thoughts about the cybertruck?
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here are mine:
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(not that a Big Mac was my first option to begin with …)
That looks like a truck made by someone who is mad at trucks.
You made a cybertruck … out of a DeLorean?!
It is ugly, really ugly. Expensive, and offers no advantage over a ICE engine truck. Its future is as promising as a Segway.
In what way is it “here?” My understanding is that it was announced almost four years ago but still isn’t commercially available. And others who look at the design say it’s going to be very difficult to produce. (For one thing, the shape is very difficult to achieve using the steel panels.)
I know we’ve seen these photos before here on SDMB, oh yeah, here it is: Tesla Cybertruck. Anyway, my question then as it is now is, what’s the point?
I assume the truck part starts behind the rear door (although I also find it odd that none of the photos I have seen actually show the truck bed). So the truck bed, and therefore the capacity of it, must be quite small. Therefore, the point can’t be to have a “stylish” truck, nor really any kind of truck at all.
I suppose the target market is tech weenies who are insecure about their manhood.
I don’t think it’s “here” yet. According to The Drive (Aug 24),
the truck is entering the last phases prior to customer delivery.
And I can’t tell from the “after” picture in the OP, but I’m not sure if the customer version will actually have “sub 10-micron tolerances” for all parts of the truck, according to the article.
Musk lives in fantasyland.
Isn’t that the market for most trucks (aside from the “tech” part)?
They aren’t hard to find. One of them:
It’s a 6.5’ bed, which is a bit longer than usual for crew-cab configs. It gets a little extra space from the short nose. That is, a truck is basically hood+cab+bed, and for a given total length you can get more bed if the hood is shorter.
It also has a roll-down bed cover, which should be convenient for people that store expensive tools, etc. in their bed in not-so-secure areas.
I didn’t know you could order a Cybertruck on Wish.
A friend of mine ordered one before Musk went Full Metal Weirdo. Doesn’t have it yet. Last time I asked about it, she seemed defensive.
I think they’re ugly as hell but would never say that to my friend. I think she suspects those are my views, though.
No, it’s not.
Yes, I see the genius of it now.
I would not be surprised if that was the point. Same story as X, née Twitter.
I don’t mind the look, and I like our Tesla Model X. I think I have soured too much on Musk to buy another Tesla though. And, there are many more options now.
I was under the impression it didn’t use gasoline, can be charged at night in your garage, and requires little maintenance.
Well, it’s the market for some trucks. Yes, most trucks are bought by people who really need to tow stuff, but I know of multiple people who own a truck for no good reason, and they’re exactly that type.
No:
According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être —once a year or less.
The idea that most trucks (sold to consumers) are used for truck stuff is absurd. They’re just SUVs in a different form factor. Hence the popularity of crew cabs.
That 75 percent using it less than once a year says “for towing”. Trucks have a bed. You can carry stuff in the bed that wouldn’t fit in another kind of vehicle, and even if you could, it loads and unloads easier out of a truck. The 35 percent that never use it for hauling is actually almost exactly what I was saying - most people use it to haul stuff, but there’s clearly plenty who don’t.