Tesla Cybertruck
 

Well, he said it was going to be different.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cybertruck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cybertruck</a>, Tesla’s all-new electric pickup truck, is here, and it can take a sledgehammer to the door while nary a dent. The all-electric pickup will offer up to 500 miles of range and start at $39,000. <a href="https://t.co/7a8YBicIkC">https://t.co/7a8YBicIkC</a></p>&mdash; WIRED (@WIRED) <a href="https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1197735413844189185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Starts at $40k, though. That's impressive.

I like that... A lot...

I think that thing is ugly as ****

I'm more excited by the ATV they revealed as a bonus, but here's a cool view of how the bed of the truck works.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elon Musk&#39;s one more thing at the Tesla <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cybertruck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cybertruck</a> event...an ATV <a href="https://t.co/3fP245mZSr">pic.twitter.com/3fP245mZSr</a></p>&mdash; Mashable (@mashable) <a href="https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1197734873949069313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

thats pretty cool, wonder about the 4 wheeler

Just make one that does the work of my 2500 diesel.

Please.

That seems like a good deal. I don't really need a pickup, but if it was an SUV that looked like that, I'd strongly consider it.

Shit. At 40K you could almost buy 2, tie them together like grandpa did his John Deere Ds and get to work.

Give me a summer with one. We’ll see if it’s a pickup or a car with a pickup body.

Here's the actual page with all the renders.

https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck

I have to admit I'm intrigued by the camper option... :hmmm:

https://i.imgur.com/NrAGS1O.jpg

That might be the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life.

It doesn’t have a receiver hitch.

https://www.tesla.com/xNVh4yUEc3B9/06_Desktop.jpg

I don’t know how the hell this thing is hooked on, but I don’t think it’s a receiver.

https://www.tesla.com/xNVh4yUEc3B9/07_Desktop.jpg

I actually really like this thing in terms of the functionality and price, but...yeah...the look is a stretch for me.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cybertruck in motion. The one on stage has cracked windows because they hit them with a cannonball but the windows did not fully get penetrated. Chassis is bulletproof against 9mm bullets. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeslaCyberTruck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeslaCyberTruck</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tesla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tesla</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cybertruck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cybertruck</a> <a href="https://t.co/2xXKhe7fUX">pic.twitter.com/2xXKhe7fUX</a></p>&mdash; Slashdot (@slashdot) <a href="https://twitter.com/slashdot/status/1197735198781145090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It looks like they got inspiration from Kobe Bryant's first show that everyone made fun of

https://images.solecollector.com/com.../adidas-kobe-2

My guess would be it's just an incomplete render, but...:shrug:

i need it

i think i'd have to get some really futuristic clothes to go with it

it'd be LIT to go to arrowhead in that as a big red iron man with chrome highlights - metallic chiefs red

I'm not sure why he felt the need to depart so much from the appearance of current trucks, but I'm not going to question Musk..

Looks like it drove out of a crappy Super Nintendo game

It's so freakin cool seeing a drawing that I made in the 1st grade become a reality. I better get royalites, or a truck, or something out of this. :D

LMAO I had this episode in mind too.

So Elon threw something at the windows to prove how durable they supposedly are....and they broke. LMAO LMAO

"Oh my ****ing God..."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elon&#39;s reaction when the window actually breaks <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cybertruck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cybertruck</a> <a href="https://t.co/ujEh47PEHM">pic.twitter.com/ujEh47PEHM</a></p>&mdash; Pyrets (@Pyrets1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pyrets1/status/1197734066683908097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Literally first thing I thought of

Magnets

It uses a Tractor beam.

Wonder what the range is when towing, 250 miles?

Looks like it'll hit 88 miles per hour and take you back in time.

Is the ATV and upgrade option?

I don't hate it, but I wouldn't be shocked if it's a commercial flop due to aesthetics & politics.

I expect the their Semi-Truck to make bigger waves.

But can it survive in Baltimore?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...69a473d695.jpg

Not a working man's truck. Does it come with a ladder to reach tools at the front reaches of the bed? Won't ever be a consideration as a fleet utility truck without a topper option. The whole thing strikes me as a fancy nancy boy truck.

Hideous piece of shit.

He managed to price something near half the price of his cars, which in the normal world cost twice as much as a car.

When something is too good to be true.......

If it truly has a body that can’t be dented why aren’t normal manufacturers using that skin?

This pickup has small penised weekend warrior written all over it.

I can't believe people are conditioned to think 40k for a vehicle is a good deal.

100% intentional. How better to go viral and create free advertising for your product.

That thing is FUGLY

My sentiments exactly

They couldn't deliver on a 35k mainstream sedan that would have a lot higher volume. There's no reason to think that 39k model truck will ever sell.

Also, Trucks and SUVs are where vehicle companies can currently make good margins. If you wanted to go against the grain on that, I'm not sure you picked a design that lines up with mainstream volume. :spock:

What part of that ugly thing is a truck?

https://d32c3oe4bky4k6.cloudfront.ne...7D4F225AC0AB60

First thing I thought of was a lifted modern version of the DeLorean

Exactly

honestly with a different body on it he could probably storm the mall crawler market at that price. but its so damn ugly and doesnt appear to be super functional as a truck, sort of like a ridgeline or an avalanche.

To be fair, Dad bought a 19 Chevy half ton and it very much has the small penised weekend warrior feel to it too. Not as bad as this, but it’s got a pretty soft suspension (even though he doesn’t have much in it, seems pretty flimsy going down county roads (it may not be. We’ll see), and the bed is kind of wonky too (he doesn’t have a toolbox in it yet), and it too is pretty ugly IMO.

