Tesla Cybertruck reveal

It is just a concept.

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Originally Posted by Red90

It is just a concept.

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A concept with pre orders? So a scam to raise capital?

It looks so utterly rediculous that I can see it getting shelved or heavily revised.


But I am really hoping he has the balls to send this one out as advertised!

It is not pre orders. A deposit. Fully refundable at any time.

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Originally Posted by Red90

It is just a concept.

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scam you mean.

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Originally Posted by manic

It does raise a few questions. If the exterior is a super tough bullet proof exoskeleton that doesn't even bend when hit with a sledge hammer (supposedly so it can hold a heavy payload without need for chassis rails) - how will it respond in an accident?

Maybe everything ahead of the bulkhead/firewall is soft, or it deploys pedestrian airbags?

I doubt they would have built a car that can't meet US and European regs. So should make it to AUS too - I really hope so!!

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Euro regs for pedestrian impact require minimum radius of 20mm on edges. Can’t have anything that ends in a point either, so where the headlight meets the bodywork is also a no no. That’s one (not the only) reason they can’t have bullbars like we do here. No way those angles meet these regs. Electric Jesus wouldn’t have though far enough ahead to be meeting any regs, he’s only scamming money out of the gullible to prop up his other hair brained schemes.

I don't think it is a scam - I see it as a way for the company to determine interest in their planned developments. They have done the same sort of thing for previous models, and most notably for their self driving. Just haven't raised eyebrows to the same extent, since they didn't look as outrageous! Nor did musk try to break their windows!

Watch Tesla Cybertruck in tug of war against Ford F150 and size comparison - Electrek

really these comparisons mean nothing, and its a 2WD Ford , but FWIW ....

https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploa...rip=all&w=1600

Looks like the aerodynamics are good.

If slabs sides and sharp angles were bad the F117 probably would not fly so well.


Are the boxy Tesla Cybertruck's aerodynamics any good? An engineer found out - Electrek

I'm intending to design a wrap to go on ours when / if it finally arrives.

I like the simplicity of its geometric design, a true case of function over form.

Will see what happens, hopefully have mine in a couple of years [biggrin]

Without a lot of computer assistance the F117 can't fly - so that is no advertisement for the aerodynamics of that sort of thing. But having said that, I suspect the aerodynamics are better than the conventional ute seen in that video, if not as good as they could have been.