Tesla Cyber Truck
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Gallowbraid
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Can't wait until they let that man drive one. He did a press release preview in the new Mustang Mach E and kept asking if he could "hoon" it. At the time there were only 3 of the vehicle in existence and the Ford execs were quite nervous to let him drive it.... During the course of the video he admitted it was the first time he'd ever driven an electric vehicle.
Found the video:
Apparently, young Elon was enamored with the Lotus Esprit from the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me that bone bought actual cat at auction for just under $1,000,000. The truck is designed after it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/01/cou...n-musk-bought-it-from-them-for-6-figures.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/01/cou...n-musk-bought-it-from-them-for-6-figures.html
"There are literally millions of people that buy a Ford F150. Then, five years later, buy another Ford F150, and then, six, seven years later, buy another Ford F150," explained famous tech reviewer Marques Brownlee on YouTube. "And so if you come out with a new Tesla pickup truck that looks kind of just like the Ford F150, and instead of an engine it has a battery and some motors and a Tesla logo on it, they're not going to buy it. Just like they didn't buy the other competition that kind of looks like it. They're just going to buy another F150."
Elon Musk Made the Cybertruck Ugly on Purpose--and It's the Smartest Thing He's Ever Done
You haven't seen the "armor glass" video. I was interested in being a passenger until I saw that!
Robert
Adventurist
OK, I watched it. I like how he shrugs off stuff, he's definitely driven but it'd make me a bit leery of wanting to be one of the passengers on his space flights (not that I could afford it).
It reminded me of safety glass used in windshields. Tempered glass is used in the other windows of a vehicle for safety reasons, it's designed to shatter into small pieces. It'd be easy enough to make laminated glass for the other windows (such as bullet resistant glass) but that makes it a lot harder to extricate folks if you have to- armored vehicle extrication sucks.
It reminded me of safety glass used in windshields. Tempered glass is used in the other windows of a vehicle for safety reasons, it's designed to shatter into small pieces. It'd be easy enough to make laminated glass for the other windows (such as bullet resistant glass) but that makes it a lot harder to extricate folks if you have to- armored vehicle extrication sucks.
SpaceX or Cybertruck glass?
His overconfidence in and arrogance regarding his glass makes me rethink being a passenger trying to leave the atmosphere in one of his vehicles. And I’m a huge fan of his. Not sure I want to jump in his vacuum tubes either at this point.
Robert
Adventurist
I don't get the love for Musk, the thread on a certain other forum is a great example of the weird cult like status he seems to hold with some folks. He's got some neat ideas but he just comes across as a bit of a shyster, snake oil salesman, eccentric Howard Hughes type (only because he has tons of money- mostly because investors keep dumping money into his schemes). I'm not saying pursuing electric vehicles isn't worthwhile, I think it is on a couple of levels but most of his true believers can't be bothered to think about things like the overall costs (I've met a few who couldn't even grasp past the "well duh, you plug it in" part of where are we going to get this extra energy). JMHO and I'm obviously not a wealthy person who mingles in those circles.
Since it's close to Christmas....
Glass? Who gives a [redacted] about glass?
Honestly. You're more likely to be blown up on the launch pad then having an issue with the glass on a Space X flight. Not a bust against the quality of of what Space X builds. Just the reality of setting several tons of rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen on fire.
It would be but that wouldn't happen. You'd just be asphyxiated and pass out with cardiac arrest occurring in about 40 seconds of pressure loss. Happened in 1971 to Soyuz 11 when a pressure equalization valve was jolted open as the descent module separated from the service module during reentry exposing the crew to a vacuum.
That was exactly what movie i was thinking of when i made that comment lol
How could someone work this if they wanted to travel anywhere cross country.
You could carry 10kW generator now that there's the capability to do so. The 120V/240V 50A outlet is enough to run a level 2 Tesla charger. It has an 8 gallon fuel tank for 6 hours of continuous operation at full load when running on gasoline, That works out to 27 miles of range charged per hour and 200 miles of range with 10 gallons of gas. You can also use propane but I don't have specs on the run time / lbs used.
So. If you charge up to full before you leave you can have about a 700 mile range with 10 gal of gas.
You could carry 10kW generator now that there's the capability to do so. The 120V/240V 50A outlet is enough to run a level 2 Tesla charger. It has an 8 gallon fuel tank for 6 hours of continuous operation at full load when running on gasoline, That works out to 27 miles of range charged per hour and 200 miles of range with 10 gallons of gas. You can also use propane but I don't have specs on the run time / lbs used.
So. If you charge up to full before you leave you can have about a 700 mile range with 10 gal of gas.
