Are We Villains? IGN Article [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS]

[Cybertruck2024]

https://www.ign.com/articles/want-an-easy-tv-villain-give-them-a-cybertruck

Weird article on IGN, but unfortunately some valid points as well. Cybertruck keeps popping up as the vehicle driven by villains on various TV shows. For those without the ability to think very hard, real life driver's become guilty by association... to fictional bad guys.

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[Fugue]

Being the target of so much propaganda, it must be doing something right.

 

[bubber14]

I don't mind being the villain. Let their jealousy feed me

 

[SlegMD]

 

[CyberGus]

 

[dpoll995]

Good. As a matter of fact I have devotion badges on mine anyway so it’s kinda my style to be the villain

 

[Sposborn]

Everyone is weird as fuck in this day and age lol. IGN hasn’t had much to report on lately so evidently they want to make some snide shit of an article. What happened to people?

 

[FloridaMan655321]

MK ULTRA is real, and is still happening. Only difference is the media is also doing it.

 

[pricedm]

For entertainment, put one of these stickers on your Cybertruck:

 

[CyberGus]

I’m gonna start a new “Flat Truck Society”

 

[Eka]

I've always been viewed as a villain.... I got called a witch and devil's child as a kid.* Might as well drive a villain's vehicle.

* I should mention Alistair Cooke, of Masterpiece Theater and BBC's Letter From America, called me the nicest child he ever knew.

MK ULTRA is real, and is still happening. Only difference is the media is also doing it.

None of MK Ultra's subjects were ever able to live normal lives after. . . .

 

[devdrone6]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

When they run out of bad people to blame, they start blaming the good people.

 

[VAF84]

Might actually sell more by doing this. What do all the “cool” big time villains drive? Range Rovers, G Wagons, Mercedes, BMW. Might actually be interpreted as the CT making it to the big leagues.

 

[Pulaski]

Might actually sell more by doing this. What do all the “cool” big time villains drive? Range Rovers, G Wagons, Mercedes, BMW. Might actually be interpreted as the CT making it to the big leagues.

Pretty funny and spot on.

Side note have you seen any significant battery capacity decrease with your Sierra EV over time? I have one in our fleet as well as a few Silverado EVs and I just heard from our shop manager they have already seen greater than 10% range loss on the batteries over the first twelve months. As compared to the Cybertruck's which have actually shown a slight gain of range. For the first one I was chalking it up with GM's range calculations may not calculated correctly or maybe they do and the and driver doesn't understand everything correctly. But being shown the same information across multiple models from GM I'm seriously worried about their outsourced batteries and lack of battery warranty for our fleet.

 

[VAF84]

Pretty funny and spot on.

Side note have you seen any significant battery capacity decrease with your Sierra EV over time? I have one in our fleet as well as a few Silverado EVs and I just heard from our shop manager they have already seen greater than 10% range loss on the batteries over the first twelve months. As compared to the Cybertruck's which have actually shown a slight gain of range. For the first one I was chalking it up with GM's range calculations may not calculated correctly or maybe they do and the and driver doesn't understand everything correctly. But being shown the same information across multiple models from GM I'm seriously worried about their outsourced batteries and lack of battery warranty for our fleet.

That’s weird, I have a 2024 with 22k miles and I’m still showing 440 or more miles when I charge to 100%. No loss whatsoever. However, it had a big mix of use and charging types. At home it gets charged to 80%, and usually keeps an SOC between 40-80%, and 48amp charging. On projects I top out at 100% using DC fast charging and draw down for 1-2 weeks until 20%. Roughly 2-3 big road trips (600-1000mi each way) a year using fast chargers and drawing down to 15%. About 6 day or weekend round trips (350 mi rt leaving at 100% and back at 7-10%). I do both cruising and frequent hard pulls. It may mean nothing, or it could mean something, just some data points.

Have you been doing the software and module updates? Did you all change tires or wheels? Is the driver aware of things like weather, speed, elevation, wind speed, that affect efficiency? I haven’t seen anything on the Silverado forum regarding complaints about range loss from battery capacity.

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