Tesla Cybertruck [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcROXiN_cdE

by icinnamon • 7 years ago

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goohex2• 7 years ago

The stream is unlisted on YT - so if you don't feel like volunteering a (fake) email address to watch a commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcROXiN_cdE

technotarek• 7 years ago

Apparently you just posted a link to Tron.

rtkwe4• 7 years ago

Weird move to put it behind a email hoover. Wonder if it does anything more than just evaluate the email format.

dmix9• 7 years ago

The crowd is extremely loud and distracting this time. Are they in a smaller acoustic space than usual or is it just poor micing?

thewd• 7 years ago

Sounds like they have a mic in the crowd. I can't believe the jeering from the crowd. Who do they they invite for these events?

singron2• 7 years ago

The video just got switched to private.

martythemaniak• 7 years ago

ugh, where can we watch it non-live?

Edit: this may function as a mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwtrXGOW_o

nodesocket2• 7 years ago

Running late, a little amateur hour. When is the last time you saw an Apple event start late?

leesec2• 7 years ago

Tesla events always start late. It's a marketing thing.

JNRowe• 7 years ago

That is 04:00 UTC, to save others the `TZ=America/Los_Angeles date`.

NullPrefix• 7 years ago

Which day?

pfundstein• 7 years ago

This one.

hinkley4• 7 years ago

It started 5 minutes before you posted.

"Now. It's starting now."

King-Aaron2• 7 years ago

Surely what they've just rolled out onto the stage is a joke?

hinkley4• 7 years ago

I can just hear the Terminator theme song playing.

SomewhatLikely• 7 years ago

I kept waiting for them to reveal that was a shell hiding the real truck... Not sure wtf I just watched.

slg3• 7 years ago

I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie.

sidcool2• 7 years ago

I think that was the idea. This is not something Tesla hopes to sell like Model 3, it's a fun side project for them.

nodesocket2• 7 years ago

I don't think it's a side project. Trucks are hugely popular here in America. F-150 sales nearly single handedly keep Ford alive.

slg3• 7 years ago

I didn't get that impression from the intro Musk did about how the three best selling cars in the US are trucks and how important it is for those to become more sustainable.

TMWNN• 7 years ago

I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie.

How did you miss the crew of people dressed like characters in a low budget 80s sci-fi movie exiting the truck? Or, more briefly, thatsthejoke.jpg

slg3• 7 years ago

I realize that. I just don’t view that aesthetic as a good thing and apparently Tesla does.

rtkwe4• 7 years ago

Wow, looks pretty hideous to me. And it doesn't seem to even have a proper bed. Not really what I was imagining when I heard Tesla was making a truck, look more like they made a trophy truck.

https://imgur.com/a/ewbWXwy

eduren• 7 years ago

Same energy: https://i.imgur.com/TwfJ8v1.jpg

sidcool2• 7 years ago

Not something I expected...Not sure how I feel.

yaacov• 7 years ago

Cars are supposed to crumple when you crash them. This looks horribly dangerous.

throwaway5752• 7 years ago

They are a mid-sized car manufacturer with a relationship with a rocket company. I am not interested in buying the truck but I'm pretty confident they considered passenger safety while they were designing the truck. And if they didn't the NHTSA requires certain performance in crash tests before a vehicle is roadworthy.

rtkwe4• 7 years ago

Oh don't worry the other car will crumple enough for both of them. And being a higher vehicle you in your Tesla truck won't hit the bumper but the trunk instead for extra crumple.

mavdi2• 7 years ago

I had to stop watching with that cringe shattered glass test fail. I felt for them.

Magi6042• 7 years ago

The Tesla Armor Glass demonstration on the actual truck was such a fail. And now the broken glass is on full display to everyone watching.

