Is this a Cybertruck casting / frame / part shown in video posted by Tesla?

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Someone have an idea of what this is? It looks like a casting… but none we’ve seen before.

Fooled too many times to leap to any assumptions.


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@ED_SFO posted some Model X images and it’s almost certain that’s what this is.

You can see it in motion on video:

PS: It’s not a “Leak” if Tesla smacks you in the face with it.

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I have my doubts, but I have my hopes too.

It's a tight shot. Maybe for a reason.

The side rails. The holes for axles.... the length.

I'd say 80% likely!

 

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I think those rails on the side are a separate part, not one massive casting.

But the right side of this thing looks… spot on like a Cybertruck and it’s way too big to be a Model Y.

 

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Only other possibility is it’s a Semi. Doesn’t quite look right for a Semi though.

 

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Ogre said:

Someone have an idea of what this is? It looks like a casting… but none we’ve seen before.

Fooled too many times to leap to any assumptions.

You can see it in motion on Tesla’s Linkdin

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tesl...in-robotics-activity-7031387678763872256-tPI6


PS: It’s not a “Leak” if Tesla smacks you in the face with it.

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It looks like it's 'Working Out' for you JOEY 2000.

 

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I also considered Semi, but with only one rear axle space, seems more plausible to be Cybertruck.

 

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Updated the video link to Twitter which will play as an embed.

Watched it a couple times and sure looks Cybertruck-ish Those rails on the side are likely what the body connects to. Look to be aluminum.

 

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I tried doing some perspective correction and superimposing that side rail and castings onto the existing truck and it certainly looks within the margin of error.

No chance it’s a Model Y unless it’s some weird Frankenstein-car or 2 half cars stuck together.

 

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Only one set of wheel wells. I think its the semi, which, unlike the CT, is in production

 

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Only one set of wheel wells. I think its the semi, which, unlike the CT, is in production

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I keep going back and forth.

Thus “I can lift 40,000 pounds”.

Very interesting even if it is though. If so, curious that the Semi line is this automated.

 

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This doesn’t look tall enough to be a semi frame.
Could legitimately be a CT frame this is pretty exciting

 

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Ogre said:

I tried doing some perspective correction and superimposing that side rail and castings onto the existing truck and it certainly looks within the margin of error.

No chance it’s a Model Y unless it’s some weird Frankenstein-car or 2 half cars stuck together.

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Maybe the Semi is just a Cybertruck with an extended cab

 

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