CyberBeast performance test review: 250 mi range @ 75mph, 0-60 2.6 sec, 1/4 mi in 11.0 sec, skidpad 0.75g (Car and Driver)

[Old Spice]

Read the full review article:

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Beast Tested: Space Truckin'

Questioning reality in the quickest pickup on the planet.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/


Instrumented test / range results:

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[CyberTW]

Seems not bad

 

[ZillaVilla]

Seems like there's lots of information that may not be correct. So I'll ask her in the owners club about statements made in the article. What do you guys think of this? Is it new or incorrect information?

Locking Diff on front only?
The Foundation Series, a $20,000 upcharge, gets Full Self-Driving capability, and all Beasts have an electronic locking front differential—neither was enabled on this early-build truck though. (Dual-motor trucks get a locking diff at the rear, too, but the Cyberbeast's dual rear motors take care of that need.)
https://www.caranddriver.com/review...t/#:~:text=The Foundation Series,of that need.)

Would dual rear motors really negate the need for a locking diff in a low traction scenario? I'd take locking rear diff before locking front diff any day!

Gross Weight 9169 lbs?
Thanks to its gross vehicle weight rating of 9169 pounds, the Beast is technically a heavy-duty truck
https://www.caranddriver.com/review..., the Beast is technically a heavy-duty truck

Brake By Wire?
It has steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire
https://www.caranddriver.com/review...:text=It has steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire,

I really want to trust well-known publications like Car and Driver, but when speculation is presented as fact like:
The rear-axle steering plays a role, too, enhancing agility, to the point that the Beast's dual rear motors don't do any torque vectoring across the axle because the truck is nimble enough already.

As if they were told by Tesla engineers this is the reason they don't do torque vectoring...Doubtful.

 

[CyberJet]

Seems like there's lots of information that may not be correct. So I'll ask her in the owners club about statements made in the article. What do you guys think of this? Is it new or incorrect information?

Locking Diff on front only?
The Foundation Series, a $20,000 upcharge, gets Full Self-Driving capability, and all Beasts have an electronic locking front differential—neither was enabled on this early-build truck though. (Dual-motor trucks get a locking diff at the rear, too, but the Cyberbeast's dual rear motors take care of that need.)
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/#:~:text=The Foundation Series,of that need.)

Would dual rear motors really negate the need for a locking diff in a low traction scenario? I'd take locking rear diff before locking front diff any day!

Gross Weight 9169 lbs?
Thanks to its gross vehicle weight rating of 9169 pounds, the Beast is technically a heavy-duty truck
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/#:~:text=Thanks to its gross vehicle weight rating of 9169 pounds, the Beast is technically a heavy-duty truck

Brake By Wire?
It has steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/#:~:text=It has steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire,

I really want to trust well-known publications like Car and Driver, but when speculation is presented as fact like:
The rear-axle steering plays a role, too, enhancing agility, to the point that the Beast's dual rear motors don't do any torque vectoring across the axle because the truck is nimble enough already.

As if they were told by Tesla engineers this is the reason they don't do torque vectoring...Doubtful.

The one thing which I found strange was they said cyberbeast was 834 hp and everywhere else it says 845.

 

[CyberJet]

Read the full review article:

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Beast Tested: Space Truckin'

Questioning reality in the quickest pickup on the planet.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/


Instrumented test / range results:

The review seemed much better than I expected to be honest!

 

[Strykerwsu]

I want to see an AWD fully tested. Have I missed that somewhere?

 

[TexasRaider]

I want to see an AWD fully tested. Have I missed that somewhere?

Isn’t this a n AWD? The CB has 3 motors, and they only list 2 motors in the specs.. Right?

 

[pricedm]

I read the C&D piece...surprised they didn't take their usual dump on Tesla. Author's struggle: oh I really like it, but Tesla doesn't give us any ad money, so I will be like Biden and not try to say Tesla or anything too positive lol. Trying to paint 48v as a negative...ROFL.

Good to see mainstream media with an overall positive write-up.

 

[CTInProcess]

Bunch of shills and bias…

The Ford Lightning has a 0.77g skidpad… rigged

 

[Crissa]

Isn’t this a n AWD? The CB has 3 motors, and they only list 2 motors in the specs.. Right?

They don't specify the number of motors. But it says they tested the Cyberbeast, and has the proper hp for the unified rear pair.

??‍

-Crissa

 

[ParTheBar]

Read the full review article:

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Beast Tested: Space Truckin'

Questioning reality in the quickest pickup on the planet.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a60115630/2024-tesla-cybertruck-beast-test/


Instrumented test / range results:

Legacy auto publications always include ‘expected range’ v battery efficiency. Of course vehicle with more batteries will go farther, but which is most efficient (ie more advanced batteries)?

 

[CTInProcess]

250 miles at 75 mph is class leading….. wow

 

[Qball]

That’s plain crazy and shouldn’t be legal……until I can afford one.

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