Forge36• 7 years ago

Did they not test this?

mavdi2• 7 years ago

Failed twice consecutively. Aren’t the side glasses meant to be breakable by regulation for escaping situations when the door is jammed?

bluealienpie• 7 years ago

Can't believe they didn't test the vehicle prior to demo. Very amateur

kemiller2• 7 years ago

Heads are going to roll. This is going to be hard to recover even if the truck is amazing.

kemiller2• 7 years ago

Though, honestly, I’d still buy one.

bdamm2• 7 years ago

It cracked but did not fail. Is that not supposed to be how it works?

dmix9• 7 years ago

Looks like how bulletproof glass looks after impact...

Benjamin_Dobell• 7 years ago

No, it's not supposed to crack. In the stream they said they threw wrenches at it in the past and it didn't crack.

Magi6042• 7 years ago

The test before showed them dropping softball-sized metal balls onto a horizontal pane of Tesla Armor Glass from 20-25 feet in the air without any damage, so it set the expectation of impervious glass. Maybe if Musk stated that the glass was meant to just crack but not shatter, it would have made sense, but to me the impression I got was that the live demo on the truck was done on the fly without prior prep (Musk did say after the glass cracked that "at least it didn't go through", but not beforehand).

maxden• 7 years ago

Maybe they were supposed to use the first ball that was smaller?

Certainly came as a surprise to Elon.

I notice they let the panel glass bounce in the drop test, which isn't similar to a window installation.

dmix9• 7 years ago

The Matrix crew walked out of it. Definitely going for the 90s cyber look.

kylecazar• 7 years ago

Heh. Trying to demo the strength of the windows, he had someone throw a steel ball at it. Shattered instantly.

That doesn't mean it isn't an improvement though.

dmix9• 7 years ago

The steel door certainly took a beating though.

I wonder what this means for car accidents. Aren't they supposed to crunch in on impact? Or is that why they chose the door instead of a front/hood impact?

belltaco2• 7 years ago

Crumple zones are usually on the front, back and side fenders to absorb impact, not necessarily the doors.

leesec2• 7 years ago

To be fair it didn't shatter. The steel ball did NOT make it through the glass.

snake1173• 7 years ago

Is this a truck or an APC?

I'm starting to warm up to it. Definitely will be turning heads when driving.

slovette10• 7 years ago

That is the ugliest, most impractical thing. Guess I’m not the target audience (I’m rural, farm country). What a let down.... I was really excited for this too.

I don’t think I’ve ever in my life heard anyone with truck say: “Man, it’s amazing off road, but the glass shatters too easily!”

disclaimer I have a 3. Love it and Tesla in general. I don’t love this.

almost_usual3• 7 years ago

No, I think plenty are let down. I thought it was a joke when it drove out.

chaostheory5• 7 years ago

How is it impractical?

slovette10• 7 years ago

See above. :)

bdamm2• 7 years ago

I think it is clear that their target market is mining operations, rail roads, army, etc.

slovette10• 7 years ago

We’ll... I have clients, friends and family in every industry you listed. None of them would buy this for various reasons. This is a truck made by city folk, for city folk. Which is fine, btw, I’m just disappointed as I was hoping to replace my ICE with one. I suppose I’ll just have to wait.

m463• 7 years ago

...patrolling the dead zone, transporting lander passengers to the martian base, running 80's hair bands out to the venue, ...

bryanlarsen2• 7 years ago

Gravel roads are ubiquitous in farming country and take out windows regularly.

slovette10• 7 years ago

Eh, no. This is simply not targeted for rural work/job type applications.

singron2• 7 years ago

I've known a few people who broke their back window from throwing stuff into the bed and accidentally hitting the glass. It's probably a case of "don't do that", but some people might appreciate it.

slovette10• 7 years ago

This is a good perspective. Though I doubt there’s enough demand to warrant the heavy focus on that. This is a PR stunt, not some data driven product feature.

almost_usual3• 7 years ago

Off roading a steel limousine without a winch. This thing is designed to get stuck.

