Wireless Charging not coming to Cybertruck (says lead engineer Wes Morrill)

[Baldyloxx]

It's exactly what he's saying. More battery protection = harder to do effective induction charging.

There are other ways to achieve this… a remote coil placed under the bed in the hollow… for example

I really don’t want to heat my HV battery like we do our cellphones now..

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[SCTesla]

Wow. Surprised that Sawyer was duped like that.

He wasn't @HaulingAss is either joking or uninformed. This news didn't come from X it was a direct quote from Wes.

https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3103/tesla-scraps-wireless-charging-plans-for-cybertruck

 

[TheLastStarfighter]

He wasn't @HaulingAss is either joking or uninformed. This news didn't come from X it was a direct quote from Wes.

https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3103/tesla-scraps-wireless-charging-plans-for-cybertruck

That website is just quoting the same fake Twitter is my understanding.

 

[SCTesla]

That website is just quoting the same fake Twitter is my understanding.

The "fake twitter" put Wes' words in quotes, too. Sawyer tagged the real Wes in his post (down below).

If this is fake, Wes will respond, he's active on X.

 

[mongo]

That website is just quoting the same fake Twitter is my understanding.

The source material wasn't on X. I've seen it.
Can I confirm the account is really Wes? No, but it had reasonable data previously.

 

[YDR37]

Porsche has announced that inductive charging will be available for the forthcoming Cayenne EV in 2026. Further details:

• Up to 11 kW
• Efficiency up to 90 %
• Active cooling
• Charging pad 50 kg and 1,17 m 46“ long
• Car lowers automatically when it parks over the pad
• Motion sensor shuts down the plate when living beings or metal is being detected
• Price 2.000 Euro vehicle, 5.000 Euro for the inductive plate, plus an electrician

7,000 Euros would be about $8,220, which seems like a pricey way to avoid the inconvenience of plugging in.

 

[HaulingAss]

The source material wasn't on X. I've seen it.
Can I confirm the account is really Wes? No, but it had reasonable data previously.

Wes Morrill's real account is here:

Wes (@wmorrill3) / X

I assume this is the fake Wes Morrill account:

Wes Morrill on X: "Wireless charging will not be coming to the Cybertruck due to efficiency challenges from the vehicle being too high off the ground. "Wireless charging for something as far off the ground as the CT is silly.” https://t.co/2wXizDD5vE" / X

This account doesn't have a blue checkmark, the real Wes Morrill account does. Tesla often doesn't correct misinformation that is posted about them, but I have not seen anyone source those comments reliably to the real Wes Morrill.

 

[HaulingAss]

He wasn't @HaulingAss is either joking or uninformed. This news didn't come from X it was a direct quote from Wes.

https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3103/tesla-scraps-wireless-charging-plans-for-cybertruck

Why do you think the comments were a direct quote from the real Wes Morrill? All the quotes in that misleading article were lifted right off the fake Wes Morrill's X postings. Why do you think differently?

Gullible much?

 

[mongo]

Wes Morrill's real account is here:

Wes (@wmorrill3) / X

I assume this is the fake Wes Morrill account:

Wes Morrill on X: "Wireless charging will not be coming to the Cybertruck due to efficiency challenges from the vehicle being too high off the ground. "Wireless charging for something as far off the ground as the CT is silly.” https://t.co/2wXizDD5vE" / X

This account doesn't have a blue checkmark, the real Wes Morrill account does. Tesla often doesn't correct misinformation that is posted about them, but I have not seen anyone source those comments reliably to the real Wes Morrill.

Why do you think the comments were a direct quote from the real Wes Morrill? All the quotes in that misleading article were lifted right off the fake Wes Morrill's X postings. Why do you think differently?

Gullible much?

Like I said

The source material wasn't on X. I've seen it.
Can I confirm the account is really Wes? No, but it had reasonable data previously.

