Cybertruck is MID"SIZE" pickup truck, prove me wrong....!!!

[JBerger]

Narrower than the Raptor

Not by much

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[TBONO]

Not by much

6.6 inches in width is a lot.
not sure if you’ve ever driven a truck wider than 80 inches wide

 

[JBerger]

6.6 inches in width is a lot.
not sure if you’ve ever driven a truck wider than 80 inches wide

Where you getting this information

 

[Mini2nut]

I think this video gives a good perspective of size. Keep in mind that Franz is 6' 3".

I am confident that the new dimensions, roughly 4-5% smaller, now means that the Cybertruck will fit inside the average American 2-car garage and The Boring Tunnels.

 

[cvalue13]

I don’t trust CV’s numbers either, he has a casual relationship with physics.

Cybertruck's doesn't appear to be any bigger on these latest prototypes, if anything @cvalue13's measurements would suggest smaller than that number.

I understood what you meant

Basically, CT reveal wheelbase numbers of ~150” don’t square with appearance of pre production prototype being that materially longer than that of the F150 or Silverado.It’s a fair point.

And that beyond that, even subject to the clear and easily understandable caveats of my measurements and resulting described error band, the CT wheelbase would seem at most nearer to F150/Silverado, not longer.

These observations combined, seem as good or better a basis for conjecture than anything.

No less founded than the conjecture that “but in 2019 they said ~150”” (which sort of principle - of relying on the 2019 specs as the only knowable facts - I notice people are selective in applying when it suits them).

But fine, uncle: the pre-production has a wheelbase 5” longer than the competition just as “promised” at 2019 reveal.

In which case Tesla added 4WS to the CT not really to make it more maneuverable than the competition, but instead to make it competitive with the competition.

What’s strange, though, is the explicit admissions both the nose and bed are shorter, combined with plenty of visual evidence that the interior dimensions haven’t gotten larger, but the wheelbase - by gawd - couldn’t possibly have gotten any narrower.

 

[Ogre]

Where you getting this information

People tend to pull ssshtuff out of their nether regions and quote it as fact around here.

 

[greggertruck]

People tend to pull ssshtuff out of their nether regions and quote it as fact around here.

it me! hahaha

 

[diangelorocks]

From the recent alpha prototypes it is clear that Cyber truck downsized to Midsize category putting it in competition directly with the Rivian R1T.

Midsize comparison is by overall dimension and not by towing / payload number which I think might drop from original release.

I have attached pictures of the Truck in comparison.

Rivian vs F150 Lightning

Rivian vs Cybertruck

Cybertruck vs Tacoma

How do we know your pictures aren’t zoomed out a little bit on the cyber truck to make the cyber truck look smaller? I’ve seen the video of the CT winning the tug of war contest and the CT looked a little bigger than the F150. I understand the production CT is a little smaller than the prototype but no more than 3 inches shorter and that should make the size comparable to the F150. Until you have a production CT side by side with the latest model of a F150 please stop the speculation and slander of this great truck that will eventually outsell all other trucks.

 

[TBONO]

Where you getting this information

Ford raptor with is published since the truck has been around for like 9+ years 86.5-86.6 inches wide, not counting the mirrors, Ford F150 and every other full-size truck that is not a desert runner which the cyber truck is modeled after is 80 inches.

 

[JBerger]

Ford raptor with is published since the truck has been around for like 9+ years 86.5-86.6 inches wide, not counting the mirrors, Ford F150 and every other full-size truck that is not a desert runner which the cyber truck is modeled after is 80 inches.

Alright my apologies. Solid information

 

[TBONO]

People tend to pull ssshtuff out of their nether regions and quote it as fact around here.

Or maybe we own and understand the vehicles that the CT is being compared against:
Ford raptor with is published since the truck has been around for like 9+ years 86.5-86.6 inches wide, not counting the mirrors, Ford F150 and every other full-size truck that is not a desert runner which the cyber truck is modeled after is 80 inches.

But hey, if this isn’t good enough, you can keep counting chickens?

 

[cvalue13]

I don’t understand the “church of the 2019 reveal specs and Musk tweets”

it’s like a religion that’s canonized its bible and demands univocality in its passages

as a result, when presented with conflicting information in the world, they on brand first deny emphatically. Eventually data piles against them, so they begin negotiating with the text of the cannon to eek out any semblance of harmony between the conflicting information.

which, is a fine position for one to take for their own selves.

but, as is typical of such religions, anyone who doesn’t share their cannon, or their requirement for univocality, gets shouted down as a heretic.

things that earned such a shouting down on this forum not too long ago, regardless of reasonable visual or other evidence:

• Suggesting the bed was no longer 6.5’ long
• suggesting the interior no longer accommodated a full 6th seat
• suggesting the frunk didn’t encompass the entire area between bumper to dash
• suggesting there was no midgate
• suggesting the bed was no longer SS

And to the extent the visual evidence accumulated to the point of needing address, the negotiation with the cannon retreated to “this is just a prototype it could still change back/be an option” - as if anyone disagreed with that theoretical possibility.

Meanwhile, with a hypocrisy also typical of such groups, when on equally “speculative” information a change from cannon is perceived as a *good* thing, there’s no such reluctance to assume and propagate this new feature as “likely” or fact.

Someone uses a potato phone app to judge the bed is 6’ wide, with no accompanying thought support, and the congregation is in ecstasy, speaking in tongues

Someone instead uses no worse a method to suggest the bed is only 4’ wide, and the congregation starts building a pyre

Even more than shouting down, it’s the hypocrisy that’s the hallmark of the “church of the 2019 reveal specs and Musk tweets”

Such a joke

 

[Ogre]

Or maybe we own and understand the vehicles that the CT is being compared against:
Ford raptor with is published since the truck has been around for like 9+ years 86.5-86.6 inches wide, not counting the mirrors, Ford F150 and every other full-size truck that is not a desert runner which the cyber truck is modeled after is 80 inches.

But hey, if this isn’t good enough, you can keep counting chickens?

LOL. I didn’t realize the Raptor was that wide

I’m just a little tired of fan theories, apologies I didn’t think about the comparison.

 

[TBONO]

LOL. I didn’t realize the Raptor was that wide

I’m just a little tired of fan theories, apologies I didn’t think about the comparison.

?. That’s all good.
The ram TRX is even wider at 88 inches. I believe it’s the widest production truck made aside from whatever commercial/monster categories that may be out there. As a point of reference the original hummer H1 military vehicle we all know is 86.5 inches wide.
I highlight this as I’ve been driving trucks for many years and people get caught up on length, but it’s actually with that makes driving the vehicle, much more challenging in urban environments. I could care less if a vehicle is 5 inches longer or shorter. You really won’t notice a difference in most applications however, every inch of width makes a big difference when it comes to parking maneuvering, etc..

The reason the raptor and TRX are so wide is because they have 35 inch or even 37 inch tires that need to tuck under the fender well under full articulation
there’s no way to do this without having a very wide vehicle.

 

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