Tesla Cybertruck: A Tragedy On Four Wheels
Summary
TLDRThe video script offers a critical review of Tesla's Cybertruck, highlighting its innovative yet impractical design features, safety concerns, and manufacturing issues. It questions the target demographic for such a vehicle and criticizes Elon Musk's influence on the project, suggesting it reflects a dystopian view of the future. The script also mentions the vehicle's disappointing performance compared to its high price and the long wait times for customers who have pre-ordered.
Takeaways
- 🚗 The Tesla Cybertruck's design and functionality have been controversial, attracting criticism for its unconventional appearance and practicality as a pickup truck.
- 💡 Despite initial promises of groundbreaking features like electromagnetic and laser windshield wipers, the Cybertruck ultimately was equipped with a conventional, albeit larger, wiper.
- 🛠 The original concept of an exoskeleton body for the Cybertruck, meant to reduce weight and increase durability, was abandoned in favor of a traditional unibody structure.
- 👀 Throttle House's review highlighted several issues, including upward-pointing headlights, a problematic rear camera, and a generally cheap and uncomfortable interior.
- 💰 The Cybertruck's pricing has seen a significant increase from its initially advertised cost, sparking discussions about affordability and value.
- 📏 The vehicle's large size and limited storage space have been criticized, especially when compared to other pickups like the Ford F-150 or the Subaru Sambar.
- 🔋 Range tests conducted by Throttle House revealed that the Cybertruck underperforms compared to Tesla's advertised range, particularly in optimal driving conditions.
- 🌧 Concerns about the Cybertruck's stainless steel exterior being prone to rust and staining have been raised, along with high maintenance requirements to prevent these issues.
- 📈 Demand for the Cybertruck is high, with a long waitlist, but this has led to skepticism about production capacity and delivery timelines.
- 🔍 The Cybertruck's target market appears niche, raising questions about its practicality and appeal beyond a specific demographic of affluent, sci-fi enthusiast doomsday preppers.
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Outlines
🚗 Cybertruck: The Vision vs. Reality
The narrative begins with a provocative statement contrasting Elon Musk's controversial online behavior with his ambitious automotive endeavors, specifically the creation of the Tesla Cybertruck. Despite its futuristic allure and Musk's grand promises—including revolutionary windshield wipers and a robust exoskeleton structure—the reality falls short. Initial innovations were abandoned for traditional methods, and the Cybertruck's practicality is questioned following a review by Throttle House, which highlights various design and functionality issues such as poor visibility, uncomfortable interior, and subpar performance metrics like range and storage capacity. Despite its high cost and production challenges, the vehicle's gargantuan size and minimal utility are emphasized, casting doubt on its value and target demographic.
🛠️ Cybertruck's Design Flaws and Market Misfit
This section delves into the Cybertruck's numerous design and utility issues, from its susceptibility to rust to the exorbitant cost of protective measures. Criticism extends to the vehicle's absurdly long wait times due to production inefficiencies and a mismatch between its high price and the perceived target market. The narrative questions the practicality and appeal of the Cybertruck to its intended consumers, suggesting that its development may have been driven more by Elon Musk's personal whims than by market demand. The piece critiques the vehicle's design, questioning its practicality, safety, and aesthetic choices, ultimately portraying the Cybertruck as a misaligned product that sacrifices functionality for an unattainable vision.
🌍 Cybertruck as a Dystopian Symbol
The final paragraph positions the Cybertruck within the broader context of dystopian science fiction, suggesting that it embodies a future where societal inequalities are exacerbated by technological advancements. The vehicle's design and marketing are critiqued for promoting a vision of dominance and exclusivity, accessible only to the wealthy. This section also criticizes the broader implications of the Cybertruck's design philosophy, reflecting on the societal values it represents and questioning the ethical implications of such a future. The conclusion draws attention to the disconnect between the Cybertruck's purported innovations and its practical shortcomings, framing the vehicle as a misguided endeavor that ultimately serves as a critique of its own aspirations.