I’d be open to it. I can run up pretty close to 250 miles in a day, but I’d be down if it can holdup.

They really ****ed this up. I love how crazy Musk is, his brand, but they should have stuck to a similar design language with their other vehicles (which is great).

Ummmm....have you priced trucks lately? 30-40k is normal.

That truck is really ugly.

Looks like it belongs on the moon.

FYP

Musk should work on making his car business profitable before he decides to build the ugliest truck in history.

I get that same kind of Lunar Rover vibe. I don't hate it like some others. I think in that first pic Buehler posted where the trunk is covered it looks neat. Very futuristic. Not sure I'd want it to be my daily driver though

I tend to agree. Had he gone the route of making it look like something most of us drive these days, he might of hit one out of the park. If it can tow a boat, carry some lumber or mulch, and make it through the woods during deer season, and go 300-400 miles between charges, a hell of a lot of consumers in the 14-18mpg "F150/1500" crowd would probably be all over it.

But yeah, it filling the roles that the F250/2500 "farm" crowd does seems like a huge leap.

Have you priced pickups lately?

30 will get you a 3 year old 30K half ton that doesn't have warranty at a LT or maybe LTZ trim package.

notorious is driving a 3/4 diesel. I don't know what trim package he had - and that definitely matters, but I'd bet he's in the neighborhood of 60K if he bought it new.

I don't mean to speak out of turn for notorious, but those are the numbers I've found.

Eh, I don't know, I think it said it had an air suspension and electric can produce torque far more efficiently than gas or diesel, braking shouldn't be a problem with an electric, as long as the frame and lugbolts and shit can hold itself together (/not an engineer), it makes good sense for a pickup. I can't make the leap for tractors, but I can get there on pickups.

At least mine, that I run in the garage at night, and 75% no payload except 700 lb or so of tools and a compressor.

If they can make a 2500 electric that does the work of my current truck I will be all over it.

Infinite torque, no maintenance, self-driving. Good lord that would be awesome.

Someday they will, I am highly skeptical of this deal.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to be on the bleeding edge of a ****ing pickup on the farm, I keep lower miles pickup for my wagon strictly because I don't want to **** around with breakdowns. It just needs to run. So I'm a long way from ordering one, but on the surface it makes sense if it can do the same things mine can.

On my end it needs to hold together on shit roads and be able to live in dirt. I too would be all over it. But like I said, I'm not willing to risk much on my Daily farm pickup.

The local dealership put out an incorrect ad and web info that put Chevy 1500 LTZ crew cab gassers at 38k. My fingers smoked trying to dial the phone.

My salesman laughed and told me about the mishap. Said he had 10 calls in the first hour of work that Monday.

Damn.

that.

LMAO

I'm such a ****ing cheapskate.

Imagine my friend: no transmission, brakes that last forever, no injector/plug replacements.

I’m afraid they will go very light on the frame to increase range. No good on a work pickup.

It is a pretty good deal after buying anything with green paint on it.

Not to go off on a rant here (for you young kids out there YouTube Dennis Miller Live), but a 40K pickup is a hell of a deal compared to a 450K Combine or 350K tractor. Sure, it's not doing the same work as those machines, but you know what a 40K pickup does do well? ****ing sensors. My pickup, which was engineered for soccer moms on paved roads that I'm driving in the field, has ECU, fuel, exhaust and all the other bullshit sensors too, except they work. Goddamned Deere (and CNH too FWIW) is engineered to be in the field and can't keep sensors running. **** that pisses me right the **** off. /rant

tl;dr: If you don't like the price of new pickups, go price new Deere paint.

It's more of a hatchback than a truck.

Maybe the market is Millies. They wouldn't know a truck if it hit 'em.

Oh I know. I know very well. In theory it should be equivalent to operating a 350 NG motor to a submersible electric pump on a well.

I just don't intend to be the beta tester.

There is no way that design as is will meet NHTSA standards. If that thing hit a pedestrian, they would be cut in half. I just hope that add a trapezoidal roof. I would be lying if I didnt say I was hoping he would pull a string, making the cardboard fall away and reveal the real truck.

LMAO

I used to draw trucks like that in second grade, before I learned about aerodynamics.

There are 49k and 59k tier trucks that have multiple motors w/ more range and power. The 39k model is a single motor. I think self driving is a 7k Add on

Love Bueh’s rant on Deere gear. Every ****ing farmer I know says the exact same thing.

24 row planter and ONE connection gets dusty and the whole show goes to shit. LMAO

Is there some kind of big crazy SUV out now that looks kind of like the cybertruck? I saw something on the road the other day that looked like a futuristic/speed racer vehicle. It was going the other way and I couldn't get a picture.

If it resembled a truck at all I’d order one today.

It looks like a raised car. Pickup drivers don’t want to sit on the floor, we get in and out a lot when working.

14k towing, 77,000 for a fully loaded beast doesn’t scare me away. Just wish it was more practical in its day to day design.

Looks like a vehicle from the movie Megaforce. The 1982 vision of the future.

got my deposit in!

I read a book back in high school called Damnation Alley. I don't remember anything about the book, but I think it was one of those 'drive across an apocalyptic world' books. Apparently it was a movie at some point as well.

This truck reminds me of the vehicle a little bit, which is not a bad thing.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cb/cc...75620f859b.jpg

I have seen this before now where is the bitch with 3 titties

And based on the model 3, they won’t actually offer the 39 k model.

It looks like a rejected vehicle design from Halo.

In.

As with most things Tesla, I'm more excited about what this will force OTHER companies to do in reaction than I am about the Tesla truck itself. Hopefully someone else out there will be able to get close to their specs and price while bringing it at least a LITTLE closer to a traditional design.