2019-11-23 at 3:48 PM UTC
It has some deloreany styling, which is not coincidental - it is necessitated by the difficulty associated with moulding stainless steel.
OTOH no paint to scratch, which is awesome.
They broke two windows with heavy steel balls at the launch, while trying to show off how unbreakable the windows were. Apparently it worked in rehearsal.
I've seen multiple people on Twitter do that exact photoshop, usually with Halo characters ;) Twitter's been having a blast with it. One person described it as "Dubstep in truck form". Another as "Robocop's redneck cousin's truck". Another as "When a DeLorean and an El Camino love each other very much…" ;) Lots of people also making jokes about it being so fast because there's so few polygons to render, or staring at their screen thinking that the truck hadn't finished loading yet.
I think one person summed up the event the best: "Ok, did I just see @elonmusk bring out a triangle on wheels called a #Cybertruck filled with Mad Max cosplay dudes, beat it with sledgehammers, break it's windows, drag around an F150, race a Porsche and then stick an ATV up it's ass and then say 'good night!'?"
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15259078&cid=59442172
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2019-11-23 at 3:51 PM UTC
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whats the base retail price and why dont I have one already?
2019-11-23 at 4:09 PM UTC
does anyone have stainless steel fetish ?
2019-11-23 at 6:12 PM UTC
Not gonna lie, i enjoyed the Halo shoop.
2019-11-24 at 2:53 AM UTC
39.9k american I believe
Don't know if it will make waves or not, anyone who really needs a pickup for anything serious will likely have needs better met by something else, but weekend warrior yuppies may have a field day with it, they could break into the yuppie/greta market with no green alternative to compete with them which will work for a hot minute
It's probabaly too weird for a lot of people though, it's not like the model 3 or S even where they're very normal and attractive ooking overall. The weird look thing could make it a target for hooligans to come mess with your truck.
Also 40 grand is really cheap for anything bulletproof.
2019-11-24 at 1:08 PM UTC
Space X is going to be obsolete when the Navy releases their inertial mass reduction device.
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2019-11-24 at 1:41 PM UTC
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I would absolutely drive it if Tesla's systems weren't all closed to the end user
2019-11-24 at 3:27 PM UTC
The problem is that literally 0 people who actually need a pickup truck will use this. I really can't picture someone driving this shit around in the Florida country hauling construction materials or something. Other pickup trucks are open to repair and service, and you can get them worked on anywhere.
2019-11-24 at 6:31 PM UTC
It looks like a low poly version of the warthogs from Halo
2019-12-09 at 2:30 PM UTC
Electric will be the future when compact nuclear has been mastered, until then good ol' dinosaur juice can't be beat for energy density, it's just not gonna happen with chemical cells.
The only route I see for dominance by current electrics is fast battery swapping. Pull into an EV station, swap your battery for an already charged one, and you're off. I cannot see the economics of that ever working out for domestic vehicles unless the manufacturers agree on standards.
For commercial vehicles like trucks and self driving taxis, it is possible though since there are less variables and everything is controlled. Just swap batteries, there's no issue with setting up the infrastructure and keeping batteries up to certain standards etc.
One thing is getting the load up to high speed. That takes a lot of energy just from a physics perspective. Either that will have to come from somewhere else or be made negligible in effect.
2019-12-09 at 2:45 PM UTC
no, they just need to make these current electric cars be able to recharge while driving. yes, to a degree some do, but they also are combined with fuel like the toyota highlander. but that reserve charges while fuel is being used as the source of energy.
if they made it to where it's all electric, but also rechargeable, then you have a solution to this problem.
but, knowing how manufacturing practices align with government protocol, we might never see this become a reality.
like oil, between the companies and the governments, there is an assurance we will never advance in society as long as money talks!!