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Keywords
💡Cybertruck
💡Elon Musk
💡Innovations
💡Exoskeleton
💡Safety and Design Concerns
💡Pricing and Affordability
💡Target Audience
💡Sunk Cost Fallacy
💡Dystopian Ideology
💡Practicality vs. Aesthetics
Highlights
Elon Musk was hard at work designing the Tesla Cybertruck, a cyberpunk themed vehicle.
Tesla Cybertruck introduced with innovations like a single-piece exoskeleton body for durability and lower weight.
Original innovations such as a laser technology windshield wiper were replaced by a larger, regular wiper.
Throttle House's review reveals concerns about the Cybertruck, including upward pointing headlights and a shaky rear camera.
Cybertruck criticized for poor visibility, cheap interior, and uncomfortable ride.
Features a touch screen as the sole control panel, complicating driver operation.
Priced at $61,000 USD for the base model, following an unexpected price increase.
Significantly larger than traditional pickups, the Cybertruck offers minimal storage space.
Tested range falls short of Tesla's promises, achieving 462 km on a favorable trip.
Exterior prone to rust, requiring meticulous maintenance to prevent staining.
Long wait times for delivery due to high demand and limited production rates.
Target market and practical purpose of the Cybertruck questioned, given its features and design.
Cybertruck embodies a dystopian future vision, prioritizing overpowering presence over practicality.
Despite its shortcomings, Tesla's boldness in creating the Cybertruck noted as a positive aspect.
The vehicle's design and performance issues highlight the potential mismatch between Musk's vision and practical vehicle engineering.
Transcripts
Before Elon Musk was busy spreading Nazi conspiracy theories on Twitter, he was hard
at work, designing the vehicle of the future. The Tesla Cybertruck! A cyberpunk themed rolling stock
laughing out of the Tesla factory. No wait, the other way around. Haters might say things like: "It looks
like a stupid boomer's idea of the future." Or: "This is a horribly unsafe vehicle with sharp edges, that
isn't even good at being a pickup truck." But my God is it a Marvel of engineering! The Cybertruck
is chock-full of never-before-seen innovations! Coming from Musk himself, who promised to a man on Mars
by 2021. The windshield wiper! Tesla patented two revolutionary innovations for this: a horizontal
only electromagnetic wiper, and one based on laser technology. Fast forward to release day
and it's a regular wiper. But bigger. Elon Musk does it again! The exoskeleton body! It basically
means the truck is cast as one big, single piece, and the side panels and the like are part of the
car's actual load bearing structure. As opposed to just hanging the panels on a unibody frame.
This leads to a more durable structure, and, most importantly, significantly lower weight,
Which is a huge deal with large electric pickups. An exoskeleton instead of a conventional unibody
is one of the main innovations of the Cybertruck. Well, it was, until they scrapped the idea and went
back to a traditional unibody instead. Throttle House, a car- themed Youtube channel for divorced
men actually got to review the Cybertruck by driving it for 500 miles. Their video is
concerning to say the least, in terms of the details we learn about the Cybertruck. The
headlights are pointing upward. Blinding oncoming drivers instead of shining on the road. The rear
camera stops working at night. When closing the door, the entire car vibrates.
The driver's field of view is a major hazard. The interior is very cheap and creaky. The ride is also rather bumpy.
There are no gauges on the dashboard or stalks on the wheel, so you always have to look
to the right at the touch screen for everything. And then, there is my personal favorite.
Hold on, it gets better.
But wait, the car also has a vegetable peeler feature!
Now that's what I call quality engineering!
All for the low, low price of $40,000 Tesla dollars, also known as $61,000 US dollars. For the plain, base model.
Oh, but who am I to judge an unexpected 52.5% or $21,000 price increase? After all Elon Musk
knows more about manufacturing than anyone else on Earth.
