But some online commentators have come to the Cybertruck’s rescue by pointing out that the cars being shown didn’t have snow tires or snow chains, and it getting stuck may be due to over inflating the tires or driver error.
The part of the truck that touches the roadway is exactly the same design as the part of any other vehicle that touches the roadway.
There’s a point to be made about the overlap between the people who want a Cybertruck, and the people who aren’t self-sufficient enough to make sure that their vehicle can operate in the winter, but this has no bearing on the merits or not of the Cybertruck as a vehicle.
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“Another storm, another CyberTruck needing a rescue,” they wrote. “It’s like finding a leprechaun that’s constantly getting stuck in a glue trap.”
Well, they advertised it as a truck that does truck things…
And the people with them now, ordered years ago.
It all comes back to range, and the range is horrible. So out of the factory they get “fuel efficient” tires that are great for range and terrible for everything else.
Put on truck tires, let alone winter, and range will nosedive.
Not everyone will drive one in snow, but all of the suckers who bought one know the range.
Weighing it down gives traction. Hell, most hillbillies load up their truck beds in the winter because the weight is such a big help, especially in the back.
I think I might have heard something about weight distribution though, like a normal truck has an engine over the front, but Tesla’s weight is in the middle of the axle.
But this is the tires, and probably something about whatever this things equivalent to a transmission is. Like you only need to put your foot on it a little for normal driving. Which means take offs in snow would almost always spin out.
So like the RPMs of the wheels go up to fast? I think that’s the easiest way to say it.
It makes a vehicle seem faster the less you have to push on the gas pedal, it’s a pretty old trick, because most people never floor it, so they don’t notice halfway thru it stops doing anything.
If the traction control is the same as in the model 3, slipping due to pressing the accelerator too hard shouldn’t be a big issue. I can literally floor the accelerator from standstill in the snow and the car barely slips at all and just accelerates slowly until it has better traction (obviously didn’t do that on public roads but on private road). It is has way better traction control than my old car had.
The part of the truck that touches the roadway is exactly the same design as the part of any other vehicle that touches the roadway.
There’s a point to be made about the overlap between the people who want a Cybertruck, and the people who aren’t self-sufficient enough to make sure that their vehicle can operate in the winter, but this has no bearing on the merits or not of the Cybertruck as a vehicle.
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Well, they advertised it as a truck that does truck things…
And the people with them now, ordered years ago.
It all comes back to range, and the range is horrible. So out of the factory they get “fuel efficient” tires that are great for range and terrible for everything else.
Put on truck tires, let alone winter, and range will nosedive.
Not everyone will drive one in snow, but all of the suckers who bought one know the range.
It also weighs way more than a normal truck. I think.
If it does that would help…
Weighing it down gives traction. Hell, most hillbillies load up their truck beds in the winter because the weight is such a big help, especially in the back.
I think I might have heard something about weight distribution though, like a normal truck has an engine over the front, but Tesla’s weight is in the middle of the axle.
But this is the tires, and probably something about whatever this things equivalent to a transmission is. Like you only need to put your foot on it a little for normal driving. Which means take offs in snow would almost always spin out.
So like the RPMs of the wheels go up to fast? I think that’s the easiest way to say it.
It makes a vehicle seem faster the less you have to push on the gas pedal, it’s a pretty old trick, because most people never floor it, so they don’t notice halfway thru it stops doing anything.
That makes sense
If the traction control is the same as in the model 3, slipping due to pressing the accelerator too hard shouldn’t be a big issue. I can literally floor the accelerator from standstill in the snow and the car barely slips at all and just accelerates slowly until it has better traction (obviously didn’t do that on public roads but on private road). It is has way better traction control than my old car had.
I think shitty tires are a more likely culprit.
Lol I used to keep a bale of straw in the bed all winter to get traction. Apparently I’m a hillbilly.
the fact that you just happen to have a bale of straw handy every winter was a clue…
Lol good point
Weight is not as important as weight distribution. And the CT has significantly better weight distribution than any other unloaded truck.
…you mean the tires? No, no it’s absolutely not. 😂