https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybertruck/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-38E4BC40-E655-44D6-BFAB-76D87D60F3BD.html
"The vehicle is designed to be plugged in when not in use. There is no advantage to waiting until the battery level is low before charging. The HV battery performs best when charged...
One of the main appeals to me of the CT was that (I thought) I wouldnt have to baby it (washing, waxing, etc) due to a lack of paint, and being made with the same steel used to make rocketships to outerspace. So much for that.
Posting this video from the Out of Spec Reviews YT channel because they got a lot of great footage of the CT construction and assembly after the launch event while touring the factory floor.
More recently, just in the past few weeks I think, Elon reiterated that the reduction in size was due to the Boring tunnels. Although now I can't find the source for that quote. May have been in a recent interview.
"This is the first truck that we're aware of that will have four doors over a six-foot bed and fit into a 20-foot garage. So, it's a -- it's sort of biggish on the outside, but it's even bigger on the inside. So, it's a -- that's a -- one of the elements of good design is it should feel bigger...
The main reason they shrank the CT was to fit in the Boring tunnel - that likely meant not only reducing its width but also its length to fit in the elevators.
Really? I think what is confusing/throwing me off is in the photo, the wheel wells appear to be part of the "exoskeleton" (using Teslas word for it) whereas in the graphic I referenced (which I think also originally came from Tesla?), the wheel wells are clearly part of the casting attached to...