Thatās my assertion. IIHS hasnāt replaced mirrors because mirror-truth hasnāt been met.
Iāve driven camera backup for years. I do not find truth in the display. It is helpful that AR lane marking and audio warning signals aide interpreting a camera display. But nothing in-camera has come close...
It is charge port .vs. ICE gas cap mentality. A vestige.
Reminiscent of gas pumps, hoses and dirty smelly fill-ups the charge door opens from the past that the vehicle is not even a part. From designer inception to prototype the charge port has assumed the position. A position that it did not...
During the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE), Nov 5-10, typical of Tesla in the way that they used glittering and direct descriptors ābeyond imaginationā and ādefine benchmarksā to describe its S3XY vehicles.
Stainless and Performative are two unassailable and untouchable humblebrags...
What will be the range of the fourth?
Rivian R1T range is 314
GM Hummer is 343
FORDe Lightning is 270
Tesla Cybertruck ___
Is it Go Big or Go Home, A Mileage Match or something else?
Misunderstoodā¦misread āPanic Buttonā nanny engineering to provide safety device in event of Armageddon.
Sure, spring release minimizes driveaway damage as well. Thatās idiotproofing. Iāve driven off once. Iām an idiot.
Irrespective that technically Elon will be correct on both points, I think it is the weakest claim put forth to vaunt Cybertruck.
Elon needs to either boat CT or clarify that it will act as life preserver for X minutes, allowing time to escape a wet situation.
Tesla have made only claim to...
Interestingly, floatation doesnāt exactly happen in that manner. Its a fallacy to consider Cybertrucks waterproof as floatation. Yes, float exists but in the boat launch scenario Cybertruck owners can be rest assured that the ass-end of their truck isnāt going to rise, lose rear tire contact...
Tesla goes BYC, placing the cord on owners, the plug receptacles can be located inside the frunk easier than focusing on OG Gas cap locations outside - on the body.
Frunk access is shortest path to connect to chargers from either, and both, sides of a Cybertruck. Itās non-interfering...
As in āDrive awaysā?
Moot point if interest rates sky. Homeless and desperate will drive away with those charge cables anyway. Suspect EV future will be BYC(Bring your cable) but the acronym will be fancier.
Operations head at Tesla is that rare masochist who couldāve graduated from an elite 8 in Physics or McGill in Science but couldnāt pander to institutional bureaucracy and dropped out.
A job like Operations head is going to be the kind of test, daily, that feeds a dropoutās sense of...
Cybertruck is a āWatchāā¦
Itās TSLA second, arguably third, new EV platform in a storied EV career. Never underestimate a gullwing. But its unafraid to embrace ānewā and every platform is a new challenge.
Unanswered questions have sifted down to āwait and seeā. Unwanted answers to single and...
Thatās one idea that would float a boat! Especially, like using it for flotation at the rear drive unit to keep its ass high and dry.
Can Tesla recycle styrofoam peanuts to save pollution? It canāt afford taking a demerit on EPA grounds.
Simpler better:
[0029]/ ā¦Because the exterior panel 502 is made from a durable material (e.g. steel, aluminum or other metals) there is no need for an interior anti-intrusion bar or other elements to protect the passengers from a side door strike found in conventional vehicle door assemblies...
You and many others.
Imagine the surprise as people who buy a snow plow or winch ā they require a special mount to the Cybertruck. IDK about a 5th wheel towing hitch.
Anything that traditionally uses the frame of a vehicle will not immediately ājust workā. Hydraulic car lifts will damage a...
Ahemā¦ the platform, factory, TX workforce, supply chain and DOJO.
Elon has big balls changing everything at once, really. Any one of those is a heavy lift. GigaTX and IDRA are why Cybertruck never happened in 2022. Out of the blocks recruitment in Austin wasnāt anything like what was expected...
Until an engineering walkthrough is performed ala Munroe and Associates. tl;dr
Takeaway the exoskeleton. That leaves the Tesla structural batterypack(See:above). It is max. 8ā depth x 69ā+ width x 150ā length with two alum. castings chemically bonded at its distal ends.
How many sandbags...