YouTuber JerryRigEverything tested a Cybertruck tow hitch and it turns out it's all extremely thin cast aluminum glued together. It completely snapped off before it hit us tow weight rating of 11,000 lbs.
If you see this truck towing something, STAY AWAY.
full video. https://youtu.be/ubUXNSWGth0?si=i5IVl9q1YHwfQD5M
If you see this truck towing something, STAY AWAY.
full video. https://youtu.be/ubUXNSWGth0?si=i5IVl9q1YHwfQD5M
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It's as if designing a truck properly takes LOTS of knowledge, not merely access to some CAD software.
Which is a nice encapsulation on everything these bros get wrong.
ya know
Longer test. Not realistic, but the F150 was entirely driveable at the end of all the abuse while the CyberTruck bricked itself and had to go to the shop.
Cyber"truck"
Not a truck, just a weird electric car.
The cyber part works though, it does look like it escaped from a video game. A particularly graphically lazy video game, but still...
Aluminum is subject to fatigue to a much great extent than other metals - it tends to fail suddenly and catastrophically when bent. most trucks use Steel for this reason (even Ford which is famous for using Aluminum in body panels).
Faaaaantastic truck too. Wow. Safety factor of less than 1.
I knew he was just a big ass.
https://youtu.be/_scBKKHi7WQ?si=eI8amixOP1yjwNXw
shouldn't the test be in the direction of towing?
I.e. along/ parallel to the road surface?
tongue weight vs trailer weight, etc
Even so, that pickup showed how a vehicle SHOULD respond to the test. The values given by the manufacturer are good for the service live of the vehicle, so there is a LARGE safety buffer when new.
I would not trust *that* on a Cybertruck.
hint; it's more than the tongue weight.
It doesn't matter if the test describes a realistic scenario; every truck that isn't a tesla survies it.
thats not new info.
you clearly never worked in an auto shop.
hell....the only thing holding some older Ford radio units in is two peices of bent steel that you can stick a fork in and bent back
I would seriously question the motives of the tester, or the technical understanding of this.
This is basically just clickbait, as they know musk hate generates the clicks and $$$$
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I think the contention here is that the safety factors used by Tesla are pathetic in comparison to any normal truck manufacturer, and that standard use can result in momentary exceptional loads.
You don’t need silly clickbait videos to know that the cybercuck is an ugly stupid vehicle for cringey assholes. That was well understood when it came out.