Which really showed during the 2023 3rd quarter
investor call. The Cybertruck is also gigantic. You know those needlessly huge
pickup trucks? The ones that in Europe only trashy yet affluent [ __ ] drive? Yeah, those ones. Like
the Ford F-150. This version is called Super Crew 5.5 Raptor, because it's marketed towards divorced,
middle-aged men who think they're a modern-day Clint Eastwood or something. They aren't. Look at
how unnecessarily huge the F-150 is! This will surely attract their daughter's 17-year-old
best friend! Well, the Cybertruck is even bigger. 8 cm wider at 2.2 m, which is half a meter wider
than a regular car. And for this gargantuan size you get basically no storage space. Look at that,
you can't even fit in a regular-sized bicycle! On this pickup truck! It has about the same bed size
as the Subaru Sambar! A micro truck, compared to this 3-ton monstrosity! Also in terms of
range, the Cybertruck is pretty disappointing. The guys at Throttle House managed to get 462 km
out of it on a full charge, while driving it down from an elevation of 610 m to sea level.
So a pretty advantageous trip in terms of getting range out of your car. But their 462 km is still
53 km less than the advertised 515 km range, and 342 km less than the original range promised by
Musk back then. Which was 884 km or 500 miles. That was the promised range for the type these guys
got to try, which is the biggest, meanest version of the Cybertruck with the longest range, called the
Cyberbeast, so named because Elon Musk himself is a divorced dad. Also, have you ever wondered
why we don't build cars with untreated stainless steel exteriors? Would you like to guess why we
put multiple protective layers on the metal panels covering our vehicles? Is it just for
fun, or is there something outside the showroom which warrants such protective layers? Mr Musk. Mr
billionaire, genius, vibranium, neuralink, Tesla, Mars, 420, Jewish Question Rocket Man! May I present to you...
The concept... Of weather. So yeah, the Cybertruck is prone to rusting. As to how to prevent that,
according to the official manual: immediately remove bird droppings, tree sap, grease, oil, tar, road
salt and dead insects, otherwise they'll stain your car. Do not use hot water during washing,
because it can stain your car. Do not use certain car shampoos because they can stain your car. And...
Do not wash your car in direct sunlight. Because it can stain your car. Unsurprisingly multiple Cybertruck
owners began reporting rusty stains on their vehicles almost immediately. Some of them after
just 11 days. But hey, thankfully Tesla can put a protective layer on your Cybertruck after all.
That would be $5,000 extra please. If this video so far has convinced you to buy a Cybertruck, first off,
I'm sure your caretaker will love hearing all about your little plans. Second, get ready for an
apparent wait time of 13 years. Because according to Tesla, 2 million people put down a deposit, with
the current rate of production being about 150,000 Cybertrucks per year. Theoretically, anyway. Now to
be fair, the rate will increase to a maximum of 250,000 per year according to Musk. If they could
magically get to that number tomorrow, that would mean a mere 8-year wait time for your Cybertruck,
if you put down the money today.
But aside from the ridiculous engineering, the disastrous
tech solutions, and the fact that the vehicle looks extremely stupid, the Cybertruck has a
bigger, more fundamental issue. Namely, whom is this thing really for? Who are the target consumer group?
the Peugeot 308 is for regular people who want to get around. the Cadillac Escalade is for people terrified
of minorities. The Dodge Ram and the Ford F-150 are for divorced dads fantasizing about their
daughters' underage best friend. The Cybertruck... Let's see. A 61 to $100,000 pickup truck marketed
with nuclear explosion resistant windows... Oh wait, nevermind, and steel side panels that can stop
arrows, and also bullets. All wrapped in a weird, cringy, nerdy science fiction aesthetic. So your
target buyer is someone who is affluent, a sci-fi nerd, and a doomsday prepper. And so, question:
how many affluent, sci-fi nerd doomsday preppers have you met before? I'm sure there are some,
but does this demographic warrant taking 4 years of development time away from Tesla, and occupying
production lines to churn out Cybertrucks instead of regular models? Tesla's latest model, the Model Y
is now half a decade old! Why not focus on that and the others instead, the cars people actually
want? As opposed to a Playstation 1 game vehicle for tech fetishist [ __ ] with too much disposable
income. I think I know the reason why. The whole Cybertruck affair screams "Elon Musk Pet Project"
to me. Namely, Musk just showed up one day to the office, and was like: "Here's this thing I drew on
toilet paper. Now make it into a epic sci-fi truck. Also I ripped out this sink while tripping
on ketamine. You'll have to fix that too." And so the engineers got on the job, having to work within
the limitations of Musk's stupid idea. Unable to change the car fundamentally. If this was indeed
the case, it would explain all the stupid solutions within and without. Borderline hazardous driver's
field of view? Cannot be fixed, the boss wants this exact car shape. Gauges behind the steering wheel
for quick and safe information access? Nope, sorry, the boss wants just one big screen on the dashboard.