beaner2• 7 years ago

I know Musk is typically awkward on stage, but this one is the worst by far. He seems like he's on drugs. It's not even the way he speaks, it's like looking around paranoid. The car failed the glass demo, and he seems completely out of sync with the presentation and the videos. The audience cheers seem staged, too. Whoever's responsible for managing this did a disaster of a job.

goohex2• 7 years ago

Honestly I just wish they'd give him a clicker for the presentation. He was like this for the neuralink reveal but at least then he had other people talking to add some structure.

lettergram• 7 years ago

Agreed, came back here to write the same thing. That was very uncomfortable to watch.

sorenjan• 7 years ago

Everyone want's to play Steve Jobs. I guess it's an ego thing that makes him want to be up on stage, but it feels like a school presentation and isn't a good look.

kjeetgill• 7 years ago

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I think it's kinda nice. It makes it feel less commercially where you worry the claims are dubious and more like someone awkwardly showing you their new pet project?

Maybe I'm just getting sold on the shtick. This is the first of his presentations I've seen.

beaner2• 7 years ago

It's typically endearing for everyone the first time they see Musk present, and I agree with that. But after seeing it enough times you wonder why it's getting worse, rather than improving.

Mandatum• 7 years ago

tesla.com/cybertruck redirects to a dead Spanish domain, no TLS..

hinkley4• 7 years ago

Decades from now when we are doing biopics comparing Elon Musk to Howard Hughes, this may well show up as the pivotal moment in the narrative.

outlace• 7 years ago

At first I was like "what the hell is that thing" but it grew on me by the end of the presentation.

tdiggity3• 7 years ago

Website updated: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck

Interesting observations:

  - Reservation is only $100 whereas the Model Y is $2500.

  - 500 mile range on the Tri Motor, nice.

  - No info on the ATV

dmix9• 7 years ago

There's also a utility trailer on the back in one of the pictures. Maybe just a 3d concept though.

tdiggity3• 7 years ago

Tesla Lifestyle addon, hopefully. The photo at the campsite has a bunch of accessories in there, too.

taborj4• 7 years ago

Reservation is only $100 whereas the Model Y is $2500.

This doesn't surprise me. The Cybertruck is going to be a harder sell than the Model Y, so they want to keep the barrier to entry much lower.

tomc1985• 7 years ago

Wow, that video went private right as I was watching it. The glass demo must have failed real good.

Infernal• 7 years ago

Hmm... video was just made private while I was scrubbing through it. Strange.

snake1173• 7 years ago

With the built in ramp and their electric ATV pulling up and actually plugging into the Cybertruck was just unreal.

Ford and the rest are going to have to change things up big time.

taborj4• 7 years ago

Ford and the rest are going to have to change things up big time.

Actually, I don't think they will, at least not anytime soon and not exclusively because of Tesla. Even if this was a more conventional design, truck owners can be tough nuts to crack. Plus, a huge number of trucks are purchased as stripped down fleet vehicles, designed to be workhorses that are fixable/maintainable by on-site crews. The Cybertruck won't appeal to that large segment.

The fact that this isn't a conventional truck design leaves a huge door for the conventional truck makers to step into with simply an electric version of their existing lineup. Add Rivian to the mix, which looks way better than this IMHO, and I think conventional-style pickups are here for a long while.

gexla• 7 years ago

Looks like what you would get if Delorean came out with an SUV. It's as ugly as I imagined it would be. I want one!

dmix9• 7 years ago

It'd look better in black and with a licence plate or something more on the front or back.

puranjay• 7 years ago

This is not a good looking vehicle. It reminds me of something from a dystopic sci-fi movie, and not in a good way. Too Bladerunner-ish

booleanbetrayal• 7 years ago

Paint it black and write POLICE on it.

ilaksh• 7 years ago

Personally I fucking love it. But I like things that are actually different and balsy. As opposed to minor changes that are easy for people to comprehend.

