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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles (insideevs.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles::Also, the charging speeds are below par, but on the flip side, the sound system is awesome and the car is “a dream to drive.”

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My Chevy Bolt gets more range at a fraction of the cost and I love it. I charge it at work for free and it has been an extremely reliable car for a couple years now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I mean yes but not really comparable to what's supposed to be a pick up truck. It's no different than saying your Prius is more efficient than an F150 lol

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Calling the cybertruck a Pickup is hularious, you cant fit jack shit in there. So it is more comparable to the bolt than a f150 IMO

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are a lot of pictures on Facebook of people carrying decent sized loads - I saw a stack of drywall, a significant pile of lumber, and some motorbikes. I think it's smallness is exaggerated

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I just wish they had made a modular bed design like every other pickup ever. Cyber truck would be an ideal platform for a professional welder, if he could only flat deck it. Dudes carry a high output generator anyways, in theory they could run their welder off the tesla battery, run their welding genny as needed, and never be stuck out on a pipeline somewhere with a dead electric truck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's too specific to justify the engineering effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, no, that was just one example. People really do need flat decks, there's a reason every pickup ever had a separate box. Also every truck mount camper was designed for the 8x4 box, even shortboxes are 8x4 with the endgate down. Cant tow a 5th wheel with a tesla either, or at least it doesn't look like you can.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

You can't even fit a bicycle in a cyber truck. You're not gonna be hauling anything.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

F150s and the like often have a bigger tank to counteract the lower efficiency. The headline at least is about range, which is made of a combination of battery capacity and efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Yeah, but an F150 is useful. The Tesla Truck isn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My electric bike gets more range than a Chevy Bolt and I love it. I charge it at work for free and it has been an extremely reliable bike for a couple years now.