We are still seeing Release Candidates ..... public release won't be for months

[cvalue13]

... That means it will be months before there is a public release. Tesla still have to crash test the final production vehicle with NITSA, they usually release to employees before general public. If my guesses are correct, we will be lucky to see it on the streets in publics hands before 2024. S00n?

just to level-set some possibly incorrect assumptions here

FIRST:

NITSA doesn’t crash-test these vehicles before retail sales.

Manufacturers crash test the vehicles, then submit the regulatory-required information to NITSA for certification.

at times, NITSA may later acquire and crash-test samples. But that is a post-sales confirmation / keep-em-honest process. NITSA generally only does this with high volume vehicles, where they get the best bang-for-buck. Even after public sale, many lower volume or luxury vehicles are never independently crash tested by NITSA.

SECOND:

while it’s already been said, to add: not only is Tesla past RC builds and we’re seeing now instead some MC builds, it’s not necessarily the case that the MCs need separate, extensive testing.

The testing of the vehicle performance (including crashworthiness) can be done primarily on the RCs. The RCs, once competed/validated, ARE the final CyberTruck**. They are all production parts, ultimately completed to production specs. The only difference is that they are somewhat completed by hand (mostly at the beginning, less so towards the end).

The MC builds are ‘manufacturing confirmation’ units, used to confirm that the LINE can put them together as intended, to the same specs as the RCs were able to accomplish.

accordingly, while the MCs may still be put to various confirmation tests, like follow-up crashworthiness tests - this in theory wouldn’t need to be as extensive. They’ve done crash testing on numerous RCs at this point, and know the vehicle as intended performed sufficiently (or they wouldn’t have moved to MC builds) - and follow-up testing would be if at all to confirm that the line-built MC units are similarly performing as expected. And if they don’t, it means there’s an issue with the line builds, not the vehicle as intended.

so, all in all, none of this is to say Tesla isn’t still doing important work and there isn’t still work to be done - but the post I’m replying to would seem to have one believe that progress is further behind than it is.

**that said, getting the line / MCs dialed in isn’t necessarily the easy or quick part. Challenges can arise ar this stage, regarding the line.

it’s the difference between hand building a piece of furniture, and next building essentially an automated robot that can build the furniture for itself.

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[samueldion1]

Is this real? Looks like pretty extensive crash testing going on.

 

[cvalue13]

Is this real? Looks like pretty extensive crash testing going on.

no

 

[samueldion1]

no

How do you know???

 

[intimidator]

... That means it will be months before there is a public release. Tesla still have to crash test the final production vehicle with NITSA, they usually release to employees before general public. If my guesses are correct, we will be lucky to see it on the streets in publics hands before 2024. S00n?

The predictions were that we would have a CyberTruck launch event by the end of the summer, then it was guessed to be the end of September. Then October.

Hmmm, will it now be in November? If so , IMO we will only see hundreds, less than a thousand, delivered in December. If you tell me i am wrong and none will be delivered until January, okay I could see that as being possible.

 

[CyberC]

How do you know???

I'm not sure if this is a joke or not but...that is very obviously computer generated. The graphics are in line with what you'd see in video games 15 years ago.

 

[TyPope]

Is this real? Looks like pretty extensive crash testing going on.

LOL. I like the part where the tailgate flies off and the brake light is on.

 

[PilotPete]

How do you know???

In addition to what CyberC said, this is not the environment in which crash tests occur. There are really bright lights to support the really high speed cameras. The wall isn’t a 20’ high 40’ wide wall, it is a small purpose built (replaceable) wall, there are tracks below the vehicle from where it is towed to the scene of the crash, there are windows under the impact point to film the event, they don’t test to 260kph (162mph) on any test, much less a vehicle that isn’t intended or is speed limited below that speed.

Other than that? Nothing much. Just a hunch.

 

[samueldion1]

That is why I asked the question, but the graphics look pretty good to me.

 

[PilotPete]

That is why I asked the question, but the graphics look pretty good to me.

It’s not the pixel count in the graphics that are off, it’s the laws of physics and their implementation in the simulation. Some of the parts and truck don’t react properly when viewed against an actual crash test. It’s that part of the graphics.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

The predictions were that we would have a CyberTruck launch event by the end of the summer, then it was guessed to be the end of September. Then October.

Hmmm, will it now be in November? If so , IMO we will only see hundreds, less than a thousand, delivered in December. If you tell me i am wrong and none will be delivered until January, okay I could see that as being possible.

Sadly, probably no one here knows how long the delay may be because probably no one here knows what the reason(s) for the delay are. We are all in the same, frustrating, boat.

 

[intimidator]

Sadly, probably no one here knows how long the delay may be because probably no one here knows what the reason(s) for the delay are. We are all in the same, frustrating, boat.

Yes, you are right.

I put in a reservation November 2019. I thought I would get a CT at the end of 2021.
Then it was end of 2022. Then it was it would come out 3rd quarter of 2023, but deliveries to us on that part of the list wouldn't be until 2024.

It has been so long, and there are probably 2 more years of waiting to go before I get a CT, that it is hard to get too excited anymore. Kinda of just casually watching now.

 

[CyberGus]

How do you know???

Watch closely, it's definitely a render

 

[Bill W.]

I'm not concerned about the actual meaning of MC, until it stands for My Cybertruck!

 

[CyberGus]

Is this real? Looks like pretty extensive crash testing going on.

From the YouTube description of this video:

"BeamNG.drive is an incredibly realistic driving game with near-limitless possibilities. Our soft-body physics engine simulates every component of a vehicle in real time, resulting in true-to-life behavior."

It is self-described as a simulation.

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