Cybertruck suspension & brakes exposed on a lift (photos 9/16/23)

[Raebrek]

And what did you learn?

nothing, I guess it is time to rescruitinize the issue. If nothing else it makes for something to do while watching football. I was hoping a shipping expert would jump all over it.

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[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

That's the point of having quad motors - direct control of torque instead of needing to use the brakes and slack in a differential.

-Crissa

True True.
Let's see PLAID CYBRTRK on the Nurburgring at full send. Fastest Pickup...In The World haha
Besides l wanna Drag Race this thing in the quarter. It's gonna be heavy in the STOP

 

[Raebrek]

nothing, I guess it is time to rescruitinize the issue. If nothing else it makes for something to do while watching football. I was hoping a shipping expert would jump all over it.

Even the pallet is marked Penthouse.

 

[CactusPilot]

I'm going to miss my Red Brembo caliper brakes..hope they come on the Quad CT.

 

[VC-WA-CT]

Just as I suspected , brakes underneath after all.

FOUR of them. How did Elon do that?!?!?!

Am I right in assuming this means no regenerative braking? Or are these supplementary/complimentary to regen?

 

[VC-WA-CT]

Disappointed, I was hoping Elon would apply the " the best part is no part" philosophy here, to save weight

So how would that work?

I assume he means no standard brakes if they used regenerative brakes that could absorb ALL kinetic energy quickly and always come to a short distance stop. I could be wrong though.

 

[CyberGus]

Am I right in assuming this means no regenerative braking? Or are these supplementary/complimentary to regen?

All Teslas have regenerative braking, including the Cybertruck. They need friction brakes as well.

 

[Cyberman]

True True.
Let's see PLAID CYBRTRK on the Nurburgring at full send. Fastest Pickup...In The World haha
Besides l wanna Drag Race this thing in the quarter. It's gonna be heavy in the STOP

Not a prob. Ye be charging as you roll to a stop, and you can adjust how much charging/braking you do. Win/win for the win!

 

[MiguelAznar]

Brakes are for people without insurance

Brakes are for people who do not plan ahead

 

[cvalue13]

Diameter of rear brake disc is underwhelming. I was expecting dinner plates.....they give you flying bread roll 'saucers'

scale here is deceptive - that disc + caliper fills the 20” rims with little room to spare

at the same time, Tesla isn’t exactly known for its braking abilities matching its acceleration abilities

 

[Crissa]

I assume he means no standard brakes if they used regenerative brakes that could absorb ALL kinetic energy quickly and always come to a short distance stop. I could be wrong though.

While they sort of can do that now; the potential energy from the motors can exceed the battery's ability to absorb it. Also, friction brakes are still really handy when you're parked on a hill. (And required by law.)

-Crissa

 

[scottf200]

Silly me, I was expecting "purdy " red Brembo's for Christmas.

Tesla has tried to pull the wool over buyers eyes with red ones not long ago.
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/01/t...mance-brakes-behind-fancy-red-caliper-covers/

EVs have, as is pointed out above, regen that makes large brakes less required. You only heat these up in emergency maneuvers. -Crissa

There are many times when large brakes are needed. Low regen when SOC is very high and doing emergency stops or if you live at the top of a mount (various issues have come up in this example). Also doing any multiple sets of track runs with such a heavy vehicle.

 

[Crissa]

There are many times when large brakes are needed. Low regen when SOC is very high and doing emergency stops or if you live at the top of a mount (various issues have come up in this example). Also doing any multiple sets of track runs with such a heavy vehicle.

So, only one of those is where you need large brakes, and it's not on regular roads.

-Crissa

 

[scottf200]

So, only one of those is where you need large brakes, and it's not on regular roads. -Crissa

I don't think there is any excuse for modest brakes on a very heavy vehicle.

Lot of people drive at 100% when they start out on a road/camping trip. When I did this a couple days ago with a loaded UHaul trailer I didn't have any regen initially. If you need to emergency brake at highway speed you want the best stopping power you can.

There are also a lot of trailers that don't have brakes. I pulled one a couple days ago in my X.
My kid also has a trailer that doesn't have it's own brakes.

 

[Crissa]

I don't think there is any excuse for modest brakes on a very heavy vehicle.

Lot of people drive at 100% when they start out on a road/camping trip. When I did this a couple days ago with a loaded UHaul trailer I didn't have any regen initially. If you need to emergency brake at highway speed you want the best stopping power you can.

There are also a lot of trailers that don't have brakes. I pulled one a couple days ago in my X.
My kid also has a trailer that doesn't have it's own brakes.

You only need large brakes after the brakes heat up and they start slipping. You don't need them before that.

-Crissa

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