Interesting in this photo you can see what appears to be a small white button at the base of the B and C pillars. I noticed it on the B pillar in the walk around video but didn't see it in the C pillar location. Could these be the missing door releases? They replaced the handle with a button? Also, I do hope they don't use that wiper, it looks really bad from this angle. I'm hoping they are working on something more elegant and less tacked on looking.
Yeah, length is the issue for most people. Pre-heating should work, given enough time, which leads me to my latest question. I got the winter package with my 2016 Model X, which includes windshield wiper heaters in the glass. It helps melt any accumulated ice and snow on the wipers when they're parked. It doesn't do much when you're driving and it's cold enough for ice to crust up on the wipers; I don't think there's much anything can do about that. It's probably more "necessary" on vehicles where the wipers park below the hood line and you can't angle them up to clear them. I wonder if the side of the windshield will be heated for the wipers on the Cybertruck. Also, the defroster vents are usually down on the dash, where wipers traditionally are so no heating help there. It would be neat if they put a resistive heating element on the arm, near the blade, to help melt ice.
Aztek was really ugly, and the ugly served no purpose. Cybertruck is streamlined for better aero/efficiency and angular to allow easy stainless steel forming. They look nothing alike so the comparison is odd.And it is still the ugliest thing on the road and can't believe so many have reserved this truck. I bet those people also liked the Pontiac Aztek
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I knew I would offend the "Tesla homers". It is still ugly as sh&t in my book. He can launch rockets into space but he can't form stainless to look good. Recisioning is odd.
I agree!And it is still the ugliest thing on the road and can't believe so many have reserved this truck. I bet those people also liked the Pontiac Aztek
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or the Griswald Family Truckster.And it is still the ugliest thing on the road and can't believe so many have reserved this truck. I bet those people also liked the Pontiac Aztek
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If Tesla can deliver on the original specs at or near the pricepoint announced, nobody will care about the look. 500 miles (even Tesla miles) at $70-80K is a category killer at this point. We'll find out soon enough whether that will be the case or not. Personally, I find the F150 completely bland and unappealing, but that's me. To each his own. Ultimately, we will have different trucks for different tastes and needs, and that's great. Expanding the EV truck market is great. The competition is the ICE truck, not other EVs.
There is no getting around it, this is not an attractive vehicle. The shape is weird, the wheels are ugly, the fender flares suck, the yoke steering wheel is not practical if you have to go hand over hand to turn and it is the same color as my kitchen sink. If it was the only EV pickup available at the price points they proposed then it would sell but I am not so sure anymore. There is compelling competition now. Once Ford and GM ramp up their battery production and get past the mega priced launch editions, 9/10 people in the market will go with a Silverado or F150 over this. Most just want a more practical pickup with decent range. Tesla should have just used their same design language that works well on a full size pickup and call it a day.
Yep, there were 3.8 million pickup trucks sold worldwide in 2020 alone. It's a broad and varied market. Clearly this truck has found appeal in some segment. I personally do not like the way it looks, but there are a lot of cars on the road I don't like including most pickups.
