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Tesla Cybertruck
Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck. Apparently, many people think it's ugly. I absolutely love it. It took the jellybean esthetic of modern vehicles and ran it over. Twice. There's simply no point in saying anything about this truck -- you have to look at the pictures:
In order to make this TFS less short, a few specs, but really, they don't matter until you see if it appeals to you which it either will or won't in spades. The low end 250 mile range version is supposed to be about $40k. The body is unpainted cold rolled stainless steel. Upmodels will have a towing capacity variously described as 10-14k pounds and at the top end, a 500 mile range. They'll cost a lot more.
"Bulletproof" Musk Cybertruck fail
Elon Musk bragged that his "cybertruck" was bulletproof to a 9mm round, but two separate attempts to demonstrate just how tough it is failed when ball bearings thrown by hand literally caused the windows to come crashing down in pieces. So much for safety glass; even on cyber trucks, windows sucks.
We created an exoskeleton," Musk said to rapturous whoops from those attending the Los Angeles launch. "It is literally bulletproof to a 9mm handgun."
Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla's chief designer, asked Musk if he could lob a metal ball at the window of the vehicle. "Really?" said Musk. The window smashed. "Oh my fucking God," said Musk. "Maybe that was a little hard."
Showing confidence in the vehicle, Von Holzhausen then suggested he should lob it at a second window. "Try that one? Really?" asked Musk moments before the rear window was also smashed. "It didn't go through, that's the plus side," a stunned Musk said.
Also at Ars Technica and Wccftech.
See also: Hot takes as opinion cools on Tesla Cybertruck
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(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Saturday November 23 2019, @02:53AM (1 child)
I can count the number of times on one hand how many pickup trucks I've seen actually hauling gravel.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Saturday November 23 2019, @07:20AM
When I get gravel or dirt anymore I just use a trailer. I don't own a 250 or 350 it would be advisable to do a half yard max to avoid causing damage to the vehicle.
With the exceptions of the drawbacks from the 8ft bed (personal complaint), distance (reasonable complaint), and the looks (wah wah wah) - this thing accomplish pretty much anything you need it to when compared to a 1500, 150, or Silverado.
The trade-off for the 8ft bed is better payload and trailer handling. So just use a trailer for those large boards.
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