RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd (wired.com)
77 points by voxadam an hour ago
int32_64 a few seconds ago
Electric trucks in general seem terrible. You only see Rivians and Cybertrucks in urban settings, the electric F150 was discontinued. Anybody who knows how people that actually need trucks use trucks saw this coming, I never once saw a cybertruck used as a truck.
firasd 4 minutes ago
I noticed that the cyberpunk wedge cars that inspired it are 2 seaters… maybe this shape isn't right for much larger cars?
DeLorean is the real life 80s reference of course, but in cyberpunk revival media like the coupe in Ghost in the Shell 2017, the spinner in Blade Runner 2049—those cars are all much smaller cabins than the cybertruck
gnabgib 43 minutes ago
Discussion (194 points, 240 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391456
Barbing 22 minutes ago
Thanks, was bound to miss it https://news.social-protocols.org/stats?id=50391456
voxadam an hour ago
nazgulsenpai 9 minutes ago
I have very little interest in electric vehicles, Tesla, Elon Musk, etc. But I still think the Cybertruck, at least the design, looks awesome. It looked like something you'd see in the "Another World" or "Out of this World" intro cinematic.
mrob 6 minutes ago
Agreed. I see it as the successor to the angular style of the Lamborghini Countach, which far more people are willing to admit looks cool.
whynotmaybe 3 minutes ago
Both look extremely cool to me but Elon's behaviour is the only reason I'll never buy a tesla. Even though the cybertruck looks awesome but it's impossible for me to be seen in this. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd used a cybertruck in a BTTF remake
laughing_man 5 minutes ago
For an "unwanted" truck, I sure see a lot of them on the road.
swaptr 7 minutes ago
As with most marketing gimmicks, they have little to no value outside of their insane marketing.
iAMkenough 4 minutes ago
Personally, I think it looks like a silver dumpster.
Kapura 5 minutes ago
Truly the peak of 2020s antisocial car design. The car looks designed to plow through other vehicles, barriers, and pedestrians without slowing down to count the bodies. "Bulletproof bodypanels" is only a selling point on a mass production car if you routinely piss people off enough to make them grab iron. Folks who need pickup trucks for the utility they provide have stuck with trucks that are actually fit for purpose. It was a way to signal to the world that you had extremely poor judgement and low standards.
schiffern 16 minutes ago
>blaming the problem on the wrong type of glue, a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”
>some RWD Cybertruck owners merrily driving along could be disconcertingly overtaken by their own wheels.
Who's doing the proofreading at Wired now? Is it all just AI?
CharlieDigital 5 minutes ago
> If they read their own link, that never happened?
> The issue stems from the brake rotors, and the report says more severe road conditions "may strain" the stud holes in the wheel rotor, causing cracks to form. If the cracks persist and worsen, it may result in the wheel detaching entirely.
> In a recent off-road escapade at the King of the Hammers event in Johnson Valley, California, a Tesla Cybertruck experienced a mechanical failure resulting in one of its wheels snapping off. The incident, captured over the weekend, has raised eyebrows about the durability of Tesla's much-touted electric truck.
gyanchawdhary 3 minutes ago
whatever this author writes should to be taken with a grain of salt ... i mean, he's paying his mortage and putting his kids thru school by professionally critiquing everything Elon does .. at leaat based on his wirted article history .. https://www.wired.com/story/how-tesla-made-its-new-230-mph-c... ..
1970-01-01 12 minutes ago
Unloved and unwanted is outright false. Go to cybertruckownersclub.com for a more balanced take. Somehow Wired managed to completely miss the best U-word description of it: Ugly.
InsidiousWombat 8 minutes ago
Just because someone likes a given piece of trash doesn't make it not a piece of trash
1970-01-01 5 minutes ago
That's not how the ancient idiom goes..
Kapura 10 minutes ago
>go to a forum for the owners club for a more balanced take
hilarious sentiment
1970-01-01 6 minutes ago
Go look before you have a knee jerk reaction.
howunfortunate 4 minutes ago
I mean owners are often quite regretful?
It's certainly more balanced than a forum of non-owners who's only knowledge about the issue is that they hate Elon with an undying passion.
cush 16 minutes ago
Elon truly was inspired by Delorean
Zigurd 12 minutes ago
That's disrespectful to a guy who made a nicer car and had a less destructive drug habit.
kstrauser 19 minutes ago
No Wired love for the Incel Camino? The Deplorean?