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It would be cool if it had the ramp!

It has a 27-gallon gas tank. The total range is 690 miles and an electric-only range is 145 miles. That means an extender-only range of 545 miles. So 545/27 = 20.185 MPG if my computation is correct. But with a 145 mile fully-electric range, that would cover most driving by most people most of...

Well, they claim on their web site that it will be available in Fall 2024 - so approximately 1 year, and probably before Tesla will have my Cybertruck anyway. But I fear that it will be costly, and sold in only limited numbers in ZEV states. I should have added that it will also have...

For another comparison: 2025 Ramcharger - payload capacity: 2625 lbs. towing capacity: 14,000 lbs. Range (with range extender): 690 miles Horsepower: 663 Torque: 615 ft.-lbs. And, as a bonus, it has locking cargo compartments on the outsides of the left and right bed walls. I hope Cybertruck...

The bed walls look thick enough to provide ample sail pillar storage. What else would all that space be used for? And the tail gate looks fat enough to easily house the telescoping ramp/backstop. Hope remains alive.

I didn't dream the "500+" range spec. Here is the information they were disseminating back in November of 2019: InsideEVs: https://insideevs.com/news/383197/tesla-pickup-truck-reveal-cybertruck-performance/ The Sunday Times...

Yes that is the same as what I have on my Sierra. It is a great feature. GM probably has it well patented.

After they dropped the tail-gate, you can see what looks like a grab-opening in the middle of the bottom of the inside of the gate. I would think that this is - maybe - to lift a back-stop up to extend the bed to 8 feet. It is a shame that no one in the video was curious enough to investigate this.

My GMC Sierra has a rear-view mirror that is mostly useless. But as soon as you start it up, the dark murky mirror image in the rear-view mirror is replaced by a clear, bright digital camera image. I don't even think about it not being a real rear-view mirror and when other people get into to...

Please remember that Tesla did not promise a mere "500 (or at least well into 400)" miles. They promised "500+" miles. That means at the very least 500 miles, but perhaps more. They were strongly implying something more along the lines of 510 or 520 miles. If they are going to make these kinds...

Fortunately, as we have seen in other Tesla models, many of the items on the list can be provided or given work-arounds by after-market suppliers, at additional cost.

Fair enough, but that still leaves the tailgate backstop for 8 ft. loads (like 4x8 sheets of dry wall or plywood). My GMC Sierra (they call it a "load stop") has that and Elon promised we would have it on the Cybertruck, but I haven't seen any sign of it on the prototypes. If we aren't getting...

I would add these items that were promised at the unveiling (or shortly thereafter): Unlikely 500+ mile range Tailgate backstop for 8' loads

Yes, these are great pictures from the video. The rear wheels clearly don't turn nearly as much as the front wheels, but enough too allow the CT to turn at much sharper angles than a typical pickup truck. I think the angle that the rear wheels can turn is limited by the need to keep the wheel...

I used to think 4-wheel steering was a gilded gimmick to appeal to rich-boy techno-philes. But after driving my GMC Sierra 3500HD for almost a year, I can see how it would be a near necessity for a big hulking pickup. Parking my Sierra in a diagonally oriented parking space is a challenge, but...

Won't 'Boat Mode' likely increase the spread of invasive species like the Zebra Mussel? And wouldn't this likely result in all Cybertrucks having to stop and be inspected in the same way that boats are in many states?

I too would love to see of a test run of this process on the production line. I hope that they will release a video of this before too much longer.

Very cool video. Thanks. This is what I would like to see for the Cybertruck. There is still the issue of the speed and cost of this process versus die cutting and stamping, but there is no paint process involved, so that may cancel out any extra cost in forming the body. I still think there is...

Of course it can be done. That's how they fabricated the prototypes. But can it be done as a high-volume low-cost automated mass-production process? How does this compare in cost and speed with traditional automotive body fabrication? I hope that you are right and that in the coming months we...

I have no idea either. In researching this question I came upon the following article which now has me wondering about the efficacy of the whole notion of origami scoring and folding the steel as a high-volume low-cost mass-production process...