Lockers confirmed but not yet available! "Locking Differential Controls Coming Soon"

[cvalue13]

I was just asking for a little thought to be put into a posting.

not once has anyone here wished my posts were longer, with more parsing

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[Woodrick]

Wow, how much hostility can you have?

I was just asking for a little thought to be put into a posting.

Whoops I was thinking that this is another thread. Strike the last sentence.

 

[CybertruckAgent]

They tested it tho ?!?!


Tweet:

The explanation for the differences is easy, because they’re not actual lockers. It’s software that modifies traction control settings. Mechanical locking diffs are a totally different animal, at best CT will be able to somewhat simulate a locking diff system. Ford has been doing this for a few years with the first iteration of the Expedition fx4 in 2018. Testing showed in the toughest stuff it doesn’t equal true lockers and tends to overheat.

Most users will never take their vehicles that far off road, and honestly they shouldn’t with something so big and heavy as CT.

 

[Pulaski]

In order to achieve safety, reliability, and useability standards, they tend to highly refine things in testing first before sending it to the general fleet. This is simply how Tesla chooses to operate, and I fully agree with their strategy. It makes them far more nimble and quicker than any other OEM.


This is a completely new platform and it will take a while to really refine things. I'm happy they chose to limit certain aspects instead of us waiting an untold number of months/years. Don't you? Are there seriously any deal-breaker features that you can't go without for a while?

My thoughts exactly. I'm happy to get behind the wheel sooner than later and get options through future updates. Especially knowing how good the Tesla team is.

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

The explanation for the differences is easy, because they’re not actual lockers. It’s software that modifies traction control settings. Mechanical locking diffs are a totally different animal, at best CT will be able to somewhat simulate a locking diff system. Ford has been doing this for a few years with the first iteration of the Expedition fx4 in 2018. Testing showed in the toughest stuff it doesn’t equal true lockers and tends to overheat.

Most users will never take their vehicles that far off road, and honestly they shouldn’t with something so big and heavy as CT.

I think the tweet reflects 3 different vehicles, one with open diffs and traction control disabled, one with front and rear lockers aka Dual AWD and one with front locker aka Beast So, they tested a limited slip vehicle, actual front and rear lockered vehicle and then a front locker and rear motor vectoring vehicle. Lockers are lockers. That is mechanically locked gears in a differential done by electronic pistons, spring tensioned pistons and or air actuated pistons that move a gear into place to engage both shafts to be one.

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