The TRUTH About Cybertruck Frame / Hitch Snapping In Half! (Bearded Tesla rebuts WhistlinDiesel)

[Kahpernicus]

Couple things not mentioned - the CT was partially on the ground when the back end fell on the culvert, so you can't attribute the entire weight of the vehicle to downward force. Either way, it was more than it was designed for - we can all agree on that.

What I think is the bigger concern that we seem to all gloss over is - if this happened with a traditional truck -if it was bent (which imo I don't think box beams would bend even at the forces applied here), they would bend it back (common for frames to be "straightened") or perhaps peice in new rails (cut out old, weld in new).
What is the remedey here?

The portions that snap off are designed around reparability. so they would weld/reinforce of partial castings there. According to the engineers at tesla.

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[ED2016]

Stupidity to the power of infinity. is that what it gets 11 millions of view these days? These click baiters creating fake contents, none scientific torture test likely good for military tanks - no one does these test to any vehicles in real life. They do anything to get millions of views, their channels is filled with destructions of nice vehicles... I wonder why no one questions their mental health state, likely due to multiple brain injuries conducting these stunts. I feel sorry for the guy, he seems need a serious diagnosis & treatment ...

 

[CbadRDR]

I tow out dump trailer to the dump once a week. My cybertruck crushes my diesel Denali in every towing category. It is silly watching these paid YouTubers and poor haters try and pick on the cybertruck. “Wasn’t it like $100k?” “Yeah - and my Denali was $92k. But eats $250 a week in gas and the front wheels have no traction when towing the same load the cybertruck handles with ease.”

From The Bearded Tesla:

The Tesla Cybertruck is unlike any truck before it, and although some are attracted to the truck for that very reason, the way the truck is built is also very different from traditional trucks. When it comes to the structure of the Cybertruck, no compromises can be made given the high levels of claimed capabilities.​

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YouTuber WhistlinDiesel just recently posted his long awaited video where he utterly destroys the Cybertruck. In this video, he submits the Cybertruck to a gauntlet of torture that would destroy any truck, and in the end, the truck was still functioning somehow.​

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Comparing the Cybertruck to a "real truck" was the purpose of the video in question, and in that torture testing, a critical failure occurred in the structure of the Cybertruck. While pulling a stuck F-150, the rear end of the truck completely snapped off.​

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At first it was hard to understand how this could possibly happen. At closer inspection, we can clearly see the truck failed at the casting, which is the frame of the truck. Essentially, the casting snapped in half, releasing the trailer hitch with it. Left with a snapped rear casting and a tow hitch that has completely let lose from the truck, it raises a lot of questions about the strength of the truck for towing.​

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It is extremely important to understand how a casting works, how the Cybertruck is engineered, and the circumstances leading up to the ultimate failure in this case. The Cybertruck is undoubtedly engineered to be extremely strong, and even claims the designation of bullet proof. But all vehicles, no matter how tough, do have failure points, and in this case, the abuse the Cybertruck was submitted to ultimately caused a catastrophic failure.​

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During a segment of the video, the Cybertruck is driven across a row of 4 foot culverts. At the end of the row, the Cybertruck gets stuck and is pulled out with the F-150, and when it clears the last Culvert, it is dropped with force on the rear of the truck and the Culvert and then again on a concrete spike on the ground.​

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The Cybertruck is rated to tow 11,000 lbs and a tongue weight of 1,110 lbs. In this case, a more than 6k lb truck was dropped right on top of the trailer hitch, and rear structure of the truck from a height. The vertical forces that the rear of the truck were submitted to were well beyond that of any truck on the market today is rated to handle. This ultimately led to the failure we later see when the F-150 is attached to the rear of the Cybertruck and pulled hard.​

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Having towed nearly 10k lbs across the country, I can say from experience and with confidence that the Cybertruck is more than capable of towing massive loads. It is also safe in doing so and to submit the truck to destructive testing does not represent the trucks overall structural strength.​

 

[mongo]

I tow out dump trailer to the dump once a week. My cybertruck crushes my diesel Denali in every towing category. It is silly watching these paid YouTubers and poor haters try and pick on the cybertruck. “Wasn’t it like $100k?” “Yeah - and my Denali was $92k. But eats $250 a week in gas and the front wheels have no traction when towing the same load the cybertruck handles with ease.”

Out of curiousity, what was the hitch setup on the Denali? It starts out with more front axle weight than the Cybertruck so the front wheel traction issue is interesting.

 

[nolie]

The F-150 handled a lot more punishment than the CT and the hitch didn't come off. Do I want to worry about what real-world conditions may or may not break my hitch and send my trailer flying?

 

[mongo]

The F-150 handled a lot more punishment than the CT and the hitch didn't come off. Do I want to worry about what real-world conditions may or may not break my hitch and send my trailer flying?

The F-150 was lowered by an excavator, not dropped, and it still bent.
Neither situation was "real-world"...

 

[AACS]

You want the the truth about the Cybertruck frame?
Here it is:

* Cast Aluminum breaks & separates when subject to a sudden impact ! *

Case closed.

 

[Mini2nut]

More FUD being spread.

The internet hate for the Cybertrurd, I mean Cybertruck, is off the charts.

 

[AACS]

More FUD being spread.

The internet hate for the Cybertrurd, I mean Cybertruck, is off the charts.

Sorry, truth hurts !

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