It was introduced as a concept vehicle in the end of 2019, not 2016
The truck was first shown in 2016, nearly 8 years ago, and only came out last year so there was about half a decade of hype building around this thing that was busy sucking in all the gullible rich people.
Grippler@feddit.dk 4 months ago
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
It was teased and unnamed in 2016c but we didn’t see the concept truck until November 2019.
The steering system and power delivery is interesting but not not enough to overcome the dangerously sharp, blond sport riddled and impractical body design.
The couldn’t even be bothered to put a digital rear view mirror in the place other companies and third parties have been doing it for a decade.
krashmo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Honest question, what’s there to be hyped about? I haven’t ever looked into its feature set because it looks like ass. Do people just like the Tesla name or what?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean… It’s unique in it’s looks. I don’t know if that’s positive
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s what they said about me.
niucllos@lemm.ee 4 months ago
For many of those years it was the only electric pickup truck. And also, yes people do like the Tesla name. Musk and growing competition has done a ton to tank the reputation lately, but until just a couple years ago Tesla was seen as far and away the best and most advanced electric car, and sometimes car period, by tons of people. That perception shifts slowly outside of well-informed groups, and the Musk hate is really only affecting well-informed left wing groups
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Rivian and Ford are killing it in the EV truck space, which doesn’t help Tesla.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Rivian was also first to market and showed their concept a year and a half before the cyber truck reveal (where the first showed it and smashed its windows).
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It was the first EV pickup, at the time of announcement, and the battery tech sounded excellent, as did the list of features. Most importantly the announced price would have made it one of the lowest priced EVs. How could you not get hyped?
But when it dragged out so long and they were going to deliver on features offer price, maybe they should have cut their losses.
At the time, I was saying Cybertruck was a huge success because it pushed Ford to build the F150 Lightning.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Now that it’s available for sale, and ignoring the looks, I think the biggest thing to be excited about is the steer by wire.
Reviews seem to be saying it drives exceptionally well because of it, and that’d really differentiate it from the other options.
grue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Let me get this straight: you not only actually want a vehicle that decides where to go based on software instead of with a mechanical linkage you can directly control, you want Tesla, of all companies, to provide it?!
Get help:
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There’s a lot of Tesla hate on build quaility on Lemmy/Reddit, but they actually have some of the most reliable power trains and exceptional software. There was some problems back in the very early days of the Model S with the 85kw/h packs, but they’ve moved beyond that now.
Give this is part of the power train, and software, it’s right in line with their expertise.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I’m guessing here, but did 100% of these reviews come from a country with some of the worst fucking drivers on the entire planet?
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What does that have to do with how a vehicle feels when driving it?