New Tesla CyberTruck Render Surfaces With Changes Musk Says Are Coming. Heading In The Right Direction?

Musk has said before that “there’s more” to the Cybertruck and “It’s better than people realize”.

He said they are doing an “overall system review” of the Cybertruck with the engineering team next week and he might release more details about the changes being made to the electric pickup truck then.

Check out the new update render of it with the proposed changes by clicking the read article link.

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SanJoseDriver - 4/19/2020 6:01:02 AM

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I think so, a 3% reduction in size will mean it'll fit in most garages now. It also likely means less weight and more range. The interior will only be 1.5% smaller, still massive.

MDarringer - 4/19/2020 11:23:20 AM

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So it only weighs 5800 pounds now?

SanJoseDriver - 4/20/2020 5:45:40 AM

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I think 4,850 - 6,250 lbs depending on battery, which is the range EV sites figured out before minus 3%. The Model S weighs up to 4,941 lbs, so that seems really optimistic, but perhaps they might be onto something with the exoskeleton design (planes use it too).

PUGPROUD - 4/19/2020 6:34:51 AM

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A thing of beauty....not!

carloslassiter - 4/19/2020 8:45:29 AM

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I think it looks cool and modern and different than every other truck on the market, all of which look the same as each other, and have looked the same for about 50 years.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 4/19/2020 9:39:23 AM

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This is a bunch of PR and marketing. Nothing more. Lots of concepts get tweaked on their way to production. No need for a press release. Keeping top of mind and keeping the stock up and looking attractive to new investors are what is happening here.

MDarringer - 4/19/2020 11:24:34 AM

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The #1 issue in its styling is the DLO. The triangular roofline would accordion rather easily.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 4/19/2020 1:54:17 PM

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As it stands there is not enough crush zone in front of the base of the windshield. The front will need to be longer.

atc98092 - 4/19/2020 4:50:22 PM

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Unless any of you are structural engineers, and have access to Tesla's design drawings, we're all just guessing about any of that. Looks can be deceiving. How can a Smart car survive any collision? But it has respectable safety ratings.

MDarringer - 4/19/2020 5:27:34 PM

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(1) The Smart car isn't a triangle.
(2) In a crash the center of the roof wants to bow upward through distribution of energy. Thus having a pointed roof exacerbates and intensifies that effect.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 4/19/2020 9:14:30 PM

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A smart car will "bounce" of an object that it hits head on. It does this because it is so light and it has a wrap around steel safety structure that allows this. The Cyber Truck will be very heavy. Crumple zones up front will be necessary to dissipate all the energy from a crash. As it is the windshield and A-Pillars will be absorbing a lot of crash energy. It is a compromised design.

runninglogan1 - 4/19/2020 5:50:05 PM

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It's going to be safer than any other truck.

MDarringer - 4/19/2020 7:22:24 PM

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And you can state unequivocally how exactly? Tesla's reputation on safety is shitty.

runninglogan1 - 4/20/2020 12:08:49 AM

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I can state unequivocally that in the real world, Tesla has a sterling reputation for safety.

In your fantasy world, Volvos are death traps too.

SanJoseDriver - 4/20/2020 5:47:57 AM

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Tesla has nailed the highest safety ratings possible in the S and 3. X is pretty good. I don't doubt the Cybertruck will be extremely safe.

MDarringer - 4/20/2020 11:51:37 AM

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If they have the highest safety ratings, explain why they lock people inside and incinerate them or drive people to their deaths they steering toward stationary objects at high speed.

SanJoseDriver - 4/20/2020 10:19:28 PM

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Death rate is still far lower than other cars, can have a myopic view of 1-2 edge case incidents or a holistic view of aggregated stats. Many people walked away from crashes in a Tesla that they would not have survived in any other car (ex: 80 food drop off a cliff).

MDarringer - 4/20/2020 10:31:53 PM

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Deploy the bait. Watch the idiot snap at it. It never gets old.

carloslassiter - 4/19/2020 7:24:49 PM

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(2) In a crash the center of the roof wants to bow upward through distribution of energy. Thus having a pointed roof exacerbates and intensifies that effect.
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Not only is this d-bag an amateur epidemiologist, he's also an engineer and self-proclaimed genius psychologist who somehow ended up humping Kias for a living.

TomM - 4/20/2020 6:15:15 AM

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Used car salespersons will say anything.
You have to learn to ignore them. Most of us already have in this case.
After all - they have been the worlds LEAST trusted people for DECADES in numerous polls.

MDarringer - 4/20/2020 11:53:16 AM

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Actually, you can see the effect I noted by walking into any body shop. Carlos, you really need to accept that I am smarter and better educated than you are.

SuperCarEnthusiast - 4/20/2020 12:10:42 PM

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Make it already! Tesla is suppose to have 400K in deposits!

SanJoseDriver - 4/20/2020 10:20:18 PM

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Based on 3rd row podcast it may already by 600K.

mini22 - 4/21/2020 6:12:01 PM

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I think the Cybertruck is going to look radically more conservative by the time it hits the market. In fact I think it's going to look more like a truck. If Tesla wants volume sales they will have to change its styling.