Is the Cyber Truck a Flop?
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grsthegreat
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I saw one at the local dump today. They look even worse up close. I was wondering if he was going to leave the piece o crap at the dump…..but he didnt. I thought it would be a fitting end.
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It's almost impossible to know which news source to trust not being motivated by political biased or profit.
I would like to find a source that just gave facts.
Let people decide, not try to program them. That's the problem with AI. It may be manipulated.
Trust no one, that's sad!
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GM is reacting to a slowdown in EV sales. Will be interesting to see if others follow suite.
GM lays off over 1,700 workers indefinitely as EV demand slows
GM lays off over 1,700 workers indefinitely as EV demand slows
I find that the BBC is still somewhat fact based... For domestic news, I read two different sides of the coin and figure the actual story is halfway in between.
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Thanks for the link. That's better
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Well, failure or not, the CT is a technological tour-de-force.
I just found out that the CT's low voltage system (the one that runs the lights, window motors, radio, etc.) is 48V, and uses a tiny 4Ah lithium battery. It may be the only EV with a 48V aux. system.
Note that other EVs and hybrids have a 12V low voltage system, and conventional auxiliary components. Most EVs and hybrids today even use a separate 12V lead-acid battery. Some, since about 2021, have gone to a lithium 12V battery, while non-CT Teslas have gone to a 16V li-ion.
My own '21 Hyundai HEV uses a lithium 12V battery that is inside the main battery casing, and separately replaceable. It is cooled by the main air cooling system and covered by the 10y warranty.
I just found out that the CT's low voltage system (the one that runs the lights, window motors, radio, etc.) is 48V, and uses a tiny 4Ah lithium battery. It may be the only EV with a 48V aux. system.
Note that other EVs and hybrids have a 12V low voltage system, and conventional auxiliary components. Most EVs and hybrids today even use a separate 12V lead-acid battery. Some, since about 2021, have gone to a lithium 12V battery, while non-CT Teslas have gone to a 16V li-ion.
My own '21 Hyundai HEV uses a lithium 12V battery that is inside the main battery casing, and separately replaceable. It is cooled by the main air cooling system and covered by the 10y warranty.
Just wait until anything electrical breaks on the 48 volt system and replacement parts are only available through Tesla. The 48 volt system you seem to be so impressed with is simply another evolution in the automobile which was being seriously debated at least as far back as the early 1990s, so more than 30 years ago and before Tesla even existed. It’s interesting to see the predictions about it in this 2001 trade magazine article: 42-Volt Electrical Systems Are (Not Quite) Here! | MOTOR
Steer by wire (a deal breaker for me) has been around to control some vehicles rear wheel steering for a while now, like GMs quadrasteer circa 2002.
Kudos to Tesla for pushing the envelope and trying different things. Going all in with the industrial kitchen dumpster body with no backup plan for a more traditional and more functional body, which appears to be the case, is a failure imo. I like the idea of a corrosion resistant stainless steel body, but if the rest of the chassis isn’t as corrosion resistant then that is another failure as well.
Was the CT another example of group think or were the underlings too afraid to speak up or was it some combination of both?
BTW I know nothing about the CT’s electrical demands, but 4ah sounds way low for an automotive battery. Granted there is not likely an extreme demand, like a starter motor trying to turn over a cold ICE engine with oil thicker than #6 fuel oil, but depending upon what is powered by that battery it still sounds like the capacity is on the low side.
Steer by wire (a deal breaker for me) has been around to control some vehicles rear wheel steering for a while now, like GMs quadrasteer circa 2002.
Kudos to Tesla for pushing the envelope and trying different things. Going all in with the industrial kitchen dumpster body with no backup plan for a more traditional and more functional body, which appears to be the case, is a failure imo. I like the idea of a corrosion resistant stainless steel body, but if the rest of the chassis isn’t as corrosion resistant then that is another failure as well.
Was the CT another example of group think or were the underlings too afraid to speak up or was it some combination of both?
BTW I know nothing about the CT’s electrical demands, but 4ah sounds way low for an automotive battery. Granted there is not likely an extreme demand, like a starter motor trying to turn over a cold ICE engine with oil thicker than #6 fuel oil, but depending upon what is powered by that battery it still sounds like the capacity is on the low side.