If you can’t safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?
The only “question” is why would you believe what Elon “promised” at any point?
… Elon said he was gonna put monopropellant / cold gas thrusters from the Dragon capsule into the Roadster, at one point.
Musk said the production version will be revealed later this year ahead of the start of production in 2025 and that it will have the previously announced SpaceX package, which will use cold gas thrusters to help the car accelerate and also “fly”— or hover for short distances.
“I think it has a shot at being the most mind-blowing product demo of all time,” Musk said.
Its almost like this guy just fucking says shit, snd idiots believe him, for some reason, even though he’s got a well established track record of lying about things that make basically no sense to lie about…
“I’m a world class Diablo player.”
… as well as an entire solid decade of making grandiose business / product promises, and then delivering basically 1% of what he promised.
AutoPilot/Full Self Drive is totally real guys, it’ll be perfect in a year or two… for a fucking decade.
Dude’s blown up or otherwise destroyed about half as many heavy lift launch vehicles as the entire Apollo program, and so far hasn’t even achieved orbit, much less with a payload, muchless tested the orbital refueling that his entire Starship system totally fails without.
Remember how we were gonna have rockets replace private jets?
Remember how the Boring company was gonna pay for itself by selling the dirt it dug up as bricks?
How’s Hyperloop doing these days?
I live on a fairly-well-to-do island off the southern coast of Korea with a lot of battery powered vehicles. Our first Cybertruck appeared recently. It’s all downhill from here.
The best part of winter in Canada is seeing all these dumpster cars disappear when the real snow falls. Though I did spot one not that long ago:
uh … let that sink in?
ok
Did you know it’s bullet proof /s
I honestly don’t see a problem. Nobody ever promised that it would act as a tugboat. In this particular case, it’s doing perfectly fine as a tuggedboat.
We really should encourage all Cybertrukkk owners to test this ‘feature’.
He probably let his Boat Mode subscription expire
There’s something tragic about Cybertruck owners, and it’s nothing to do with Elon.
They seem to be wildly impressed by their vehicle doing the most mediocre things that any AWD vehicle can do.
I’ve probably done more work, driven more off road, been through more serious terain using a 2 door fwd hatchback and a trailer made with a 70s civic axle than the entirety of cybertruck owners combined.
That said I wonder what percentage of cucktruck owners could put tire chains on in less than a hour without the help of AI. I’m guessing <1%.
They’re just coping with the fact they spent 6 figures on this giant piece of shit so they convince themselves their investment was worth it because truck go brrr
Yeah, at this point they know they got conned, and they either have to admit that or double down and act wildly impressed at its ability to, like, drive on an unpaved road.
Saw a YouTube video of a guy thoroughly impressed with the glue they use to put cyber trucks together. Glue
Industrial glue is on another level. The Cybertruck is a piece of trash, but modern epoxies are wild.
I read a while back that many of them were shocked the cyber truck didn’t fit in regular parking spaces. In other words, these are people that, for the most part, have never owned a large pickup before. The obvious conclusion is that they bought it for cred or because they think it looks cool, not because they actually need a vehicle that size.
That’s a common theme, yes. They’ve clearly never owned a pickup truck, and don’t realise what they have is actually pretty bad by pickup truck standards.
That also might explain why they think it’s so awesome. They’ve nothing to compare it to.
What about the other people who drive a pickup truck? Do they actually haul cargo or pull a boat?
I’m not in the US, but everyone I know who has that type of vehicle is an outdoorsy type, who wants a vehicle with lots of cargo space, high ground clearance, and often towing capacity. Having the cargo area separate from the passenger cabin is also useful for carrying wet, smelly or dirty stuff.
They usually have a canopy on the vehicle as well.
In the US, actually using them for cargo or towing would put you in a small minority. The last research I saw said towing is only done by 10% of owners a year.
I haven’t seen the stats on cargo in the bed, but I imagine it’s MUCH lower since most of these trucks are expensive and shiny. The last time I tossed a bunch of furniture in the bed the person I was buying it from was worried I’d scratch the paint in the bed.
Truck fans in the US are weird and so common now that they look at you strange if you want to use it for actual truck stuff.
things that any AWD vehicle can do.
Not any AWD; you probably want high ground clearance too.
I wouldn’t go fording streams in a Subaru Impreza, for instance.
A Subaru Impreza definitely could have done what the Cybertruck did in that video though.
Nah. The Impreza doesn’t even have a weird roller top for its cargo bed, let alone a fragile and poorly-designed one. No way it could break as stupidly as the Cybertruck managed.
They think every electric vehicle up to now was a G-wiz or golf cart. Slow, and beta. Finally, theres an electric truck for ALPHAS like me
Nah, a lot of them are previous Tesla owners.
But the unadvertised “Brick Mode” still works perfectly.
Anything can be a boat when out in water, it’s a matter of which boat it is. Most turns Titanic mode.
Anything is a boat, for a certain amount of time
This article is a year old and the video is two years old for anyone thinking it’s recent
I will never not smile at these lumps of shit falling apart.
Elon, “a death boat still counts as a boat.”
Vikikng funeral.
I guess we found a way to get rid of this ugly truck. Convince them it is a boat?