Wes wrote what was quoted in August in a place other than X. After the obviously renamed account quoted him on X, Karan (not a Tesla app) posted the article based on the original source, not the X account...

 

[HaulingAss]

Like I said


Wes wrote what was quoted in August in a place other than X. After the obviously renamed account quoted him on X, Karan (not a Tesla app) posted the article based on the original source, not the X account...

Where is the August source material the article is based upon then? Because they don't list the source.

 

[mongo]

Why do you think the comments were a direct quote from the real Wes Morrill? All the quotes in that misleading article were lifted right off the fake Wes Morrill's X postings. Why do you think differently?

Gullible much?

If you expand the posts to get the exact time, you'll see the not-a-tesla-app post on the topic was at 12:09pm eastern. The not-Wes X account posted at 3:30pm and likely copied from the article.

So I was mistaken, it wasn't prewritten and embargoed, writing/ releasing the article was triggered by a different post a few days earlier.

 

[HaulingAss]

If you expand the posts to get the exact time, you'll see the not-a-tesla-app post on the topic was at 12:09pm eastern. The not-Wes X account posted at 3:30pm and likely copied from the article.

So I was mistaken, it wasn't prewritten and embargoed, writing/ releasing the article was triggered by a different post a few days earlier.

Right, and the article doesn't disclose the source of the alleged comments from Wes Morrill. Which is a journalistic no-no and discredits the entire article.

Also note that when I open the X post from the fake Wes Morrill account it says "12:30 pm" because I'm on LA time.

In any case, this looks like deliberate misinformation, they probably know Wes has no history of quickly speaking out publicly about misinformation.

I base my opinion on:

1) The lack of proper sourcing of the alleged comments
2) The language used (silly), which doesn't sound like something Wes would say in this context.
3) No corroborating info
4) The very idea that a Cybertruck in entry mode would be too far away from a coil for an engineer to solve.
5) The fact that current Cybertruck's appears to have hardware already installed to facilitate wireless charging

Please note that I don't care one way or another if Cybertruck gets wireless charging, I would likely never use it anyway. I think this is just part of a comprehensive effort to throw shade on Cybertruck by bad actors with black hearts who take pride in thinking they matter, that they can actually stop Tesla from growing and thriving by constantly spreading bits of misinformation. I could be wrong, but I'm not willing to assume this is genuine. Elon is always 10 steps a head of those cretins anyway.

 

[CybertruckWraps]

You know, I’m kind of tired of hearing about all of the things that we don’t need and obviously should never have thought we were going to get.

This one doesn’t seem that complicated to me. Just put the inductive charging pad on a robotic lift and have it raise and lower based on which Tesla I have parked over it! It should be seamless for me and the charger should auto adjust flush (as much as possible) when not in use and raise to the most appropriate height for the vehicle sitting on top of it (w/ real time knowledge of what suspension setting is in place for those that have adjustable suspension) when in use.

I know, I know, added expense— but, come on man, we’re talking about living in the future!

“Your truck is too high, don’t be stupid,” doesn’t cut it for me.

Or have the truck have a squat all the way down mode. Or leave 1-5% filled, that should get it pretty damn close I would think…..

 

[mongo]

Also note that when I open the X post from the fake Wes Morrill account it says "12:30 pm" because I'm on LA time.

And that means you see the n-a-t-a post as ~9 am, before the not-wes post.

Cause v effect

Tesla removed the mention of the inductive charger from the service manual. And, having seen the source posts I have no reason to believe it wasn't both Wes and accurate.

 

[HaulingAss]

And that means you see the n-a-t-a post as ~9 am, before the not-wes post.

Cause v effect

Tesla removed the mention of the inductive charger from the service manual. And, having seen the source posts I have no reason to believe it wasn't both Wes and accurate.

Correct. And we still don't have a proper attribution for the alleged quotes. The media used to understand every story required the 5 W's, who, what, why, where and when. Sadly, they often leave out these necessities.

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