Range for AWD Cybertruck 200-250 miles after many real world tests

[CYBRSMTH]

Lots of interesting data collected. CyberTruck is heavy with a big, heavy battery (123kW) and I bet people are going well over 70MPH on the highway. CT owners need those V4 Superchargers STAT!

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[windydrew]

I bought an ER Lightning and have a towing range of 160-180 at 60mph. It doesn't seem like the cybertruck is going to be able to do that in current form. That is an issue and why I bought a Lightning instead of a CT. That, and I got $15k in total discounts which brought my total to less than $65k. It's going to save me $1k per month for my solar business I run. I haul equipment all over the state and am looking forward to all the DC chargers the state has planned to build next year. It should open up my range possibilities and eliminate fossil fuel usage from my life (direct usage obviously)

If you are planning on towing long distances, the Cybertruck is not for you. It is a truck that is perfect for commuting, the occasional long trip without towing, or towing within a 75 mile range. Maybe one day the Cybertruck will fit your needs, but not now.

Edit: I will add this. They have done studies and less than 10% of people who have a truck like a F150 actually tow with it. If you are part of that 10% who actually use a truck as a truck, buy a F150 ICE. I live in a truck town and 90% of the people here would be perfectly suited for a Cybertruck. My neighbor has a F150 and I asked him if he could help my pick up lumber at the Home Depot. He said he didn't want to scratch up his truck.

 

[mitochondria]

Cancelling my RN1127 Jan-March delivery order because of this post. Purchasing a max pack Rivian R1T instead.

 

[HaulingAss]

It's mostly just Tesla calling whatever it wants "exoskeleton", including the exact same parts that a MY has. So the MY has an exo too right?

Look at the facts, Tesla deemed the design of the Cybertruck "exoskeleton" because the stainless panels carried a significant part of the load, *you* are the one who said Tesla was wrong to call it an exoskeleton because the stainless panels *were not* load bearing. Then, later, you changed your story to say the exterior panels don't carry a *significant* amount of the load.

The other part you can't differentiate is load bearing or ingress protection. Or where the load paths are, and how only some of the rear quarterpanels are tied into the load structure etc, etc, etc.

Only in your mind. The front quarterpanels are load bearing too (as evidenced by their method of attachment). Furthermore, there are only two rear quarterpanels so claiming only *some* of the rear quarterpanels are part of the load structure is nonsensical. But you do nonsensical with the best of them.

It's not a good look for you to continue to pretend you knew what you were talking about all along. Time to man up and admit just how wrong you were with regard to the panels being structural. They are structural, just as Tesla has always said they were, end of story.

 

[FRSandro]

I have an invite to order. I'm waiting to see real world mileage.

I want 250miles minimum guaranteed, no matter what highway speed or load or A/C use.

I will never hipermile. I hate those fers. I wow to never become one of them. ?

 

[HaulingAss]

I have an invite to order. I'm waiting to see real world mileage.

I want 250miles minimum guaranteed, no matter what highway speed or load or A/C use.

I will never hipermile. I hate those fers. I wow to never become one of them. ?

Ford has invited me to order one of their Ecoboost F-150's. I want 20 mpg minimum guaranteed, no matter what the speed or load.

 

[FRSandro]

BTW to those saying there's a supercharge by every X miles...

The more you have to recharge, the more time you waste.

I want to recharge by my bathroom break schedule. Which is usually, you guess it, 250miles.

Ideally, I'd love to see it closer to the advertised 350, so I'd take less time charging. So 300 would be heaven for me.

I'm hoping it won't bug me to top off at every 150 highway miles....

 

[ChiTownCT]

Sweet heaven these numbers are atrocious.. Add in winter weather in Illinois and its even worse I bet.. I dont know what to do..

 

[HaulingAss]

That's great, there are plenty of gas trucks to go around. Good EV trucks have quite a waiting list. Very generous of you to to let someone else move up in line. ?

 

[HaulingAss]

I bought an ER Lightning and have a towing range of 160-180 at 60mph.

I towed a kayak once!

 

[FRSandro]

Ford has invited me to order one of their Ecoboost F-150's. I want 20 mpg minimum guaranteed, no matter what the speed or load.

It's not about the mpg. It's about the range.

My current truck with a full tank and fully loaded with 4 passengers and toys gets me to 250 miles and it takes 10 min to refill. My bathroom break and stretch is usually much longer.

I'm hoping the CT advertised 350 will give me a similar opportunity, without me having to wait for it to recharge for too long.

Is that asking too much?

 

[HaulingAss]

It's not about the mpg. It's about the range.

My current truck with a full tank and fully loaded with 4 passengers and toys gets me to 250 miles and it takes 10 min to refill. My bathroom break and stretch is usually much longer.

I'm hoping the CT advertised 350 will give me a similar opportunity, without me having to wait for it to recharge for too long.

Is that asking too much?

Yes, it's asking too much considering the most range Tesla ever claimed for the Dual Motor is 340 miles, not 350 miles.

But you missed my point. Asking for a certain range regardless of speed and load is unrealistic, it violates physics because range is dependent upon speed and load.

 

[Gurule92]

Uh oh guys. What do we do ?!? Ill be lucky to leave my neighborhood!! ?????

 

[Darth abbott]

Screenshots are from videos, little harder to spoof, and the fact they they are coming from 3 different owners, 3 different parts of the country lends some legitimacy.

All three of these YouTubers are on cross-country trips with brand new high performance electric trucks. Some of which have never driven a Tesla. They are all in a hurry together where they're going. The speed limit in this part of the country is 75 miles an hour plus, and it's winter so they're all using heat. The cybertruck at 80% charge is probably around a 270 mile range. Couple that with the off-road tires which comes on the foundation edition for some reason, the fact that they're all probably hot riding quite a bit, and using the heater, and driving in mountains and you're not going to have great range. It's as simple as that lol. Also if anybody who's buying an EV to tow over 200 mi you're not smart no offense they're just not capable of doing it.

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