Cybertruck launch

[outdoors]

Could have happened? I lived in an area like that for years...pulled lots of people out of snow banks, high centered spots, etc. From the video..it shows the tires as being the first problem and the driver being the second.

I love using my winch and straps. Seeing anyone in distress I can help is part of having that thing on the front or back. Usually the people are so embarrassed and upset that I don't think I would ever take a picture of them. Only thing I do is let them attach it to the car.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Per the two chief engineers on the Top Gear video - the CT is not bulletproof, it's "bullet resistant". They openly said the 3mm SS will only stop subsonic rounds. That's why they used an old Tommy gun that fires subsonic 45 caliber rounds, and a 9mm that was loaded with subsonic rounds. That's a nice way of saying those videos are click-bait for the fanboy base basically. They literally said all of this directly in the video, that any supersonic round will penetrate the steel. Newsflash, many pistols and almost every rifle in existence fire supersonic rounds with higher muzzle velocities these days. Any version of the AR-15 with 223/556 rounds, with muzzle velocities ranging from 2500-4000fps leaving the barrel, would turn the CT into swiss cheese in other words.

The steel is now only "up to 1.8mm," fwiw.

 

[jebinc]

The steel is now only "up to 1.8mm," fwiw.

Wasn’t (sh) it promoted as 3mm?

 

[outdoors]

I have this packed away in a box thinking this day would never come. The ugly Christmas sweater.

Guess I am going to have to find the box.

 

[T3SLAROD]

I have this packed away in a box thinking this day would never come. The ugly Christmas sweater.

Guess I am going to have to find the box.

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Love it!!

 

[DarkandStormy]

Wasn’t (sh) it promoted as 3mm?

Well, at the risk of beating a dead horse, a lot of things were originally promoted that aren't going to be in the production version.

 

[gtgarner]

Well, at the risk of beating a dead horse, a lot of things were originally promoted that aren't going to be in the production version.

The most important part of that statement is "the why of it".

For example, if 1.8mm of this stuff can stop a bullet...then why do you need 3mm of it? Let's save some weight. lol

 

[jebinc]

Well, at the risk of beating a dead horse, a lot of things were originally promoted that aren't going to be in the production version.

 

[aerodyne]

The most important part of that statement is "the why of it".

For example, if 1.8mm of this stuff can stop a bullet...then why do you need 3mm of it? Let's save some weight. lol

But...still shopping cart proof right? I hope so, because fixing a dent with PDR probably won't go well.

 

[gtgarner]

But...still shopping cart proof right? I hope so, because fixing a dent with PDR probably won't go well.

 

[gtgarner]

Back to the topic at hand,

I'm a little bit closer... Exciting.

Check your accounts folks - as your option for configuration might occur before your email.

 

[DarkandStormy]

The most important part of that statement is "the why of it".

For example, if 1.8mm of this stuff can stop a bullet...then why do you need 3mm of it? Let's save some weight. lol

Which makes you wonder...why tell everyone 3mm in the first place?

 

[gtgarner]

Which makes you wonder...why tell everyone 3mm in the first place?View attachment 1000626

~3mm goes to 1.8 and it's a problem? Approximate 3 inches goes to 1.8mm? Do we need to go into how much approximate is allowed to go? geesshhhh.

Maybe they wanted to use approximately 3mm and then changed their minds in the middle of production. What would you suggest they do when this happens? Send you an email and get your approval if 1.8mm is approved as approximate? I'm serious.
Should they say to themselves - Oh No - we can't improve that part because we didn't tell "dark and stormy" or "so-and-so" that we were going to change it.

I'm serious when I ask that. What would you suggest they do when they change their minds to improve their own product in their own factory?

Tesla made about 80 changes to the Model Y Octo valve from the day it came out to a few weeks later. I suppose they should have had 80 press conferences.


I suppose this is the friggin world we live in now. Just hate hate hate. What do people do now - wake up in the morning looking for the wrong in others? I just don't get it. I'm glad I'm old. Just pray for my grandkids.

Cybertruck launch

Does anyone know how fast the cybertruck can charge at a V3 supercharger? The truck takes 800 V and those chargers only go up to 400 V. I haven’t heard if they use a DC to DC converter for this or split the pack in two.

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

 

[jebinc]

Which makes you wonder...why tell everyone 3mm in the first place?View attachment 1000626

Rhetorical question, given you’re talking about Elon’s comments, right?!

 

[MP3Mike]

~3mm goes to 1.8 and it's a problem? Approximate 3 inches goes to 1.8mm? Do we need to go into how much approximate is allowed to go? geesshhhh.

Sandy gets a tour of the Cybertruck Stainless Steel line at Tesla, and they clarify that the doors are ~1.8mm while the hood and other panels are ~1.4mm:

 

[uscbucsfan]

It can stop a subsonic bullet and an arrow...things that very few in the real world use.

 

[jebinc]

It can stop a subsonic bullet and an arrow...things that very few in the real world use.

But touting that drives the devotionalists to increase their "TDB EDD" deposit from $100 to $1000, at the speed of light.

 

[gtgarner]

It can stop a subsonic bullet and an arrow...things that very few in the real world use.

Which means what - as it pertains to a shopping cart?

The topic was "shopping carts".

 

[gtgarner]

Sandy gets a tour of the Cybertruck Stainless Steel line at Tesla, and they clarify that the doors are ~1.8mm while the hood and other panels are ~1.4mm:

And that means what? What if it's actually 1mm? What if its' 6mm?

Does that mean it will not fit in your garage now?

Everyone is responding to my questions and not answering them.