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Want to know what people think about it here?

Must say I hated it when I looked at it first but the design has grown on me now. Actually want one now and it looks too futuristic.
 
It is prior sci-fi stuff. Only Musk has the cojones to make a generic concept car into reality.

I really hope he lives for another 40-50 years because he is going to change the world.
 
lool the bulletproof glass was smashed twice during a demo of the vehicle, left them all quite embarrassed.
 
za1ntc said:
lool the bulletproof glass was smashed twice during a demo of the vehicle, left them all quite embarrassed.
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You've to be naive to think that they didn't pull that on purpose. Elon is a bloody genius and he knows that bad publicity is better than no publicity. There is a reason why he's a billionaire.
 
Mamoon said:
It is prior sci-fi stuff. Only Musk has the cojones to make a generic concept car into reality.

I really hope he lives for another 40-50 years because he is going to change the world.
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Yep, love this guy. He's a visionary.
 
i think its cool, but i dont really know abt the capibility of this thing, especially versus the segment main players, and rivian, which i looks like it is doing a great job of making an electric utility vehicle.

it looks absolutely huge tho, at USD 40k, is great value for Americans, pity itll pbly cost more in gbp when it comes here.

one thing tho, i love the interior, it looks so spacious, if the seats are comfy it might be one of the best travelling experiences around imo.
 
One thing intriguing about this is it can self charge. Elon is claiming that they will offer self charge option where truck can be charged for a 15-20 mile distance or maybe more. If that all works according to plan then it will be first truly sustainable vehicle going into production I think.
 
As a mechanical engineer the lack of aerodynamic streamlining is getting on my nerves.

Also not sure if I agree with "hitting a sledgehammer to see how strong the body is". There is a reason why modern cars have crumple zones, basically in layman terms if the cars body disintegrates on impact the amount of force transferred to the passengers is significantly reduced. So those gushing over "the sledgehammer not even denting the body" should watch the following video. That being said, I do not claim to be aqal-e-qul like some government doctors and children of corrupt officers, Tesla has plenty of super talented people working for them, they must have thought of safety of passengers.

 
Its ugly as sin. Looks like an unholy offspring of a Delorean and a Dacia Papuc. Tesla fan boys are going to eat it up though.
 
DeadBall said:
Its ugly as sin. Looks like an unholy offspring of a Delorean and a Dacia Papuc. Tesla fan boys are going to eat it up though.
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I can see Tesla fan boys being similar to Apple ones like few years ago.
 
Tesla’s monopoly on all its parts and repairs makes me dislike the company, its very similar to Apple in that, al though I have an iphone now so you never know..

This whole thing is like empires...
 
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JaDed said:
Tesla’s monopoly on all its parts and repairs makes me dislike the company, its very similar to Apple in that, al though I have an iphone now so you never know..

This whole thing is like empires...
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These days yours truly is stepping a bit into cloud computing and working with Amazon Web Services, literally anything to do with the web backend infrastructure Amazon provides such as databases, machine learning APIs, storage etc etc. So once you build your platform on AWS you are literally hostage to them for everything.

The situation is the same for Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.


These days every company is trying to get you to adopt their complete ecosystem.
 
Syed1 said:
These days yours truly is stepping a bit into cloud computing and working with Amazon Web Services, literally anything to do with the web backend infrastructure Amazon provides such as databases, machine learning APIs, storage etc etc. So once you build your platform on AWS you are literally hostage to them for everything.

The situation is the same for Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.


These days every company is trying to get you to adopt their complete ecosystem.
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That’s really interesting as you go would love it as well but I’ll give you one reason on the difference.

: Amazon's version of DocumentDB uses the old 3.6 version of the MongoDB server that operates under a more wide-ranging open-source license. A newer version is licensed under the Server Side Public License, which means that those who use, modify, and redeploy the free version of Mongo, known as Community Server, as a Web-hosted service must also make their work freely available to others as open-source software.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...ons-move-against-mongodb-doesnt-worry-me.aspx

The above scenario is what changes itself from the Tesla , they still have to depend on others.

The above is the reason why software industry is huge and always manages to survive because of the open source community, irrespective of Empires there is always Apache making life easier for the newbies and ones not rich.

Even empires like Google and FB have helped with open source, they give away languages and architectures for others to work on
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill <a href="https://t.co/OfaqUkrDI3">pic.twitter.com/OfaqUkrDI3</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1198751258384818176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:salute
 
Didn't we see this car already in the Christopher Nolan Batman fims? Why on earth would you want to drive that thing unless you were living in a warzone?
 
The Cyber Truck is great for all non-truckers.
 
It looks like one of those ISIS svbieds and probably provides more protection compared to your average pickup truck to the occupants. I don’t know what message they were even trying to send with the hammer and ball test?
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Didn't we see this car already in the Christopher Nolan Batman fims? Why on earth would you want to drive that thing unless you were living in a warzone?
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I get your general point but you seriously can't be comparing

this hideous sardine can

cyber-truck-stage.jpg

to this gorgeous piece of machinery

Thedarkknight17po4.jpg
 
Syed1 said:
As a mechanical engineer the lack of aerodynamic streamlining is getting on my nerves.

