Cybertruck has 400 horses

free radical wrote:

Reisender wrote:

thomas201 wrote:
OK time to hit the reset button, this is a towing forum, so:

1. How much will it tow under SAE J2807? (modified for EVs)
2. How far will it tow it, before recharging?

The two most important questions!!

The rest is all fru fru.

I think everyone is going to have to wait awhile for real numbers. This goes for all the manufacturers. It’s going to be interesting though as at least four manufacturers will be coming out with E trucks all at the same time. My personal feeling is that all will shoot for that F150 tow range. None are shooting for the big numbers from the Cummins or ford diesels. That will probably come later. Still, lots of market room for a truck that can competently tow 8000 pounds 500 or 600 km.

Jmho.

Heres a vid of Tesla semi testing

I count 9 concrete blocks,no idea what each weighs

https://youtu.be/8DCjy5P53ns

Don't know how accurate the estimate but the report says it's 75,000 lbs. total.

Reisender wrote:

thomas201 wrote:
OK time to hit the reset button, this is a towing forum, so:

1. How much will it tow under SAE J2807? (modified for EVs)
2. How far will it tow it, before recharging?

The two most important questions!!

The rest is all fru fru.

I think everyone is going to have to wait awhile for real numbers. This goes for all the manufacturers. It’s going to be interesting though as at least four manufacturers will be coming out with E trucks all at the same time. My personal feeling is that all will shoot for that F150 tow range. None are shooting for the big numbers from the Cummins or ford diesels. That will probably come later. Still, lots of market room for a truck that can competently tow 8000 pounds 500 or 600 km.

Jmho.

Heres a vid of Tesla semi testing

I count 9 concrete blocks,no idea what each weighs

https://youtu.be/8DCjy5P53ns

Bedlam wrote:
I have five vehicles built between 1957 and 2009 with carburetors. They are easy to repair, but require more cleaning and have to be rejetted when I travel between sea level and over 5000+ ft elevation.

True dat!

I can do simple repairs of my 'ol Jeep -- which is either the carburetor or the distributor-spark plug.

Now, I don't even attempt unless it's changing busted lights or fuse.

I have five vehicles built between 1957 and 2009 with carburetors. They are easy to repair, but require more cleaning and have to be rejetted when I travel between sea level and over 5000+ ft elevation.

noteven wrote:

I think it's generally seen as an advantage in Extreme Overlanding ...no wait... Extreme Gnarly Wheeling.... no wait...Extreme whatever ... driving off road is called on instagram now - if you roll your rig and can get it back on its wheels its handy if the propulsion will still run.

See video: Dodge off roader

Anyways "skateboard" electric vehicles should have a very low c of g so resist rolling over up until they are lifted and loaded with all the things and roof top tents and racks and high lift jacks and shobbels and batteries and solar and .... no wait they already have batteries...

Lost my mechanical aptitude after my Jeep Wrangler a couple of decades ago.

Are there still carburetors? I thought by now they'll all be using injectors -- more efficient and most likely, more powerful too.

Lol, and those are city streets on those days!

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

noteven wrote:

wilber1 wrote:

noteven wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

noteven wrote:
Guys - is that upswept black pan at the rear made of stainless steel too?

If Yes - that will be great for when the Yankum kinetic rope applies the energy to pull you backwards out of a Canadian ditch full of fwozen snow. The Wedge should toboggan right back up it's tracks.

The kinda blunt lower front should stop you front making all the way to the barb wire fence line. Probly won't hurt the stainless anyway. Scratch it a bit.

I want the Cybertruck to be able to do that Land Rover Defender roll over into a steep ravine -- and when it landed upright, just continued nonchalantly on its way.

Well, it won’t flood it’s carburetor or hydro lock it’s engine in the upside down positions

Carburetor? Are you still in the seventies? ICE’s can be built to run inverted, aircraft have been doing it for many decades.

No way...

And why would you want to run an inverted truck?:h

I think it's generally seen as an advantage in Extreme Overlanding ...no wait... Extreme Gnarly Wheeling.... no wait...Extreme whatever ... driving off road is called on instagram now - if you roll your rig and can get it back on its wheels its handy if the propulsion will still run.

See video: Dodge off roader

Anyways "skateboard" electric vehicles should have a very low c of g so resist rolling over up until they are lifted and loaded with all the things and roof top tents and racks and high lift jacks and shobbels and batteries and solar and .... no wait they already have batteries...

thomas201 wrote:
OK time to hit the reset button, this is a towing forum, so:

1. How much will it tow under SAE J2807? (modified for EVs)
2. How far will it tow it, before recharging?

The two most important questions!!

The rest is all fru fru.

I think everyone is going to have to wait awhile for real numbers. This goes for all the manufacturers. It’s going to be interesting though as at least four manufacturers will be coming out with E trucks all at the same time. My personal feeling is that all will shoot for that F150 tow range. None are shooting for the big numbers from the Cummins or ford diesels. That will probably come later. Still, lots of market room for a truck that can competently tow 8000 pounds 500 or 600 km.

Jmho.

OK time to hit the reset button, this is a towing forum, so:

1. How much will it tow under SAE J2807? (modified for EVs)
2. How far will it tow it, before recharging?

The two most important questions!!

The rest is all fru fru.

wilber1 wrote:

noteven wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I want the Cybertruck to be able to do that Land Rover Defender roll over into a steep ravine -- and when it landed upright, just continued nonchalantly on its way.

Well, it won’t flood it’s carburetor or hydro lock it’s engine in the upside down positions

Carburetor? Are you still in the seventies? ICE’s can be built to run inverted, aircraft have been doing it for many decades.

You are using the wrong fuel. LPG conversions solved that a long time ago while still using carburetors.

time2roll wrote:

Reisender wrote:
Reservations just hit 650,000.

https://electrek.co/2020/06/22/tesla-cybertruck-pre-orders-rose-over-650000-report/

Elon is really cranking up the ponzi scheme on this one :B

Actually, on this one, he lost the opportunity to get about a $1B in free financing had he upped. the deposit to $1.5K.