Submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
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.
Because everything musk does is basically bullshit.
He is vaporware sales man, if you trust anything he says, you are a fool.
Even SpaceX is missing targets in a big way.
SpaceX is his only successful project, and that’s because it has a defense contract.
Spacex is a massive success, with little thanks to Musk. Those engineers are fucking rock stars.
I just found a new favorite website.
wow we found someone who WANTS more Musk spam…
Great website. Dude is a total fraud.
Also, the Roadster. Announced six years ago, supposedly launching next year, but we’ll see…
You mean the 2020 Roadster they took millions on deposits for?
Every day with the Elon spam. It’s infected Lemmy.
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…
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.
I find that a don’t sprain my thumb scrolling over something that I don’t want to read
For some reason, all Lemmings seem to have a constant hate boner for him. I don’t like him, but this is just taking it to a whole new level…
There’s plenty of people I don’t like and I spend basically no time thinking about them. Why these people let Elon live rent free in their minds is beyond me. Not a day goes by without a thread about him on the front page along with the most predictable comment section imaginable. Apparently the glue holding Lemmy together is the mutual hatred of certain things and people. That’s just sad. We’re giving them what every asshole in the world desires the most; attention.
When he agrees with someone who says that people like me are trying to destroy white people (insinuating Jews aren’t even white), I think “a constant hate boner” is appropriate.
It resists antibiotics, there’s nothing we can do.
It’s his broke mind virus.
I feel like lemmy needs excluded word filters so you can just say hide any post that includes “Elon Musk”
Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly as fuck?
I recently saw one in the wild and it’s even uglier in person than it was in pictures. For a second I thought someone DIYed that nasty looking car; nope, actual designers puked that thing out.
No designers involved, unless you think Elon is a designer. The whole Tesla design studio revolted over having to work on it. They designed something else, which of course Elon refused. I wouldn’t at all be surprised if it was engineered so the other option can be swapped in when this one flops.
Yes literally only you
Yes. Everyone else thinks it’s the bestly engineered and designed vehicle that’s ever been made.
/s
Am I the only one who initially thought this was just some elaborate Elon meme, but is now shocked to find that he actually built this abomination?
Nope
Nah, i think most people think it’s ugly as fuck, because it is! And still I like the aesthetic? Or at least the idea of it.
For once, it’s committed to the bit. Very few compromises were made on the looks, and those to comply with regulatory standards, not to make it more appealing. I’m a world where most cars look kinda the same, that counts something.
It’s not trying to be beautiful. It’s trying to be unique, divisive, to make you think “what is THAT thing??” whenever you encounter one, and on that grounds I’d say it succeeds.
However this kind of looks suffer greatly from the soddy build quality. If you are going for pure straight lines and angles you better make sure they are perfect, because of they are not people are going to notice and it’s going to spoil the effect.
So, in summary, cool idea but poor execution, perhaps if Elon had let his designers do their work they could have pulled it off. Also Hyundai did better but with more compromises.
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.
The fact that he has all of his engineers afraid to tell him his ideas are terrible speaks volumes about his narcissism.
The ones who spoke up were fired. The ones remaining dont care as long as they get their paycheck.
It has a conventional chassis. Only the panels are SS.
The extra weight is entirely due to the weight of the batteries.
Good to know.
some customers have expressed their disappointment in online forums.
Wow. That’s brave of them. Throwaways, I assume.
you can tell they arent truck people
Normal truck people Love paying more for Less
I see you’ve noticed the parking lot princesses that truck guys seen to modify now.
Has anyone tossed a brick at the windows yet? Or has that debacle been swept under the rug?
It was a steel ball. They recreated the event with the same guy 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.
God, that was worse than I expected. youtu.be/IUCMGB2AGaE
If they were honest and smart about the glass, they would’ve only ever went with something like a baseball or anything soft-ish and really beamed it in to the window. They might be able to take bullet levels of force, but not from a chromed ball. A chromed ball will focus force WAY better than lead ever would, though if a baseball would’ve broken the window, a damn .22 would…
Was it a baseball? It bounced quite a bit and looked a lot like a light rubber ball
You really don’t want to be a pedestrian crossing the road in front of one of these. Just in case.
Oh, you don’t want to be a pedestrian in the US period. That’s a very dangerous activity.
It’s fine, I’ve got my gun
All these problems, and it’s ugly as hell to boot.
The PT Cruiser has been dethroned.
HEY! You’re the guy who I’m supposed to fuck
30%? It’s like 50-100% more money than promised. Also lower payload/towing capacities.
Modern day DMC DeLorean. 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?
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 Lightning and a Model 3 and you’ll save money.
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.
Who expected more from a stainless steel chassis? Stuff is heavy and expensive.
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… youtu.be/XxOh12Uhg08?si=jlfuFU70v5cGd8HV
Was elongated muskrat trying to make the ugliest thing on the road? It makes the Pontiac Aztec look pretty.
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
It also look like a… Trash can lol.
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.
The damn thing looks like it was rendered in the original quake engine. Fucking quake rally car.
