“Elon Musk unhappy with Cybertruck’s poor quality, calls for Lego-like precision“ (Ars Technica)
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"Ludicrous - The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors" by Edward Niedermeyer is currently free on Audible.
It was written before Cybertruck and all the Twitter nonsense, but makes both seem like a logical continuation of the events. A good listen, recommended. Especially for anyone investing in Tesla. You might change your mind.
It was written before Cybertruck and all the Twitter nonsense, but makes both seem like a logical continuation of the events. A good listen, recommended. Especially for anyone investing in Tesla. You might change your mind.
Saw my first one in person on Friday as I was driving up 287n in NJ and while ugly, you can't help but to look at it because it's so different (and ugly). It really is a Lego car.
You'd think with the fact that these are absolutely not hot sellers they'd take the time to sort and grade some panels or something for a cohesive look lol. Maybe bring back a couple of those laid off workers to help improve the look of the product by 0.3%.
Also, the edges of that front door panel you might close the door from look absolutely greasy. Rear door panel looks like a texture you'd see out in the wasteland in a fallout game.
Now that's really impressive.
I don't think it's about boat mode like Musk was trying to (over)sell it with the Cybertruck. I live in S. FL and I can't tell you how many stories I've seen where someone vanished and then was found months/years later submerged in their car in a random canal or pond. In an emergency this would save lives. Imagine if that drunk billionaire had one of these instead of a Tesla?
Yeah as a feature like Apple's iPhone / Apple Watch crash auto-call 911 feature, sounds great as a safety measure or even something to get someone out of a sticky situation if a hurricane caused real extreme flooding and there are literally no other options. But it would never ever be anything I'd rely on proactively in any situation where I want to use it for anything recreational.
This is an insult to Lego. Btw Lego actually built a life size car with bricks.
Life-size Lego Bugatti Chiron actually works, has over 1 million pieces
It gets its power from 2,304 Lego electric motors.
www.cnet.com
It is significantly better looking then Musk's shit truck.
I saw some on youtube, man nice to see a car company believe in rear seat leg room
Okay I take it back, and that (mostly) LEGO car is amazing.This is an insult to Lego. Btw Lego actually built a life size car with bricks.
Life-size Lego Bugatti Chiron actually works, has over 1 million pieces
It gets its power from 2,304 Lego electric motors.
It is significantly better looking then Musk's shit truck.
The CT is still shit though.
View: https://youtu.be/_S7GU9lDpq8?si=wEzYdilSwSnMERuo
If you're not familiar with him, he's not an expert on cars or anything, just makes comedy commentary vids. Not much in this that hasn't already been discussed in this thread, just posting for some fun.
A major Chinese car company already has a Cybertruck knockoff
View: https://twitter.com/agroasx/status/1785137005195850166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1785137005195850166%7Ctwgr%5E796ddc387c92ab1aace20ec9e4db360edb90d374%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Ftech%2Farticle%2Fcybertruck-knockoff-dongfeng-concept-car-19431449.php
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How is it possible that it really doesn't look much better? Looks like someone stretched a playdoh Santa Fe.
I mean if they're going to go after over the top cyberpunk ~a e s t h e t i c~ Nissan's still got everyone beat, too bad they'll never actually make this since it's the type of nonsense I'd say I'd buy but never actually do it.
The interior is a lot crazier, thankfully.
I got to ride in one when in Mexico City as an Uber… and it seriously was lower quality than any vehicle I have ridden in a long time. It was like if a 1990s taxi had the benefits of electricity. Seats were no good, interior felt cheap. It was fine as an Uber ride and I assume great for the driver to keep their costs down and give their passengers room…. But it felt worse outside of the electric park than any car I've ridden in here in America.
drew gooden... sounds familiar, think i seen them in an... eddy burback vid?
maybe one of those "i went to every ______ in the united states and canada" vids
Super ugly, but with curved and presumably thinner panels it probably saves a lot of weight on body panels compared to the Cybertruck.
They make a wide range of stuff from luxury to something that's just $10,000. Yeah, their high-end probably doesn't touch any of the manufacturers in quality (except tesla). As long as they are trying to get into markets and are competing hard they would be fun to have around because they will get prices to drop (because the government subsidizes them hard, and China dominates the battery supply chain which is where the cost is).
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Yeah, he's definitely in that circle. I think they've both shown up in one another's vids a few times.
either way, this was a very fun and very cute video
this man is taken, but I still wish to kiss him
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Had a car trunk accidentally closed on my pinkey once (no major damage thankflly) would not recommend it.
I literally winced. Why use your actual body to test this? I though it at least broke his finger.
lmao spent so long spinning their tires they almost buried themselves
They're just waiting until the tide rises and they can engage boat mode and speed away.
This makes me laugh in particular for a few reasons:
1. Nantucket is like 15 miles end to end by road, you barely need a car much less anything like a pig of a vehicle like the Cybertruck. You're not going to be taking your vehicle off island very often, either, unless you're a masochist. You'd have more fun and get more utility out of a nice golf cart.
2. Go to vehicle for beach driving is pretty much an old beater Jeep with appropriately deflated tires. I'd be shocked if the driver had ever driven on a beach before or done any prep. I would happily bet that they didn't try to prep their car for the beach in any way and thought they could just go right out from the road. As it is a beater sedan can do fine on the beach too if prepped correctly.
3. Cybertruck screams "Cyptobro/Techbro cash", which is like adding a third wheel to the existing "Old homes passed down through generations" and "Super rich fucks making enclaves on the island" dichotomy on the island.
4. 0-Anything speeds are worthless on the island. I think the highest speed limit on the island is 35mph.
5. The beach is basically the only 'offroading' there is on the island. It's pretty flat, save for the ocean cliffs. So to fail at the one offroading option is comical.
If I lived/worked on Nantucket I think my go-to would be a kei-truck.
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TRON 3 marketing starting early I see....
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How is it possible that it really doesn't look much better? Looks like someone stretched a playdoh Santa Fe.
I mean if they're going to go after over the top cyberpunk ~a e s t h e t i c~ Nissan's still got everyone beat, too bad they'll never actually make this since it's the type of nonsense I'd say I'd buy but never actually do it.
The interior is a lot crazier, thankfully.
title is stupid and thumbnail too.
car that tells you it has a problem are getting dumber?
Drew Gooden is a treasure. He has a lot of entertaining, long-form videos.
The issue is that happened in the first 5 minutes the truck ever drove.
The thing is that it's smaller than an F-150 but more than twice as ugly.
Tesla Cybertruck 2023-present vs. Ford F-150 2014-2020
Tesla Cybertruck Pick-up 2023-present vs. Ford F-150 Pick-up SuperCrew 5.5 2014-2020. Compare car dimensions (length, width and height) vs. street perspective.
www.carsized.com
They design it to literally crush whatever it assumed was in the way?
Assuming that's actually how it was designed, that's the stupidest fucking design ever.
lol what. That's one of the dumbest things I ever read. Why would someone design that?
Just the move the fucking bag lmao.