The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money

No shit. I'd bet money the Cybertruck design isn't coming from an engineer. Elon probably sat down with his crayons, drew his dream car and forced his poor employees to try and make this piece of shit work.

Because everything musk does is basically bullshit.

• $30k Tesla
• Tesla semi
• Cybertuck 4 years late
• Full autonomous driving
• Hyperloop

https://elonmusk.today/

Who would have thought making a chassis out of a material that is denser than mild steel would result in a vehicle that is heavier? It's a truck, horrible aero drag and rolling resistance from the get go. Difficult to imagine a worse target for an EV project.

Has anyone tossed a brick at the windows yet? Or has that debacle been swept under the rug?

Every day with the Elon spam. It’s infected Lemmy.

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly as fuck?

some customers have expressed their disappointment in online forums.

Wow. That's brave of them. Throwaways, I assume.

All these problems, and it's ugly as hell to boot.

You really don’t want to be a pedestrian crossing the road in front of one of these. Just in case.

Modern day DMC DeLorean. All the disappointment and the crazy CEO to go along with it. Maybe when Tesla folds up they can get a movie made about the truck like Back to the Future. Wonder what the movie will be called?

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Who expected more from a stainless steel chassis? Stuff is heavy and expensive.

Seems like at best its almost on par with the F-150 Lightning for the fanboys...it's just $30k more.

Seriously if you're a fan boy just buy the F-150Lightning and a Model 3 and you'll save money.

You know this headline is fake because Cybertruck fan boys would never ever act like it's anything but a 100% perfect personal space shuttle + superiority license

I watched the mkbhd video on it.

It was like he was trying to make everything sound cool, even though he knows it's a disappointment.

It also look like a... Trash can lol.

the dangerous brake lights are more of a concern to me than the cost and range.

This thing is so far behind schedule and they’re failing at the basics.

Was elongated muskrat trying to make the ugliest thing on the road? It makes the Pontiac Aztec look pretty.

Ladies and gentlemen. The car built for the average man

It's a big, stupid truck but so is every other truck it's competing against. It's got poor visibility but so does every other truck/suv being sold in America. The cheapest option doesn't have the longest range but it's still longer than the average person would realistically drive in a day. It can't haul much but the overwhelming majority of people driving trucks in America aren't towing or hauling things on a day to day basis.. The people doing real work buy vans or have special purpose trucks.

The steering geometry seems nice and the rear wheel steering is interesting. Those seem like the only major positives though.

It's not as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be but it's obviously still a dumb car that shouldn't exist. That's all cars though really.

EDIT: Since the front windshield is flat, I assume its cheaper to replace than typical curved windshields? No idea though.. Might be talking out of my ass.

The mkbhd first impressions were fascinating for what he didn't say. I'm guessing that he didn't want to burn the good times he has with Tesla so he really seemed to be trying to positively spin everything. At least, that's my interpretation. The mirrors were particularly.. https://youtu.be/XxOh12Uhg08?si=jlfuFU70v5cGd8HV

The damn thing looks like it was rendered in the original quake engine. Fucking quake rally car.

I don't see how anyone could take it seriously when the introduction was to show how unbreakable the windows were.

https://youtu.be/BqGf8pqCZi0

From the looks of the crash test results, I might have to buy one of these to get in on the lawsuits that will come from those who are maimed in accidents with them.

I value my bones too much to bother doing that. But seriously, a lot of people are gonna get hurt.

This doesn't look like a car nor a truck it's a combat vehicle. Seriously, who's impressed by Elon's shooting and steel ball demonstrations? In what kind of failed state do these Tesla customers live? With a tank hull for a frame and sharp edges all around this looks like a serious safety hazard for passengers and especially pedestrians outside the car.

Why is this thing so goddamn ugly? It's like the designers took all the worst sci-fi vehicles from movies and smushed them into one.

It's shaped like the 1980s Dust Buster.

The article talking about a Cybertruck racing a Porsche

Electric motors accelerate cars faster than ones with internal combustion engines, so this wasn’t a fair fight.

Nobody's permitted to compare electric cars with internal combustion because electric is faster? I don't understand the logic.

I feel like this whole article is based on a false premise.

Go to a dealership right now, and try to find any new truck for $36,000. On paper you might be able to get the lowest base model, but in reality good luck with that.

I just checked the dealership near me, and the lowest price for a new vehicle of any kind is 39,400CAD or about 28,000USD. The lowest priced new truck is 66,500CDN, or about 49,300USD.

That's just what the world looks like now thanks to inflation. And that's not a vehicle using expensive battery technology, and that's not a vehicle made out of expensive, difficult to manufacture with stainless steel, it's just the cheapest standard truck at the dealership.

Really, it looks like the cybertruck is about bang on with prices for other EV trucks that aren't made out of entirely stainless steel. Considering that Tesla isn't a budget brand, that doesn't seem unreasonable. Nobody at Tesla is psychic, they couldn't have predicted super high inflation sparked in part due to policies enacted due to a global pandemic, so of course prices rose.

I hate the design a little less now than when it was first revealed. Will reserve my judgement untill I see one in person

Oh wow, it's actually made from stainless steel and not some shitty mild steel. I should get me one, this would be a lifesaver in Michigan

And you can bet that the specs are "best case" "ideal conditions" as well. The reality will be worse still

Isn't this true for most cars announced way ahead of their time?

Don't tell the people on the YouTube comment section on the recent Cyber truck video. So much shilling.

Each time I see a picture of this thing, it looks uglier than the last time. And it was pretty bad to begin with.

Dacia just announced the new Duster, looks pretty great and it starts at under 20.000€, that car got me excited. This car is s POS.

I love the Tesla lines of all the other cars they make. I always hated the sharp corners of the cyber truck

Cybercuck superfan here

Is it a truck? Or a car?

but the horn can play la cucaracha

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It's electric and looks cool, but I definitely wouldn't get one even if it was affordable.

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Elon Musk bad! Upvotes pls