Tesla CyberTruck pulling trailer smokes Prius getting on freeway 🤣

[Klaxon]

That is the first time I see a diagonal CT video in a portrait view

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[happy intruder]

I used to tow my 16ft boat with my old Model S and if I wanted to, it would get on the freeway getting up to speed in no time.
But at 65mph it ate about 625 watts per mile.
Can’t wait for my Cybertruck

you'll be using quite a bit more with the CT......ive heard normal driving will be at somewhere around 475 to 550....plus we dont know range yet. maybe 350.......lots of charge time required....still too may un-answered questions for me

 

[Old Pro]

For any of you that have experience in towing trailers, there was a little trailer wobble during acceleration.

 

[Crissa]

How is the driver signaling that he's merging on the highway if the CT has no turn signal stalk? Is it being controlled with steering wheel buttons or is it simply "guessing" that he needs the signal? It seems like it went on before he had substantially entered the other lane.

There is a button, like on a motorcycle. FSD and Navigate-on-Autopilot will also use signals. I believe you can also use the signals to tell basic Autopilot to change lanes.

-Crissa

 

[android04]

There is a button, like on a motorcycle. FSD and Navigate-on-Autopilot will also use signals. I believe you can also use the signals to tell basic Autopilot to change lanes.

-Crissa

Correct, there are buttons on the steering wheel to turn on the left and right turn signals. FSD and EAP (and Navigate on Autopilot on either of them) can automatically use turn signals and change lanes for you. Plain Autopilot will not use turn signals nor change lanes for you.

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

CT towing over 55, trailer starts swaying. Prius crosses solid white line while filming with a cell phone driving. dumb

 

[Crissa]

CT towing over 55, trailer starts swaying. Prius crosses solid white line while filming with a cell phone driving. dumb

We can only see the solid lines from an oblique angle, which means we can't know if they're not lanes. The solid turns to dashes so it must be an actual lane.

Solid lines, in most of North America, means 'use extreme caution in changing lanes'. Only double lines (of any width) mean 'avoid crossing' by default.

-Crissa

 

[CyberGus]

Teslas will signal automatically when driving in NoA or FSD.

 

[Haopec]

For any of you that have experience in towing trailers, there was a little trailer wobble during acceleration.

Yes, noticed that right away.. hopefully just poor weight distribution.. Luckily CT is heavier than hell otherwise that might have been a lot more interesting using a lighter truck..

 

[Crissa]

Has Tesla ever actually said their turn signals would predict what a human driver intended?

-Crissa

 

[PilotPete]

Tesla has never said they are removing the stalks because of FSD or AI.

When you learned to drive, you learned where the turn signals were and learned how to use them. I'm going to bet that 95% of the drivers out there are intelligent enough to learn a new method for using a turn signal. This ain't rocket surgery. And before anyone says the turn signals will be in the wrong place when you turn the steering wheel, you're supposed to signal BEFORE you turn the steering wheel! And if you're making two opposing turns back to back, signal when you get the wheel and your hands synced during the transition.

And if I remember corectly, the turn signal autocancel is there to prevent you from driving down the road for the next 10 minutes with your turn signal on. I believe it turns the signal off after a lane change. That's all. In the past, we used a mechanical trip to disengage the turn signal based on the amount of turn placed on the steering wheel. But lane changes don't use that much, and so people accidentally leave them on. If I remember reading the manual about it, that's what it fixes. Nothing AI, nothing predictive, pretty simple. And in my limited experience, it works real well. I've never had a problem with it.

I've said it before, car controls have changed over the years. Not all cars have the same controls. And yet somehow, we adapt. And if this makes a car more reliable, and more affordable, then I can spare the extra brain cell to learn to signal with my left hand fingers instead of my right hand fingers.

Reminds me of a blonde joke about the high beam switch...

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

We can only see the solid lines from an oblique angle, which means we can't know if they're not lanes. The solid turns to dashes so it must be an actual lane.

Solid lines, in most of North America, means 'use extreme caution in changing lanes'. Only double lines (of any width) mean 'avoid crossing' by default.

-Crissa

I have to say, nope. When the solid white turns to dashes then you may proceed. So many think it's ok to cross. It's not, it's dangerous especially when merging. it's a Caltrans engineered process for lane control. Look it up and stay safe.

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