Cybertruck Makes Appearance @ Cyber Rodeo!

[flowerlandfilms]

Windscreen wipers have always been stupid. An arch attempting to wipe a rectangle is pure poppycock. Poppycock and fiddle-faddle.

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[JBee]

Yes, except the front-facing FSD cameras are at the top-center of the windshield.

Yep but they are located further down the windscreen in view of the driver behind the rear view mirror, and well within range of the wiper sweep.

 

[JBee]

Amazing… all this time I thought the windscreen was at least 20% wider than the height.
The structure tapers in and there's a trim. For reference, length of windscreen in blue :

The wiper is offset a bit to the side, and slightly raised off the bottom. We also have heavy? Tint across the top. The current path could well fully wipe without needing to extend.

Sorry I shouldn't be so blunt as I have an unfair advantage when it comes to CT geometry in the form of a 3D CAD model I drew from scratch.

Where did you source that drawing from btw, it looks like the sidewalls are curved as the thickness of the plastic wheel arches vary from side to side.

 

[charliemagpie]

Sorry I shouldn't be so blunt as I have an unfair advantage when it comes to CT geometry in the form of a 3D CAD model I drew from scratch.

Where did you source that drawing from btw, it looks like the sidewalls are curved as the thickness of the plastic wheel arches vary from side to side.

Google is my fiend

https://www.dimensions.com/element/tesla-cybertruck

 

[JBee]

Google is my fiend

https://www.dimensions.com/element/tesla-cybertruck

Hmm strange that they have that curve...

 

[charliemagpie]

Hmm strange that they have that curve...

Follow the black line

Not only do they have the curve , but also has a bulge in the middle.

They would have had to draw it in, likely artistic license

The 2nd pic rear perspective is straight.

 

[JBee]

Follow the black line

Not only do they have the curve , but also has a bulge in the middle.

They would have had to draw it in, likely artistic license

The 2nd pic rear perspective is straight.

Design wise this would actually make sense to do, in that it would help aerodynamics and reduce arears of the vehicle that don't need the width, outside of the passenger area. But for the life of me I have not noticed it in real life from any of the CT photos I've seen.

So now, thanks to you, I'm looking to find some evidence of this curve. Nothing so far. :-/
I'm surprised that they drew it in at all.

 

[JBee]

Ok I figured it out what is happening.

From the side it's all curved and bulges.

And then the same camera and same location and same CT 10 seconds later it's all straight.

So it has to be interdimensional, it's simply so fundamentally awesome it's warping time and space around it and is whatever you want it to be!!!

I got the screen grabs above from this video below. Btw I believe this one is a flat windscreen and frunk hood, but because the front grill and bumper is curved, it looks like it curves the frunk and windscreen. If you cover up the grill with your hand the curve effect on the frunk disappears and becomes straight.





I've packed a straight edge and my laser level, booked a flight to Austin for tonight, who can smuggle me in to Giga Texas to measure this thing up?

 

[Dids]

Two small tidbits I noticed on closer watch of the best video I've seen yet of the truck.

1. the ports in the side wall that people were hypothesizing were hvac ports for the vault are in fact strap/tie down points.

and
2. there is a plate light over the rear plate in the base of the tailgate above the plate that points down and illuminates the license plate. As seen below this is daylight/bright lighting with the sun coming from the complete front of the vehicle, and yet there is lighting on that plate nook. Since we do not see any lighting points on the bumber sides of that nook.. logically, the bottom of the tailgate at that point is probably a light bar similar to the rear lighting facing backwards. This is separate from the two yellow lights on either side of the plate mounting point.. which I assume are backup lights or additional turn signals?

Sure they are obscure and relatively unexciting features... but this is the stuff I am interested in seeing.. functionality that means they are making progress on finishing the design for production quality vehicle.

That's the first time I have seen the tie down up on the sail they used to be lower on the side wall. I don't see why it can't be both a tie down and an HVAC port.

 

[Ogre]

So it has to be interdimensional, it's simply so fundamentally awesome it's warping time and space around it and is whatever you want it to be!!!

Nit so much in this thread, but people keep trying to use every rough measuring to come up with dimensions and it usually comes out with weird numbers.

The slopes and angles and curves are subtle and have weird effects on perspective. It is a rolling optical illusion.

 

[Crissa]

Google is my fiend

https://www.dimensions.com/element/tesla-cybertruck

The numbers there (at this point in time) are from the release-night Cybertruck.

The current model is apparently about as wide (>80") and less long (6-12" shorter).

-Crissa

 

[flamaest]

Did I miss it or does the front bumper have a hole for a winch to be installed?

 

[Dids]

Nit so much in this thread, but people keep trying to use every rough measuring to come up with dimensions and it usually comes out with weird numbers.

The slopes and angles and curves are subtle and have weird effects on perspective. It is a rolling optical illusion.

It's almost like looking into a black hole and seeing something.

 

[Ogre]

It's almost like looking into a black hole and seeing something.

Also, you can tell the posts I make from my phone…. So many autocorrect typos.

 

[Bigvbear]

Did anyone notice that the side sail openings appear to be gone from this version? It's solid metal from the vault cover to the wheels, no seam for the sail to open.

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