Rear Wheel Steering in Action by Cybertruck Swerving on Public Roads 🛞

[Deleted member 12560]

the RWS is cool and all.. but it just screams POINT OF FAILURE to me. I guess it is TBD.

Isn't every moving part on a vehicle a point of failure? Some fail sooner than others.

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[TyPope]

Yes, but now it is doubled.

I'll take that chance... parking my F350 long-bed in small parking lots suck a bucket of donkey... Well, it sucks. Or rather sucked. I have an F150 now. I CAN tell you though - backing into parking spots is your friend with long wheel bases. And that F-350 had the turning radius of an aircraft carrier. (The F-450 I had, on the other hand, with it's wide mono-beam front suspension would turn on a dime. I suppose a large turning diameter up front does that.)

But, I really, really want 4-wheel steering for parking lots if nowhere else!

Oh, and why do Home Depot, Lowes, and Menards have the smallest parking spots? I mean, you are quite likely to find a large percentage of trucks in those lots and yet they are all small... Angled spots would be nice but you have idiots who pull through those and effectively face the wrong way. Sigh... just give me 4-wheel steering, please.

 

[Ehninger1212]

I'll take that chance... parking my F350 long-bed in small parking lots suck a bucket of donkey... Well, it sucks. Or rather sucked. I have an F150 now. I CAN tell you though - backing into parking spots is your friend with long wheel bases. And that F-350 had the turning radius of an aircraft carrier. (The F-450 I had, on the other hand, with it's wide mono-beam front suspension would turn on a dime. I suppose a large turning diameter up front does that.)

But, I really, really want 4-wheel steering for parking lots if nowhere else!

Oh, and why do Home Depot, Lowes, and Menards have the smallest parking spots? I mean, you are quite likely to find a large percentage of trucks in those lots and yet they are all small... Angled spots would be nice but you have idiots who pull through those and effectively face the wrong way. Sigh... just give me 4-wheel steering, please.

Dont get me wrong, its cool and handy. I guess my perspective on the usefulness is skewed living in Texas.. our cities are just made for trucks haha.

If its optional it wont be added to my build.

 

[Cyberman3000]

It looks like a Cyber Pontiac Aztec from this angle

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[BigAl]

Just Beautiful...

 

[rxfelix]

Yes, but now it is doubled.

In truth it is more than doubled. For two failure events, the probability of neither occurring is the product of their individual failure probabilities. If, for instance, each axle has a probability of failure of 50% in a given time, the probability that neither will fail is (.5 x .5) or .25. Thus the probability that either one, or the other, or both will fail is (1 - .25) or 75%.

However, the actual design failure rate is certainly small enough that I for one am not worried about it.

 

[TyPope]

Dont get me wrong, its cool and handy. I guess my perspective on the usefulness is skewed living in Texas.. our cities are just made for trucks haha.

If its optional it wont be added to my build.

Keep in mind that it has a longer wheelbase than trucks the same length so it'll probably turn horribly without 4 wheel steering.. Like F-350 crew cab long bed bad.

 

[John K]

Yes, but now it is doubled.

Have you ever had your steering go out on any vehicle? Barring accidents and alignment.

 

[Diehard]

Dont get me wrong, its cool and handy. I guess my perspective on the usefulness is skewed living in Texas.. our cities are just made for trucks haha.

If its optional it wont be added to my build.

I am generally with you on keeping things as simple as possible. The stress and time lost on breakdowns hardly justify most added conveniences for me. I would definitely prefer the truck without air suspension. A lot of Range Rover owners spent a lot of time and money on it but some Lexus owners are very happy with it with minimal issues. I am not sure which one is CT closer to but I rather not have it on CT (I doubt I will have the option) but for rear wheel steering I would take the additional risk. A lot of GM owners that have used it for years love it and would want it again. And with my current lightning, every time I get out of my driveway, I have to cut into the oncoming traffic. On most parking lots, I have gotten the feel for parking an aircraft carrier and can make it work but in some situations, it can be really handy. If I lived in Texas, I probably would skip it.

 

[SpaceYooper]

It looks like a Cyber Pontiac Aztec from this angle

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LOL. You're not wrong. It won't stop me from buying, but it's unfortunate that I won't be able to unsee this now.

 

[AlphaG]

It looks like a Cyber Pontiac Aztec from this angle

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[AlphaG]

I always thought the rear of the cybertruck was the least pleasing angle, now I know why!

 

[FarAway]

Do you think the license plate makes my A$$ look too big?

 

[Bill W.]

There is a picture somewhere of 3 closely-spaced lights lit up in the center of the rear light bar. I believe that is the CHMSL.

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