What's Elon been smoking to come up with this design that looks like a schoolboys drawing of truck from a 80's cheap Sci-Fi film. 😮

 

https://electrek.co/2019/11/21/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-range-price/

 

 

 

Somehow I cant see Owen from trains planes & automobiles in one myself 😂

 

 

Some of the online comments & pics are hilarious

 

 

 

Embarrassing at the launch event that they broke the "unbreakable" glass!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50513294

I quite like Teslas designs, they look sleek and sexy...then they released this yesterday....

 

 

What the heck????

Franz von Holzhausen was probably busy putting finishing touches to the Model Y when this was on the drawing board. 

 

At least they didn't put a sports car name on an uninspiring bland SUV. 

The launch didn't exactly go to plan Tesla's new Cybertruck smashed during demo

22 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

The launch didn't exactly go to plan Tesla's new Cybertruck smashed during demo

 

I'm not convinced that was a surprise to Tesla or Musk. It turned out to be quite a stark backdrop to his talk and has put it all over the non-car press today.

There's no way that hasn't been tested to death before the reveal. And afterwards, they were giving rides to 'influencers' 🤮 and Youtubers and both windows had already been replaced .

 

I hope those things never make it across the Atlantic, our roads and parking spaces are crammed enough as it is.

I quite like the look actually. 

Still don't want one though.

Well, design-wise, the aesthetics are a step in the right direction... only one, mind. It's a bit like a blank canvas, needing more features, detail and internal 80s flashy lights and stuff.

It needs a lot more work before I'd buy it, but this is the frst Tesla by which I'm not wholly repulsed...

 

I might eventually consider buying a much-improved one if it meets the above criteria, and if Elon were to suddenly stop being a complete bellend.

 

Oh, and yes, improvements include fixing the glass!!

At least the cardboard body panels would be easy to replace. Not sure about designed by CAD just a case of ruler and pencil. Aston Martin Lagonda inspired, should be popular in the Middle East then if they make it expensive enough.

I was thinking more Hustler kit cat

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-tesla-cybertruck-revealed-0-60mph-29sec-500-mile-range

 

Edited 22 November, 20196 yr by vrskeith

The heads of  pickup truck departments at GM, Ford, Dodge & Rivian when they saw the reveal of the cybertruck.

 

 

 

Edited 22 November, 20196 yr by lancpudn

3 hours ago, vrskeith said:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-tesla-cybertruck-revealed-0-60mph-29sec-500-mile-range

 

 

Why is he dressed like an extra from a Call of Duty game?

I saw a Holden Commodore today, and that thing looks like it was designed ON a Commodore... (64) 

 

Its one of those designs that is unusual enough that people will buy it just "to be different".

 

As to the glass breaking.... yeah, id say that may have been a bit of tongue in cheek pish taking of other grand reveal disasters, like Bill Gates getting BSOD errors during Windows demos etc...

LOL I nearly pee'd me pants laughing at Aussie John Cadogan's review of it  😁

 

 

 

Might have a low speed camera radar reflection profile, what you'd save on fines wouldn't make up for kids pointing and laughing though...

Personally I think it was all a publicity stunt and the 'real' cybertruck will be revealed shortly...

**** take.

5 hours ago, skomaz said:

Personally I think it was all a publicity stunt and the 'real' cybertruck will be revealed shortly...

 

Yes I expected the body panels to fall away to reveal the real truck underneath or something. 

TESLA had to get a shift on and show something.

 

There are other EV pickups & 4x4's ready to go into production and also with big money behind them.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/459025-electric-pickup-trucks

 

http://rivian.com

 

 

 

 

 

The Rivian looks great and has some neat use of tech. 
That thing below it is a crappy Defender clone. 

The Bollinger truck is also crazy expensive, so not really a contender in the mass market truck space in my opinion, much more a rich boy's play thing.

 

Perhaps that is a market Tesla is after with the Mad Max truck.

Cybertruck is going to be priced similarly to the 3 and Y, so very much mass market. 
They want to steal sales from the F150

I meant the "toy truck" market. I don't see many in the construction or agricultural industries buying these for instance, the looks are too "marmite". However I see the appeal of virtually dent proof panels and no paint to scratch. 

 

Tesla claims 150000 pre-orders already, so WTF do I know? 😲

Edited 24 November, 20196 yr by Luckypants