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Comment on 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

thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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.

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Phrodo_00@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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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- Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  3 megagrams is crazy for a vehicle like this. With the high torque electric wheels, they will be very hard on asphalt.
  
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  - AnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    megagrams
    
    that’s a ton of weight
    
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    Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Knee slapper
    
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- thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  I must be a special, fantasy person that does road trips with 700mi or longer drives
  
  Assuming you have the ability to drive at a perfect, ideal, consistent 80mph 700miles is 8h45m of driving. You aren’t going to stop for a bathroom break in 8 hours?
  
  200 miles will likely give you 3.5 or so behind the wheel. Take a break and stretch your legs… It’s better for your health anyway than sitting for so long.
  
  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.
  
  Yeah agreed but that’s a different conversation unrelated to this thing.
  
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  - Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    How is it unrelated? Are we not all disgusting the specs of the vehicle? If weight is not a spec worth of discussion then I surely do not know what is.
    
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  - daed@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, long haul tractor/trailer drivers don’t do 700mi a day. Possible, absolutely, but at the very least unwise, an outlier use case, and a poor argument here.
    
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- jaidyn999@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Maybe, but the cyber truck has especially bad rear visibility. Worse.than any of its competitors
  
  Worse than a van ? No.
  
  Not to mention it’s 3000 kilos.
  
  A model X weighs 2.3 t. Because of the batteries.
  
  An F150 Lightning weighs 3 tonnes and its bed is made from aluminium.
  
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