Oddbean new post about login | logout https://video.nostr.build/1911a722b8e963b37d3e915187dd7a38f035f14e8996a08e6b3ed93a57a34db2.mp4
Hahahahaha…they went full David Attenborough. 🤣
omg, ya i need a truck that does what i tell it to do.. fukin crazy .. is dis futur? 🦍🦍🦍 NO, steam power is
The frame breaking has to be the scariest issue for Tesla. It potentially results in Tesla being forced to say the Cybertruck can’t be used for towing at all, and it has no possible fix with software or recalls.
I believe it was attached to the bumper. The bumper came off. For the chassis to break you would surely have to smash the hell out of it. I'd be questioning US regulation if you saw a chassis break like that.
Nope, watch the whole Whistlin Diesel video. They DID smash the tow hitch with a large perpendicular force prior to the breaking, but it was in fact the cast aluminum frame that broke. While this was a torture test with conditions not encountered by regular users, the failure supposedly happened at least once in the field with someone whose trailer hit a pothole. Since cast aluminum tends to crack rather than bend, this has the potential happen even more when the trucks are subjected to smaller stresses over time as people tow.
Oh wow. That is crazy it has passed regulations. I mean OK its not 'normal' use but still shocking.
I think regulators will force Tesla to reduce the tow rating at least.