‘ Even In Matte Black, The Tesla Cybertruck Still Looks Like Crap ‘

[DeusxMac]

At the risk of sounding like a rampant defender of this design - I'm not - a lot of the criticisms seen around the Internet seem exaggerated.

Robert M wrote:
Here are some key issues. Visibility is definitely a significant issue.

A. Side view visibility looks questionable.

Not too bad directly to left and right, but looking to rear is hindered by sheet metal from roof corners to rear corners

Robert M wrote: b. The bottom of the rear window seems too high, further reducing visibility.

If anything, maybe a little too low; and again the sheet metal from roof to rear corners hinders looking to the right over your shoulder. However...



...cameras can greatly mitigate these weaknesses of the design.

Robert M wrote: c. The roof slopes too much in the passenger section. Could impact comfort of passengers and definitely impacks rear view visibility.

Doesn't look that bad.

Robert M wrote: d. The front end slopes too much. The Suzuki Sidekick had a similar problem. I drove one regularly and the sloping drop it made it difficult to gauge how close you were to other vehicles at traffic lights/stop signs and objects when parking..

All vehicle's "length" needs to be acquired and internalized by their drivers; same here.

Robert M wrote: e. The thickness of the sides of the flatbed appear to take away from usable flatbed space. I hope the bed is long enough and wide enough to hold at least one standard size pallet (48"x40”).

See bed image above.

Robert M wrote: f. Not a fan of all the angles. Makes it look like a cheap snapped together toy that will be crushed by a kaiju rather than a vehicle that will handle the abuse a truck will sustain while on the job. Give the monster a pair of them and they become stylish roller skates.

Robert

Looks to me like somebody got infatuated with the stealth fighter plane.

[Rolando]

Robert M wrote:
ROlando,

I'd not be interested in cameras as replacement for proper mirrors. Use in conjunction with proper mirrors, absolutely. Replacement? Nope.
Robert

Currently mirrors are federally required. New Cadillacs have Monitors in the Rear view mirror. Switchable as needed.

Robert M wrote:
There is a question of whether or not Tesla will provide a flat cap for the rear that allows cover to at least the height of the roof all the way back to the tailgate.
Robert

Elon Musk standing on Cybertruck tonneau cover

I think it has solar panels as well.

[kj]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
[quote=kj]
All of Teslas other vehicles are so conservatively styled. I think tasteful would be a good description. So where that truck design came from is anyone's guess. It just doesn't fit in with the others. I'll never own another truck, so it makes no difference to me, but it is odd.

It's pretty apparent where the design came from.


Id bet big money he chose every tesla design, not just the truck.

[kj]

“All vehicle's "length" needs to be acquired and internalized by their drivers; same here.“

Plus, all cars including teslas tell you how close you are to other objects. It’s way easier and accurate than going by feeling.

[Robert M]

Rolando,

That isn't what I meant by a flat cap. The cap should be rectangular from front to back without a pronounced angle to make it sloping. This allows transport of taller items on the bed, beneath the cap. The cap with the photo of Musk standing on it is an example of what a cap shouldn't be like on a work vehicle.

That and the visibility is definitely compromised in comparison to other trucks. To me, visibility is key. Even my CX-7 is a compromise but it's superior to CR-Vs and Murano's of similar age and vintage. That's one of the reasons I have it instead of one of them.

Key, you shouldn't have to rely on cameras to mitigate flaws in design. Visibility should be reasonably good _without_ cameras. At best, cameras should just enhance otherwise already good visibility. The Cybertruck, based on the photos, lacks good visibility in several key areas. I hope I'm wrong and it's better than what I see in the pictures. If not, then it's an significant flaw.

Robert

[Tiangou]

DeusxMac wrote:
Looks to me like somebody got infatuated with the stealth fighter plane.

Looks like it was designed in this old Apple II game:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Car_Builder_1982

[Speedy]

Trucks use mirrors to see what is behind them. This has worked well for a hundred years and more.

[DeusxMac]

Speedy wrote:
Trucks use mirrors to see what is behind them. This has worked well for a hundred years and more.

Yeah! You tell'em! Time-proven technology!

[sekker]

I find the passionate responses interesting. It’s just a … truck. Right?

[Carnos Jax]

sekker wrote:
I find the passionate responses interesting. It’s just a … truck. Right?

Which sheds some light on the real reason most people buy a truck anyway...for its looks. Very few buy one on a rational basis. For example I counted almost 80 pickups while driving to the grocery store the other day (and that's just during the drive there, not back). During that 5 mile / 10 minute drive, not one was towing anything or had something in the bed. They were all late model vehicles.