yep! We live in Stanwood, our daughter is playing basketball through the Y, I was late after taking delivery of the CT and only caught the last few minutes of the game.
We will have to do a parade in downtown after I get mine.. Hopefully in the not too distant future. I am a member at that Y as well.
Definitely! I plan to get over to Walker Valley in 2 more weeks (i should be off of weekend overtime by then) for some lighter trails. We have a cabin in Leavenworth, I want to get onto some of the forest service roads along HWY2 as well.
Haha, it looks like your Cybertruck has highwater pants on today!
When doing these adventures, I assume you know roughly how far the trails are? Or how was the range anxiety going through these trails?Took my Cybertruck exploring in the North Cascades today. There is still plenty of impassable snowpack at elevations above 3000 feet, so I was mostly limited to elevations below that:
I explored a lot narrow trails, a few of them were dead ends, a few ended in deep snow. Sometimes I avoided exploring unknown tight trails in my F-150 because of this, many of them end without turnarounds which can lead to a lengthy and sometimes difficult back down for quite a distance. I never know exactly where the snowpack is going to block forward progress. However, the Cybertruck, even though it's only 6" shorter than my F-150, can turn around like a champ with its rear wheel steering and tight turning radius. I was super impressed with how much easier it was.
As the Cybertruck noses into the beginning of a multi-point turn on a narrow trail, the rear end swings wide (rather than dragging to the inside of the turn). Backing up, the same advantage happens in reverse. The net effect is I was able to turn around in places my F-150 couldn't, or do a three-point turn in places my F-150 would have to do a 5- or 7-point turn. I think I did a couple of 3-point turns in places my F-150 could not have turned around at all due to obstructions.
Also, the 270-degree steering from lock-to-lock transforms what can be a tedious steering exercise into pure pleasure, and the front camera makes it much easier to pull up close to sharp drop-offs without fear that your wheels might fall over the edge and leave the truck stuck on the edge of a precipice, or worse.
Finally, the precise throttle control of an electric drive instills a lot more confidence compared to easing on the gas pedal of my F-150 while wondering when the engine, coupled through a torque converter, is going to finally provide enough torque to start moving. And, when it does, it tends to want to just keep accelerating unless the throttle input is immediately reduced which can then lead to unwanted stopping, especially if one or two tires fall into a hole or bump up against a rock. A gas engine and torque converter, even when functioning perfectly normally, provide inconsistent torque to the wheels, compared to the predictable torque of the electric motors. The gas engine with a torque converter also requires a lot more pedal work between the brake and the throttle to affect these types of multi-point turns on narrow trails with steep drop-offs, making turning around tedious.
The Cybertruck was confidence inspiring and super easy to drive. I thought the rear wheel steering was going to require quite a learning curve but it's already starting to feel natural and predictable to me.
Not going to lie, I never actually thought about the wheel wells not causing issues with loading....I've just gotten so used to it with my trucks that not seeing them completely went over my head! Picking mine up Sunday (fingers crossed) and hoping to find more fun surprises like thisHere's my favorite shot so far:
It's not the full load yet, but it illustrates some of the things that set it apart from most other trucks on the road:
1) Suspension set to "Entry Level" for ease of loading these heavy rounds. This made it super easy to load.
2)The bed doesn't have wheel well intrusions so I could roll the rounds straight in without having to figure out how to accommodate the wheel wells like I always did when cutting firewood with my Ford F-150. This is a BIG deal in terms of ease of cargo loading and placement. Unloading them at home was also super easy, I never even climbed into the bed until it was time to sweep it out, because the rounds just rolled right out with the help of one of my favorite tools, my hookaroon. I've never had such an easy loading/unloading experience, and at my age I welcome all the energy I can save.
3) The depleted Husqvarna chainsaw battery is fast-charging while I cut with the second. I didn't even have to start my gas chainsaw. The electric cuts just as fast as my gas screamers and has more torque, making it less likely to fall off the powerband in the cut if you get too aggressive. The 120V outlets are great for anyone making heavy use of cordless tools.
4) No sag in the rear-end. After I loaded all 16 of these heavy rounds (110 pounds each, average) and all my tools and saws back into the truck, I lifted the suspension to medium ride height with a touch on the screen and it rode level and smooth as glass. This truck handles fantastic with a heavy load.
I don't think I know of any that are longer than about 25 miles, range anxiety is simply not a problem here. It's not even close to being a problem, I can blast the heater in the cold with zero concern. Even on the more mountainous trails, much of the energy consumed on the climb is returned on the descent. Even if I made it to the top and ran it to zero, it would charge back up on the descent and allow me to run the heater the entire time.
Thanks for the detailed info! As I've had 2 teslas prior to the CT (pickup SundayI don't think I know of any that are longer than about 25 miles, range anxiety is simply not a problem here. It's not even close to being a problem, I can blast the heater in the cold with zero concern. Even on the more mountainous trails, much of the energy consumed on the climb is returned on the descent. Even if I made it to the top and ran it to zero, it would charge back up on the descent and allow me to run the heater the entire time.
Range anxiety is largely invented by the lamestream media to make people think twice about ditching their gas cars and trucks.
Two days ago I drove from 1000 feet above sea level to 3500 feet on a steep, twisty single lane road filled with potholes to dodge, some heavy, wet snow patches to drive through up higher and wet dirt, leaves and forest debris. The pressure in my all terrain tires was 44 psi cold. It was 46 degrees F and the truck started out colder than that and I moved along at a businesslike clip, steering around the biggest potholes when possible, slowing down to 10-12 mph when there was no path through, mostly my speed was 17-25 mph on both the ascent and the descent. I stopped briefly a few times and played in some deep heavy snow, but the round trip was 17 miles, I'm just using this as an example of energy consumption on steep terrain at somewhat slower speeds. On a longer trip, like if I had done the same drive 4 times in a row, my efficiency would have been better because the truck started out cold and warmed up as I drove. Four trips like this would be 68 miles of driving averaging perhaps 20 mph, or about 3 1/2 hours of driving without stops.
Maximum regen was reduced due to the battery having sat overnight outside in the cold but I still had enough regen I didn't need to use the physical brakes but perhaps once. I finished the drive only consuming 6.9 kWh of energy or 408 Wh/mile, about the same as an easy cruise on a level highway at ~65 mph. Another way to look at it is that, under these conditions, I got ever so slightly better efficiency than my all-time average of 409 Wh/mile.
Another way of looking at this, under these same conditions, I could have driven 301 miles on the full 123 kWh battery. At 20 mph average speed that would take over 9 hours of non-stop driving. And that ignores the increasing efficiency as everything warmed up from driving further. Short trips are always quite a bit less efficient than longer trips.
Now there are plenty of overland routes in N. America that would greatly exceed the range of the Cybertruck without charging along the way, but you are not going to find them in the North Cascades. I could do this particular trip over 17 times on a full battery. In the summer it would be considerably more.
I never even think about range on trips around here, I only charge to 70%.
) I would slightly disagree with the range anxiety. As I've planned to charge at 3rd party chargers to find out they were broken, and showed up with "0%" left at the next charger. Gave me some anxiety
