Tesla Cybertruck

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Let me try to explain to the fan bois why an old truck like I own puts out many, many times more torque that the Cyber junk.

The truck I own puts out 650 ft/lbs at the crankshaft. That torque is fed to an Allison tranny with a 1st gear of 3.10 to 1 gear ratio.

Now that 650 ft/lbs of torque that is feed into the tranny comes out as 2,015 ft/lbs of torque.

But we are not done yet. Now fan bois, we need to feed that 2,015 ft/lbs of torque into the 3.75 rear end.

So, 2,015 ft/lbs go into the rear end and the tires see slightly over 7,500 ft/lbs of torque.

It has been reported that the Cyber junk will have 1,000 ft/lbs of torque. If true, my 12 YO truck will put out 7x's the amount of torque the Cyber junk will put out.

Then you should have no problem proving your truck can beat Tesla easy
Go prove it
:P

https://electrek.co/2019/11/29/tesla-cybertruck-becomes-underdog-ford-f150-tug-of-war-challenge/

"I don't know where you are or where you've been but out here"... "by the turn of the century,(that would be the 20th century) 40 percent of automobiles were powered by steam, 38 percent by electricity, and 22 percent by gasoline."

I believe the term is "What goes around, comes around"...again.

A little history checking could be in order, if you think electric cars are so recent.

fj12ryder wrote:
Last time I checked, EV's still use electric motors powered by batteries. The batteries and motors are improved, but "leapfrogged by 1,000 %"? Maybe not quite that much.

Probably the marketing has improved that much.

I don't know where you are or where you've been but out here, EV started with hybrid where battery can only last up to 30 miles and now with Tesla we have 300 miles and without an engine to back it up.

Ah ok, I now know where you are.;)

time2roll wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

time2roll wrote:
I wonder if there will be different shades of that metal skin. Silver to dark grey seem to be popular. Seeing more of the matt finish also.

The matt finish is customized vinyl cladding. You can even get a camo -- but I think you need to cross into Canada to get that.

I read some vehicles are factory painted with matte finish. Either way I don't think Cybertruck will have a wrap.

Are you guys still talking about the truck? Aside of the one prototype where are all these paint variations and wraps?

Last time I checked, EV's still use electric motors powered by batteries. The batteries and motors are improved, but "leapfrogged by 1,000 %"? Maybe not quite that much.

Probably the marketing has improved that much.

Amazing how people can still be skeptical after seeing the evidence of how EV technology leaf-frogged by 1,000 % in short span of less than 10 years.

And against someone who made a re-usable rocket land on a barge which to rocket scientist is analogous to threading a needle from 10 stories high on a gale force wind.

time2roll wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

time2roll wrote:
I wonder if there will be different shades of that metal skin. Silver to dark grey seem to be popular. Seeing more of the matt finish also.

The matt finish is customized vinyl cladding. You can even get a camo -- but I think you need to cross into Canada to get that.

I read some vehicles are factory painted with matte finish. Either way I don't think Cybertruck will have a wrap.

My daughter's Tesla X green matt is a wrap is after market. I would think the same for Cybertruck. Of course, we all want it factory customized.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

time2roll wrote:
I wonder if there will be different shades of that metal skin. Silver to dark grey seem to be popular. Seeing more of the matt finish also.

The matt finish is customized vinyl cladding. You can even get a camo -- but I think you need to cross into Canada to get that.

I read some vehicles are factory painted with matte finish. Either way I don't think Cybertruck will have a wrap.

time2roll wrote:
I wonder if there will be different shades of that metal skin. Silver to dark grey seem to be popular. Seeing more of the matt finish also.

The matt finish is customized vinyl cladding. You can even get a camo -- but I think you need to cross into Canada to get that.

I wonder if there will be different shades of that metal skin. Silver to dark grey seem to be popular. Seeing more of the matt finish also.