The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money::Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money.

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[–] 201 points 2 years ago (12 children)

No shit. I'd bet money the Cybertruck design isn't coming from an engineer. Elon probably sat down with his crayons, drew his dream car and forced his poor employees to try and make this piece of shit work.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (21 children)

    I think all of us had the Cybertruck design back when we were about 4 years old.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    That's funny, I've describe that monstrosity as "the truck of my dreams... when I was 4," more than once.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    I mean, if I were working on that project I'd either laugh so hard everyday or I'd have to quit. It's just so comically bad.

    I am also shocked Elon is not suing all the 4yr olds out there that have "stolen" his design.

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    [–] 141 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    Because everything musk does is basically bullshit.

    • $30k Tesla
    • Tesla semi
    • Cybertuck 4 years late
    • Full autonomous driving
    • Hyperloop

    https://elonmusk.today/

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    [–] 70 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Who would have thought making a chassis out of a material that is denser than mild steel would result in a vehicle that is heavier? It's a truck, horrible aero drag and rolling resistance from the get go. Difficult to imagine a worse target for an EV project.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The fact that he has all of his engineers afraid to tell him his ideas are terrible speaks volumes about his narcissism.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Has anyone tossed a brick at the windows yet? Or has that debacle been swept under the rug?

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  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    It was a steel ball. They recreated the event with the same guy at the delivery event, but this time with a baseball and the dude gave it the most obvious limp wristed toss, it was incredibly cringe I highly recommend you seek that clip out because it’s absolutely hilarious.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    some customers have expressed their disappointment in online forums.

    Wow. That's brave of them. Throwaways, I assume.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (19 children)

    Every day with the Elon spam. It’s infected Lemmy.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    That's a bit much, isn't it? It's a brand new weird-ass truck, people are going to talk about it. And the article isn't exactly celebrating it.

    If this article was about a new car from another brand, would you complain about it? I thought we wanted more content on this platform. Or we could just stick to memes I guess...

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'd agree that I see way too much Elon stuff on my lemmy feed. This one I'm more interested in than 99% of the others. Maybe it's just cause I'm a gear head, but I'll sure as heck take it over the 10 X (formerly known as Twitter) "news" articles that I scrolled past to get here. News in quotes because it is no longer news that X (more commonly known as Twitter) and its owner are dumb.

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly as fuck?

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You really don’t want to be a pedestrian crossing the road in front of one of these. Just in case.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    All these problems, and it's ugly as hell to boot.

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    [+] 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Modern day DMC DeLorean. All the disappointment and the crazy CEO to go along with it. Maybe when Tesla folds up they can get a movie made about the truck like Back to the Future. Wonder what the movie will be called?

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Call the movie "Back to the Stoneage". Then send a tech billionaire to the past where nobody gives a fuck about them and they have to work to survive for the first time in their pathetic lives.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If they have to work to survive, maybe any time from the 1800s on would work. You imagine a genius from the modern day, with all his knowledge, could blow the competition out of the water, create a one-man technological revolution, and radically change the course of human events!

    ...until you realize he's not actually a genius. He's a dumbass. He just owned capital that other people used to do things. So if you remove him from his money and even name recognition, he's just some loser who keeps asking if ketamine has been invented yet.

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Seems like at best its almost on par with the F-150 Lightning for the fanboys...it's just $30k more.

    Seriously if you're a fan boy just buy the F-150Lightning and a Model 3 and you'll save money.

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Who expected more from a stainless steel chassis? Stuff is heavy and expensive.

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know this headline is fake because Cybertruck fan boys would never ever act like it's anything but a 100% perfect personal space shuttle + superiority license

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    The mkbhd first impressions were fascinating for what he didn't say. I'm guessing that he didn't want to burn the good times he has with Tesla so he really seemed to be trying to positively spin everything. At least, that's my interpretation. The mirrors were particularly.. https://youtu.be/XxOh12Uhg08?si=jlfuFU70v5cGd8HV

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    the dangerous brake lights are more of a concern to me than the cost and range.

    This thing is so far behind schedule and they’re failing at the basics.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It also look like a... Trash can lol.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Was elongated muskrat trying to make the ugliest thing on the road? It makes the Pontiac Aztec look pretty.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I watched the mkbhd video on it.

    It was like he was trying to make everything sound cool, even though he knows it's a disappointment.

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    [+] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It's a big, stupid truck but so is every other truck it's competing against. It's got poor visibility but so does every other truck/suv being sold in America. The cheapest option doesn't have the longest range but it's still longer than the average person would realistically drive in a day. It can't haul much but the overwhelming majority of people driving trucks in America aren't towing or hauling things on a day to day basis.. The people doing real work buy vans or have special purpose trucks.

    The steering geometry seems nice and the rear wheel steering is interesting. Those seem like the only major positives though.

    It's not as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be but it's obviously still a dumb car that shouldn't exist. That's all cars though really.

    EDIT: Since the front windshield is flat, I assume its cheaper to replace than typical curved windshields? No idea though.. Might be talking out of my ass.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    It's got poor visibility but so does every other truck/suv being sold in America.

    Maybe, but the cyber truck has especially bad rear visibility. Worse.than any of its competitors

    but it's still longer than the average person would realistically drive in a day.

    I must be a special, fantasy person that does road trips with 700mi or longer drives

    Not to mention it's 3000 kilos. They really need to start adding vehicle weight limits to licenses. The US license test is a joke in most states, and then people are allowed to drive 3 metric ton vehicles from a 10 minute drive.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The damn thing looks like it was rendered in the original quake engine. Fucking quake rally car.

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