Sure, putting untreated stainless steel panels on a vehicle is a very impractical idea, and fitting
them together correctly is basically impossible, plus you have to wipe your entire car constantly
with window cleaner apparently, otherwise it'll get stained, but Elon Musk said stainless steel panels,
so it has to be that way. By the way, the Cybertruck's steel panels aren't even bulletproof. I know this,
because Adin Ross tried shooting at it. Adin Ross is a Cybertruck owner. As if the car needed any
more bad press. If you don't know who Adin Ross is, good for you.
So they shot at his Cybertruck, and surprise, it's not actually bulletproof.
The steel just breaks under the impact, and collapses inward.
So, okay. The Cybertruck
might not be the best vehicle in terms of... All of its characteristics, but at least it has a cool
camping setup, right? The Cybertruck Basecamp. Wow, that place looks totally like the one Star Wars
planet with the big trees, where they did the speeder chase thing! With the base camp, you'll feel
like a galactic pioneer, camping on strange, new worlds or something. In your sleek, angular
sci-fi tent- Here's what the Basecamp actually looks like. Congratulations, your Cybertruck has
a butthole now. For the low price of $3,000. Do you have any idea what kind of a tent you can
buy for $3,000? Practically a pop-up house. Why not buy that instead, and carry it on the bed of
your... You know... Pickup truck? With that, let's talk about the overarching ideology behind the Cybertruck.
It's an ultra expensive doomsday vehicle, with sharp, hazardous angles, massive weight, and
lights that blind everyone else who isn't driving a literal tank on the road. As Musk himself put it:
"If you are in an argument with another car, you will win." And so a core part of the Cyberpunk
genre, on which the Cybertruck is based, is it being set in a dystopian, high-tech future
where the rich are above the law, corporations are more powerful than governments, and anyone
not part of the ruling class is left to fend for themselves. The Cybertruck matches this dystopian
way of thinking rather well. It is fundamentally designed for one thing, and one thing only:
to overpower and bull over everyone else on the road. Regular people, who cannot afford $100,000 armored
monstrosities to keep them safe from those who can. This is the future Elon Musk wants.
The future we're headed towards right now, unless we come up with an alternative. What a disaster.
There are almost no positives about the Cybertruck! Even the Throttle House guys seemingly had
to invent reasons to like it, to try and cram more positive things into their video. "And the backseat
passengers get to enjoy YouTube. Netflix. Twitch." "Yeah." "And so do we. And that's
not new to this car." "No." "You know, obviously, even other Teslas like the Model S have it, but
it works really well, it's just fun, it's easy, it's bright, it's sharp, it's quick to respond,
it does what you want." Wow the the screens. They're... They're high resolution. And you can touch them.
And they react. Functioning touch screens in a $100,000 car. We're definitely putting that in our review!
In their end summary, the only positives they could say about the Cybertruck is that it handles
well, that people look at it, it's fun to kick it, and that it's cool how Tesla had the balls to
make something this stupid to begin with. What a perfect indictment of this stainless steel trashfire.
At this point, the most entertaining thing about the Cybertruck is watching Tesla fanboys
struggle with the Sunk Cost Fallacy, doing their best to pretend that the vehicle they shelled
out $61 to $100,000 for is not a badly designed, ridiculous-looking, low quality piece of [ __ ]. From
a man currently spreading the Great Replacement Nazi conspiracy theory on his failing social media platform.
Days after launch you're sitting at a red light. The novelty is gone, and you're
not any happier. Maybe it's your imagination, but the gaps in the door look off. You think you saw
a car full of teens laughing at you earlier. You are now $100,000 in debt for a meme, and you feel... Nothing.
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