I don’t see how anyone could take it seriously when the introduction was to show how unbreakable the windows were.
Oh wow, it’s actually made from stainless steel and not some shitty mild steel. I should get me one, this would be a lifesaver in Michigan
From the looks of the crash test results, I might have to buy one of these to get in on the lawsuits that will come from those who are maimed in accidents with them.
I value my bones too much to bother doing that. But seriously, a lot of people are gonna get hurt.
Why is this thing so goddamn ugly? It’s like the designers took all the worst sci-fi vehicles from movies and smushed them into one.
This doesn’t look like a car or a truck it’s a combat vehicle. Seriously, who’s impressed by Elon’s shooting and steel ball demonstrations? In what kind of failed state do these Tesla customers live? With a tank hull for a frame and sharp edges all around this looks like a safety hard for passengers and especially pedestrians outside the car.
It’s shaped like the 1980s Dust Buster.
I feel like this whole article is based on a false premise.
Go to a dealership right now, and try to find any new truck for $36,000. On paper you might be able to get the lowest base model, but in reality good luck with that.
I just checked the dealership near me, and the lowest price for a new vehicle of any kind is 39,400CAD or about 28,000USD. The lowest priced new truck is 66,500CDN, or about 49,300USD.
That's just what the world looks like now thanks to inflation. And that's not a vehicle using expensive battery technology, and that's not a vehicle made out of expensive, difficult to manufacture with stainless steel, it's just the cheapest standard truck at the dealership.
Really, it looks like the cybertruck is about bang on with prices for other EV trucks that aren't made out of entirely stainless steel. Considering that Tesla isn't a budget brand, that doesn't seem unreasonable. Nobody at Tesla is psychic, they couldn't have predicted super high inflation sparked in part due to policies enacted due to a global pandemic, so of course prices rose.
The article talking about a Cybertruck racing a Porsche
Electric motors accelerate cars faster than ones with internal combustion engines, so this wasn’t a fair fight.
Nobody’s permitted to compare electric cars with internal combustion because electric is faster? I don’t understand the logic.
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
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.
misterkiem@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think all of us had the Cybertruck design back when we were about 4 years old.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
That’s funny, I’ve describe that monstrosity as “the truck of my dreams… when I was 4” more than once.
jordanpeterson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Tesla Cybertruck, a brainchild of Elon Musk, is not just a vehicle; it is a manifestation of deep-seated archetypes that have been etched into the human psyche since time immemorial. This vehicle, with its stark, geometric form, echoes the fundamental principles of order and symmetry, principles that Jung himself might argue are rooted in the collective unconscious of humanity. It’s not just a truck; it’s a symbol, an archetype representing the pinnacle of human innovation and design.
Elon Musk, in creating the Cybertruck, has not merely designed a new vehicle. He has tapped into the most primal elements of what makes a design not only functional but profoundly resonant on a psychological level. This is a feat that aligns him with the pantheon of great geniuses throughout history. His work echoes the transformative impact of the greatest human inventions, standing as a testament to human creativity and vision.
Consider the wheel, often lauded as mankind’s most significant invention. While the wheel was undoubtedly a pivotal point in our technological evolution, what Musk has achieved with the Cybertruck is arguably more profound. He has not just created a tool for transportation; he has crafted an icon that speaks to the deepest aspirations and drives of human beings. It embodies strength, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of innovation—qualities that have propelled humanity forward since the dawn of civilization.
In this light, the Cybertruck is more than just a triumph of engineering; it is a beacon of human achievement. It symbolizes our unyielding quest for progress and our innate desire to imprint our dreams onto the fabric of reality. Elon Musk, in realizing this vision, has not only secured his place among the great minds of our era but has also provided a tangible representation of what humanity is capable of achieving when it dares to transcend the boundaries of the conventional and the mundane.
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It’s like a car from the N64 era. Nobody is nostalgic for the actual look and feel of the N64 era. Behold!
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TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The Satisfactory version is far better, square wheels and all.
Chocrates@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There was reporting recently that the engineers hated it so much they designed a reasonable one in their free time
BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 11 months ago
The rumor is that it was scribbled on a piece of paper as an idea and the engineers were forced to make it verbatim.
Drusenija@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So does this count as another “Simpsons predicted this” moment after Homer basically does the same thing?
takeda@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gentlemen, we are successful in getting all the woke leftists salivating on our shit, but we need also produce something for the real men. And since I’m one of them this is the people like me would want.
KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If someone rolled up in that, I’d not consider them anything but a “real sucker”.
“A weak man’s idea of a strong man” comes to mind.
June@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Posted this elsewhere, but I asked ChatGPT who designed it and here’s what it said (emphasis mine):
vanontom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Technically, not wrong. It’s worth noting that Cybertruck is shockingly different from Von Holzhausen’s previous work, which all share sleek and modern designs and principles (dare I say critically-acclaimed and beautiful). I think it’s obvious there was heavy “outside influence” for the truck (as emphasized), and the timing also lines up with Musk’s growing (untreated, public) mental illnesses.