Close call with a drop off - Can Cybertrucks see down?

[Aerospace2061]

I did a dumb move and drove off a sloped embankment (in manual, medium height) from a higher parking lot to a lower parking lot only a few feet in height difference. The belly hit the pavement edge, no curb, of the top parking lot on the way down. Just scratches and gouges to the underside skid plate, everything else is fine. It seems the Cybertruck enjoyed it. I don’t recall any warnings or alerts popping-up similar to when I get close to curbs or other cars so wondering if Cybertrucks and other Teslas can sense drop-off hazards? Planning to go back to the same location and test in FSD and manual. Anyone have any experience or info about sensing drop-off hazards?

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[mongo]

I did a dumb move and drove off a sloped embankment (in manual, medium height) from a higher parking lot to a lower parking lot only a few feet in height difference. The belly hit the pavement edge, no curb, of the top parking lot on the way down. Just scratches and gouges to the underside skid plate, everything else is fine. It seems the Cybertruck enjoyed it. I don’t recall any warnings or alerts popping-up similar to when I get close to curbs or other cars so wondering if Cybertrucks and other Teslas can sense drop-off hazards? Planning to go back to the same location and test in FSD and manual. Anyone have any experience or info about sensing drop-off hazards?

I haven't seen any data on that use case. If you were at low speed and it didn't give the parking distance warning beeps, it may not interpret the drop off correctly.

That's not a skid plate (unless you got one aftermarket), it's the battery pack. The Cybertruck does have a air gap in the pack bottom, but make sure there aren't any punctures.
Did you rip off the rear (or front) wheel aero fairings?

 

[SlegMD]

This urban warrior needs a skid plate.
On that note there are probably minimal sensors there, so I wouldn’t say the truck liked it lol. As mongo said that’s probably the battery…

 

[mongo]

This urban warrior needs a skid plate

Tesla is coming out with one:

 

[noobla3]

Tesla is coming out with one:

Does this cover the entire belly of the truck?

 

[Crissa]

Back to the OP, though, did you use the forward or rear camera? Those look down more than the other views; and could maybe have helped you see the edge before you went over it? That's how FSD identifies curbs when it's parked for a long time; my Mazda is one of the first with reverse camera capability and that's what I use it for, to see the edge of the mountain so I don't go off.

-Crissa

 

[Aerospace2061]

I haven't seen any data on that use case. If you were at low speed and it didn't give the parking distance warning beeps, it may not interpret the drop off correctly.

That's not a skid plate (unless you got one aftermarket), it's the battery pack. The Cybertruck does have a air gap in the pack bottom, but make sure there aren't any punctures.
Did you rip off the rear (or front) wheel aero fairings?

Surprisingly all the aero fairings survived, but suffered several scratches and gouges to the battery pack. Doesn’t seem to be any punctures, thankfully. I consider myself lucky and will hang up my urban off-roading hat from now on. Anyone know what the bottom of the battery pack is made of? Thinking I should prime it or something?

 

[Aerospace2061]

Back to the OP, though, did you use the forward or rear camera? Those look down more than the other views; and could maybe have helped you see the edge before you went over it? That's how FSD identifies curbs when it's parked for a long time; my Mazda is one of the first with reverse camera capability and that's what I use it for, to see the edge of the mountain so I don't go off.

-Crissa

Unfortunately, I wasn’t watching the screen. Just saw the parking lot out in front (didn’t realize it was another lot several feet lower and thought it was a continuation of the parking lot I was on. So I just kept going straight and over the edge to end up on the lower lot. Not a good move but damage seems minimal to the belly, thankfully. I consider it a big lesson learned. But thinking there should be an alarm for this type of case.

 

[mongo]

Sort of similar from China

 

[CyberGus]

As far as anyone can tell, the front-bumper cam is not used for FSD. It remains to be seen if it is used during slow/parking maneuvers, but that seems to be its intent.

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