On the other hand, this is so different that there is a slight chance it is a joke. But I hope not.

geonnave• 7 years ago

The only "explanation" is that this thing has been made to run on Mars. And still, didn't need to be so ugly, my eyes hurt.

chaostheory5• 7 years ago

It looks like the truck has a lot of inspiration from the cars in the original Total Recall movie. It also feels like a Saab in aesthetics. You will either hate it or love it with little in between.

This will be popular in cartel country

starpilot• 7 years ago

Going to stick with the Rivian truck...

lawrenceyan• 7 years ago

Pretty legit. Really amazing prices too. I wonder how much money they'll make per car.

mythz• 7 years ago

Underwhelming, even without the glass demo fail. Looks like it was designed by an outsourced rogue design team trying to design an 80's sci-fi car for kicks, that somehow it made it to production.

The demo was lacking in interior, technical specs, real-world examples of why its design is superior, etc, overall I'd say its Tesla's worst unveil. Though the design of the ATV did look pretty cool - unfortunate it lacked any details.

Luckily I was never interested in trucks so not disappointed by it's lack of appeal, still looking forward to the Model Y tho.

snake1173• 7 years ago

Contrary to what most are saying, this was an awesome presentation. They kept it incredibly short, gave basic facts about the car (although nothing on the interior), and blew everyone's mind, for good or for bad, with a new truck unlike anyone would've believed, especially putting it against the F-150. Even with the glass shattering, the fact that it didn't go through was still amazing (they definitely have to work on this though). I say it was a mind blowing presentation and I will definitely be thinking through this.

tdiggity3• 7 years ago

They did this for the Y too. I would have liked a quick run through of the interior and other accessories they show on the website. But it's fine, not everything is finished yet. For example, the Model Y has a 7 seat option and we know nothing about it. All we have is one photo with the seats down.

dmix9• 7 years ago

The interior is shown on the homepage website: https://www.tesla.com/xNVh4yUEc3B9/09_Desktop.jpg

1e-92• 7 years ago

My progression:

1) Looks ridiculous.

2) Impressive hammer demo.

3) Embarrassing glass demo, but impressive nonetheless.

4) 500+ mile range, tows 14,000 lbs, adjustable ground clearance to 16", yanks an F-150 uphill in a tug-of-war... Wow!

5) Cool ATV, tailgate ramp, and retractable bed cover.

6) After watching video at Tesla website... it actually doesn't look that bad.

7) A few more minutes go by... I like the way it looks.

8) I want one.

King-Aaron2• 7 years ago

2) Impressive hammer demo.

Honestly, I was a little annoyed by the hammer demo. The guy swinging was clearly loosening his grip/effort just before impact, compared to him actually putting effort into the previous white door he hit.

1e-92• 7 years ago

The first hit was tentative. I imagine the guy was nervous about whether he might dent it. The second hit was a hard smack with full body weight behind it. I suspose he felt more confident after Elon asked him to hit it harder. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvDOdBHYBw starting at 3:14.

Keverw• 7 years ago

Pretty interesting. The most expensive model tows 14K pounds. Wonder if anyone would try to RV with one of these. Seems like going from RV park to RV park in a day it would work... But wonder about dry camping or even boondocking since state or national parks don't all seem to provide hookups. I'm not sure how you'd charge it then, maybe a generator as not sure if solar would be enough. For a RV park with hookups, probably someone could create an adaptor to hook it up the the 50 amps on the pedestal.

The geek inside of me thinks this is really cool, but wonder what the practicable side of this is. Does seem like something from the future for sure, amazing times we are in right now. Science fiction is becoming reality.

Also wonder if the range when towing would end up being less compared to not towing... I know some people are happy with 7 to 9MPG when towing their RV. However Diesel seems to do better than Gasoline... I know I heard Diesel has a lot of torque, but electric is even better.

jacobn• 7 years ago

Was it just me or did the ramp to the flatbed have solar cells on it?

Based on the 6.5’ bed and measuring the image on the product page, it looks like the vehicle will be ~210” long - has anyone seen an actual official number?

dang• 7 years ago

Main discussion is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21602437

Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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