RE: Tesla wants us all to talk about the Cybertruck

[BMWBen]

Jon_S_Rally said:

Laughable. Purely from a styling perspective. Can you imagine F-150 and Ram driving hicks from the south buying that? I certainly can't. This sums up everything that is wrong with EVs. I don't want a spaceship, or a film-set reject, I just want what I have now, but electric.

As for the windows breaking on stage, one of the most hilarious videos I've seen for a long time, just brilliant. That being said, being able to withstand a 9mm round seems quite appropriate for the US market.

Ironically, on of the reasons Tesla was successful in the first place was because they made an EV that looked, felt and drove like a normal car (the Model S) rather than being a weird thing with stupid styling.

I'm still not sure he's not just trolling everyone...

[Wadeski]

I would guess this is the crazy, wild, talked-about truck they use to establish Tesla in the truck market, without having to go-head-to-head with Ford / Chevy at all. A bit like the gullwing door Model X was for big family cars.

Then they will follow up with a broader appealing, less Judge Dredd model once the kinks are ironed out.

[just passing by]

genius. perfect for downtown dystopian living. our Stateside urban cousins will quickly tire of shelling out for an old-tech F150 Raptor. those in the farming communities in the flyover states, not so much.

[ogrodz]

In a billionaires cave somewhere in California, reeling from the news of RIVIAN's electric pickup...

Musk: Have we got any chance of winning?
Kryten: Their craft is greatly upgraded. We have no chance whatsoever.
Musk: Then I say fight!
Kryten: Mr. Musk?
Musk: Better dead than smeg!

[Fetchez la vache]

I think I've seen this before, in a sci-fi movie in the 70's. Chuck Norris was probably in it... that blew up easily too.

[Fetthobler]

Reading the comments here means that we are just not ready for it, yet. People moan that cars are looking the same since years, here you have it, but still, people do what they do best: moan

I think that this car is actually designed for the Moon or Mars. In a couple of years Musk is going to drive it up there. Just imagine the customers who already have one, will have a stong connection to the brand. Others, want to have this car for the school run.

Very funny and interesting at the same time Love it!

It's the new Defender!

Or a much cheaper version of the bollinger, remember a couple of weeks back, people were moaning about it's price here. So, here you have it, half the price

Edited by Fetthobler on Friday 22 November 13:58

[BigChiefmuffinAgain]

Truly bizarre on the styling front. It's like they didn't have enough money to afford a designer so used an etch o sketch instead... Reminds me a bit a William Towns Aston Martin Bulldog.

This will never see the light of day.

[Nerdherder]

Wedgetastic.


Ps Always thought that MS Paint would be ace for car design. Go Tesla!

[napoleondynamite]

This is a weird publicity stunt surely. It's got people talking after all.

They cannot possibly be releasing that thing. Can they?

[can't remember]

The 'look how tough the windows are..' demonstration is one of the funniest automotive reveals since the Homer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-50514026/...

[jhoneyball]

its a brilliant and highly provacative reengineeering of a product category that is frankly an engineering embarrasment.

500 mile range? comfy interior? chuck anything in the back? 0-60 in sub 3? foundations for autonomous driving? Properly toughened bodywork for offroad use?

(If you want a laugh, think about spending 6-7 grand on colour changing paint on your rangerover, then take it offroad)

They hope they sell everyone they can make,

[Mafffew]

All pickup trucks are hideous anyway, at least Tesla are doing something a bit different.

[can't remember]

anonymous said:

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For me the big joke was naming his company after a visionary scientist who came up with ways of getting rid of batteries, but that's not a discussion I wish to have with his apostles.

[cris9964]

Looks like a ship from Elite played on the BBC micro, circa 1984

[stabilio]

Whatever you think of it, i like the way they are doing something different and not just changing the headlight shape and refreshing the front/rear end like the big traditional guys seem to do.

[sxmwht]

talksthetorque said:

This will be the only car you can make a model of with a Rubik’s snake.
Call me old fashioned but shouldn’t a pickup have an open rear deck?
What they appear to be showing us is in fact.....
A car.

It can have an open bit

[malaccamax]

I don't understand this. Someone started a thread on this truck in GG - it was prompted moved to the EV thread.
But when the editorial staff write a (belated) story on it, it stays in GG, splitting the chat. This seems inconsistent

[sxmwht]

Nerdherder said:

Wedgetastic.


Ps Always thought that MS Paint would be ace for car design. Go Tesla!

Nice details on the windows

[edwheels]

Reminds me of some of the prototypes and b&w sketches you see of the Austin Princess....

My initial derision is slowly changing to bravo for something different though... as a commercial vehicle it could look viable - plenty of space for a company logo on the side, loads of space inside, loads of space for moving people and things around, space for batteries with a massive range. My concern will be the sheer size of it - it looks way too big for the UK market - will it fit through London width restrictions? The bullet proof thing is just an unfortunate distraction I think - shame this will take away from this 'launch'...

[bloomen]

Looks a bit like a university engineering project and one of their mates knocked the appearance off a couple of days before submitting.

'Styling' aside I'd like to know the dimensions as it looks absolutely gigantic. The interior is huge and there's a giant load bed out back. I doubt it's going to fit here.