# Tesla Cybertruck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866 "2019-11-23T10:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 93
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1841 "2026-05-25T16:26:03Z")
Reminds me of the Pikachu car George Barris did. [![](https://imcdb.org/i536220.jpg) ](https://imcdb.org/i536220.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1842 "2026-05-25T16:55:35Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > What kind of water is that? Ice? My thought as well. Non of these numb nuts will check if it’s thick enough though. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1843 "2026-05-25T16:58:24Z")
**Q** : What do you call a CyberTruck through the ice and now at the bottom of a lake? **A** : A good start. Ba dum _Tish!_ I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. Seriously, I suspect a sunken CT is a lot less polluting than a sunken e.g. F-150. Lots less liquid petroleum. Until / unless the battery pack decides to short out. I’m not sure what the combustion products are or how polluting they are. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1844 "2026-05-25T19:32:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe Elon meant to say it could serve briefly as a _submarine_? Aha! The old [Titan gambit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion). ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1845 "2026-05-27T04:11:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe Elon meant to say it could serve briefly as a _submarine_? All vessels (and vehicles) can serve briefly as a submarine. At least once, anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1846 "2026-05-27T14:19:46Z")
That’s more your department than mine, but I’ve heard it said that going down is the easy part. Coming up … aye, there’s the rub. Yet another advantage to airplanes: We’ve never left one up there yet. Subs OTOH? Quite a few left on the bottom. Joking aside, give a moment’s thought for the many, many folks who’ve been killed that way. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1847 "2026-05-27T14:25:41Z")
I saw something CT-related a couple weeks ago that I keep meaning to post here. I finally remembered … We’ve probably passed peak CT around here, but they’re still pretty common. A day spent out and about will reliably encounter a couple of them either parked or driving. Anyhow, a couple weeks ago I saw a CT driven by a woman. Which surprised me and made me realize I had never seen that before. And I like looking at other drivers when I can. So I suspect that really was the first one where the driver was visible from my POV and was female. Anyone else noticed whether CT drivers are especially male or not? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1848 "2026-05-27T14:41:15Z")
Weird that you mention that. The one I see mostly in my neighborhood is driven by a middle-aged Hispanic woman. I’m not given to stereotyping but my subconscious is, and it keeps insisting she is someone’s maid/nanny who has been given the least desirable car in the household to use for running errands. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1849 "2026-05-27T14:46:25Z")
Someone at my workplace drove up in one not long ago. I made inquiries to find out who this person was, and found out it was a lady whose regular Tesla was in the shop, and she had been given the CT as a loaner. Can you imagine? “Nah, I’ll walk.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1850 "2026-05-27T15:26:39Z")
IDK. If I was already a Tesla owner / driver I might like to try a CT as a loaner. When I get my car serviced I always to try get a loaner or rental that’s something different that I might like to own. Or at least try on for size. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1851 "2026-05-27T18:35:03Z")
Given a CT as a loaner, or no loaner, I’d take it. A lot of the issues are with the ownership (cost, depreciation, difficulty to repair/maintain, etc), the _image_, and of course if you have the infrastructure to charge it. But it would be among my _last_ choices. Because while it’s apparently reasonably easy to drive, I -do- care about the image, it’s too large to park easily or probably even get into my garage. The last two may be a non issue for people used to driving a vehicle that size, but I drive a Prius. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1852 "2026-05-28T03:41:22Z")
I certainly wouldn’t mind a test drive. Saw a Tesla tonight, as it happens, with the bumper sticker, “BOUGHT BEFORE THE PLOT TWIST.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1853 "2026-07-29T21:16:19Z")
Saw a Cybertruck yesterday in a hotel parking lot. It was a glossy dark purple all over - one of the better-looking CTs I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1854 "2026-07-29T21:37:57Z")
I saw an all-black one last night in a parking lot that actually looked pretty nice as well. And they parked well away from every else. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1855 "2026-07-29T22:02:47Z")
There are a few of them that I’ve seen that look kind of cool for a CT because they are done well or cleverly. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1856 "2026-07-30T11:38:45Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Given a CT as a loaner, or no loaner, I’d take it. I’d prefer something else. I’ve read the sight lines are bad, and it must be a pain to park. But i have the charging infrastructure. (Well, I’d need an adapter, but assume that would come with the loaner.) And yeah, who cares if a loaner has bad fit and finish, or is expensive to repair. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1857 "2026-08-10T01:54:48Z")
[Bloomberg: Is Tesla Cybertruck The Next Edsel?](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/bloomberg-is-tesla-cybertruck-the-next-edsel-22367156.php) ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1858 "2026-08-10T04:23:32Z")
The Cybertruck has been out for 3 years. It’s not the _next_ Edsel, it’s the most recent Edsel. Has the ratio of hype to (lack of) sales performance in the Cybertruck been matched by anything since the Edsel? The other examples in the article (DeLorean and Pontiac Aztek) certainly had advertising and press tours, but was it more than any other new car model? For the DeLorean I’m not really sure what kind of hype it might have received, because my knowledge of it went directly from (alleged) cocaine smuggling to _Back to the Future_. I don’t recall that the Aztek was hyped anymore than any other new car launch. Not “the future of cars and the company” type hype, just “here’s our new model and it’s versatile” hype. The Aztek is a weird one, though. Obviously it was a failure, but it was a design and execution failure, not a fundamental misunderstanding of the market. It was introduced near the start of SUVs and the CUVs taking over the car market. People wanted something like the Aztek, just not the Aztek. Most failed cars are only remembered by a few enthusiasts, and others who at most say, “oh yeah, I remember that,” and then promptly forget about it again until it’s mentioned on some messages board. Think VW Phaeton (an ultra luxury car, from the brand that was bringing you diesel Golfs), or the Lincoln Blackwood (a Ford F150 with Lincoln badging and leather seats). No doubt in part due to the casting of an Aztek as Walter White’s car, it now has the so ugly it’s kind of cute image. Both examples from the article are remembered by the general public because of their later media presence. As the article asks, in 25 or 70 years how will the Cybertruck be remembered? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1859 "2026-08-25T20:40:07Z")
Tesla has increased the price of two Cybertruck models by $5,000, which should help sales. [https://carbuzz.com/tesla-cybertruck-base-price-increase-august-2026/](https://carbuzz.com/tesla-cybertruck-base-price-increase-august-2026/) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1860 "2026-08-25T21:57:02Z")
> **[Despite Abysmal Sales, Tesla Raises Cybertruck Prices Because Why Not?](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/despite-abysmal-sales-tesla-raises-cybertruck-prices-because-why-not-274677.html)** > > Tesla added $5,000 to the price of the Cybertruck AWD and Premium AWD trims while keeping the Cyberbeast's price unchanged, for now [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866.md?page=94)