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And on the battery, wouldn't the too full option mostly be solved by having a couple of % in the battery that is always reserved for braking? The only scenario this doesn't work for is someone who lives at the top of an enormous mountain and insists on leaving the house fully charged.

I would like to understand more about this. I was thinking the main limit is the need for very high power at high speed and then high torque at low speed. Obviously the Cyberbeast can already deliver torque high enough to spin the tires so that should saturate the braking at low speed. Power...

I've seen a number of posts describing the CyberTruck as a sports car in various ways. I thought it worth putting up a few numbers to show that as currently configured, the CyberTruck is definitely not a sports car and in fact may be one of the most imbalanced vehicles on the road today in terms...

Also, it would be easy for someone with access to get a coupon cut out of a totaled CT frame and get a tensile test done to find out how ductile the material really is. Less than $500 of total expense probably if you have the material. I imagine Munroe and others have already done this.

I'm not sure. This is definitely some of the secret sauce that car companies build up over time to set their load cases. Laying aside things that abusive (pulling hard from a slack case with stiff chain) Just thinking of going over a big bump/pothole with a trailer maybe 2x? Or someone pressing...

Surely more expensive but at what volume (those giga presses cost a lot I am sure)? It would be so much more durable if they just did a stainless unibody and it might not be that much heavier. Why not actually make the frame the body and just robot polish it? Stampings, robot welding and robot...

Steel isn't necessarily heavy, in fact many steels have a higher strength to weight ratio than most aluminums. However if you want it to be stiff the steel structure is probably going to be thinner and possibly more prone to local damage. To me, the sheared off section of the CT looks really...

I really enjoying watching WD's videos, they are hilarious. I also think Tesla makes amazing, ground-breaking products that also may have flaws that will be improved over time. This is Tesla's first attempt at a truck and I am very hopeful they will make a revised CT that is even better. Every...

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I would make 2 points: 1. People want products that do what they need to do. The better the product works, the more consumers will use it. A vehicle that costs more, takes longer to add energy to, is more sensitive to how you use it and doesn't go as far on its...

I did speak to Tesla on the phone and they said you just wait for the next wave and that they would make a note in my file.