pick-up trucks,” says Mike Ramsey, an analyst with the tech research and consulting firm Gartner.
On top of that, Musk himself has stated that the Cybertruck is a hard vehicle to make. “You can’t just use conventional methods of manufacturing,” he said on an earnings call in May. “We had to invent a whole new set of manufacturing techniques in order to build an exoskeleton car rather than an endoskeleton car, so it is clearly not trivial.”
The unique styling of the truck, with its angular plates and stainless steel alloy construction, mean it’s not only hard to manufacture, but will probably be hard to repair, experts say.
Stainless steel is not easy to shape or mold, “Hence the look as if it's the output of a student in an in-class ‘Pop Quiz Number 1’ for the course ‘Intro to Car Design,’” says Raj Rajkumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. The material requires specialized welding techniques, and it doesn’t flex easily, which could be dangerous in a crash, when force usually absorbed by a “crumple zone” could be transferred to cabin occupants instead, Rajkumar says.[/quote
On top of that, Musk himself has stated that the Cybertruck is a hard vehicle to make. “You can’t just use conventional methods of manufacturing,” he said on an earnings call in May. “We had to invent a whole new set of manufacturing techniques in order to build an exoskeleton car rather than an endoskeleton car, so it is clearly not trivial.”
The unique styling of the truck, with its angular plates and stainless steel alloy construction, mean it’s not only hard to manufacture, but will probably be hard to repair, experts say.
Stainless steel is not easy to shape or mold, “Hence the look as if it's the output of a student in an in-class ‘Pop Quiz Number 1’ for the course ‘Intro to Car Design,’” says Raj Rajkumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. The material requires specialized welding techniques, and it doesn’t flex easily, which could be dangerous in a crash, when force usually absorbed by a “crumple zone” could be transferred to cabin occupants instead, Rajkumar says.[/quote
So many awesome videos coming out showing this vehicle now that it’s being produced by the factory. Here’s a clip showing the inside of the vehicle. It’s probably the best one yet that I’ve seen showing the transparent roof. Reminds me of the vehicles they used in Jurassic Park. No T-Rex is gonna catch this beast though.
https://twitter.com/teslacarsonly/status/1673767900845580288
Edit: There’s now a configurator so you can see lots of different colors!!
https://t.co/sPaOp0oN7A
https://twitter.com/teslacarsonly/status/1673767900845580288
Edit: There’s now a configurator so you can see lots of different colors!!
https://t.co/sPaOp0oN7A
In addition to the camouflage cybertruck we’ve seen driving around TeslaCarsOnly posted this image of a wrapped cybertruck in red and black.
It's photoshop and a really ugly lazy one too.
I know you're desperate to shill it any way you can but come on. Find something positive and stop making cybertruckers look even dumber than they are.
Yeah a very bad one, when i see the picture, i start to think this cant be true, its clearly photoshop and the pixels are visible.
About painting, wrapping etc, i think, if the Tesla was pure metal how they are gonna battle the sun making the truck a oven?, i think some good anti sun paint can be helpfull.
Sending my CV to Tesla
It’s nice to see an example of some unique wraps that these trucks will be sporting.
Feel free to post your own examples. I really like the camo one that’s going around but no doubt there will some great ones. I like the rusted looking ones I’ve seen that give this tank the apocalyptic feel it deserves. I can’t believe there are people who thought Tesla was going to make a vaporware product. LOL. Won’t be much longer now!
Here’s another. I love how angry these pictures make stupid people so I can’t resist bringing a smile to myself so easily.
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