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.

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    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.

    EDIT: Since the front windshield is flat, I assume its cheaper to replace than typical curved windshields? No idea though… Might be talking out of my ass.

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      It’s got poor visibility but so does every other truck/suv being sold in America.

      Maybe, but the cyber truck has especially bad rear visibility. Worse.than any of its competitors

      but it’s still longer than the average person would realistically drive in a day.

      I must be a special, fantasy person that does road trips with 700mi or longer drives

      Not to mention it’s 3000 kilos. They really need to start adding vehicle weight limits to licenses. The US license test is a joke in most states, and then people are allowed to drive 3 metric ton vehicles from a 10 minute drive.

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        3 megagrams is crazy for a vehicle like this. With the high torque electric wheels, they will be very hard on asphalt.

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        I must be a special, fantasy person that does road trips with 700mi or longer drives

        Assuming you have the ability to drive at a perfect, ideal, consistent 80mph 700miles is 8h45m of driving. You aren’t going to stop for a bathroom break in 8 hours?

        200 miles will likely give you 3.5 or so behind the wheel. Take a break and stretch your legs… It’s better for your health anyway than sitting for so long.

        Not to mention it’s 3000 kilos. They really need to start adding vehicle weight limits to licenses. The US license test is a joke in most states, and then people are allowed to drive 3 metric ton vehicles from a 10 minute drive.

        Yeah agreed but that’s a different conversation unrelated to this thing.

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          How is it unrelated? Are we not all discussing the specs of the vehicle? If weight is not a spec worth of discussion then I surely do not know what is.

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          Yeah, long haul tractor/trailer drivers don’t do 700mi a day. Possible for someone driving non-commercially, absolutely, but at the very least unwise, an outlier use case, and a poor argument here.

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        Maybe, but the cyber truck has especially bad rear visibility. Worse.than any of its competitors

        Worse than a van ? No.

        Not to mention it’s 3000 kilos.

        A model X weighs 2.3 t. Because of the batteries.

        An F150 Lightning weighs 3 tonnes and its bed is made from aluminium.

        The US license test is a joke in most states, and then people are allowed to drive 3 metric ton vehicles from a 10 minute drive.

        In the US you can drive a rigid truck of almost any size on a bog standard car licence. A 6 t truck with a capacity of 40 t if you want. GM sells an Isuzu cab forward truck (normally with a mildly tuned diesel four) with a frigging massive petrol V8.