Also not sure if I agree with "hitting a sledgehammer to see how strong the body is". There is a reason why modern cars have crumple zones, basically in layman terms if the cars body disintegrates on impact the amount of force transferred to the passengers is significantly reduced. So those gushing over "the sledgehammer not even denting the body" should watch the following video. That being said, I do not claim to be aqal-e-qul like some government doctors and children of corrupt officers, Tesla has plenty of super talented people working for them, they must have thought of safety of passengers.

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Was going to add this. Shouldn't the front be more streamlined? The edges look too sharp, and could do with a bit more streamlining. Surely, that's going into increase the amount of battery required.
 
ElRaja said:
i think its cool, but i dont really know abt the capibility of this thing, especially versus the segment main players, and rivian, which i looks like it is doing a great job of making an electric utility vehicle.

it looks absolutely huge tho, at USD 40k, is great value for Americans, pity itll pbly cost more in gbp when it comes here.

one thing tho, i love the interior, it looks so spacious, if the seats are comfy it might be one of the best travelling experiences around imo.
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After no-deal Brexit, thanks to the £ crashing, it'll be more like £80k
 
Syed1 said:
The Cyber Truck is great for all non-truckers.
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Little off topic. But since you are automobile engineer, why do cars of the 70s and 80s seem more appealing to look at as compared to cars of today. It surely can't all be a nostalgic factor. Have design principles changes significantly.

I was just comparing Alfa Romeo 4c to the Alfa Romeo 33 Stardale, and its clear that the 33 stardale looks way more appealing. Why are not able to produce such designs in current era?
 
Mamoon said:
The gorgeous piece of machinery can easily be recreated.

Just let a tree fall over the Tesla Cybertruck.
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Trust me, any change in shape to this current eye sore would be a massive upgrade. Unless it totally crushes it, which would be the optimal result.
 
Abdul said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill <a href="https://t.co/OfaqUkrDI3">pic.twitter.com/OfaqUkrDI3</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1198751258384818176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:salute
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Electric motor will always win again ICE because it has instant torque while ICE takes time to rev up. I think Ford even said later that this was unfair but it got way more attention than it deserved. It's going to be interesting to see how this fares with other electric pick ups like Rivian R1 coming out next year and I think Ford is also planning for one soon.

Either way im excited to see electric vehicles making headway.
 
Have the wheels come off for Tesla?

There was a time when it seemed Tesla could do no wrong.

In little more than a decade, it went from technology upstart to mass-market carmaker, invested billions in its clean energy business, and saw its value rocket.

But now the company is struggling with falling car sales and intense competition from Chinese brands, as well as problems with its much-hyped Cybertruck.

Lower sales have hit its revenues, and hurt its profits. Its share price has fallen by more than a quarter since the start of the year.

It has cut prices in major markets, and is in the process of laying off some 14,000 employees - 10% of its global workforce. Those affected include senior executives and the entire team responsible for its much-admired supercharger network.

So is all of this just a bump in the road, or are the wheels coming off the Tesla bandwagon?

"It's about breaking a spell," explained Elon Musk to a specially invited audience at Tesla's California factory back in June 2012.

"The world has been under the illusion that electric cars can't be as good as gasoline cars," he said.

Musk was speaking at the launch of the new Tesla Model S, a car he insisted would shatter that illusion. It was no empty promise.

At the time electric cars had a long-standing reputation for being slow, uninspiring and impractical, with very limited range.

Although new models such as the Nissan Leaf were starting to develop a niche following, they had yet to make much of an impact on the wider market.

The Model S was powerful, had sportscar performance, and could travel up to 265 miles on a single charge. It wasn't cheap, starting at $57,000 (£47,000) in the US for the lowest performance version, but it certainly made a point.

Since then, Tesla has launched four more models, including the Model X SUV, the "affordable" Model 3 and Model Y, and the Cybertruck.

It now has huge, so-called gigafactories building cars in Shanghai and Berlin, in addition to its original facility in Fremont, California, and a number of other US sites. Last year, it delivered 1.8 million cars, suggesting it has established itself firmly as a mass-market manufacturer.

But according to Professor Peter Wells, director of Cardiff University's Centre for Automotive Industry Research, that is part of the problem. "When Tesla first emerged, it had an exciting new product, a charismatic CEO, and it came across as really pioneering," he explains.

Now though, the company "is no longer the entrepreneurial new entrant and upstart disrupter, but increasingly an industry incumbent with all the challenges this brings when faced with a growing array of competitors in the same market space".

Other companies, like China's Nio, are offering more exciting products, says Prof Wells, while fellow Chinese firm BYD offers good performance at lower prices. "Basically, the world has caught up with Tesla," he says.

There is no doubt that there is a lot more competition than there used to be. Following the diesel emissions scandal that engulfed it in 2015, Volkswagen began ploughing money into electric vehicles.

And as governments around the world began looking seriously at eventual bans on the sale of new petrol and diesel models, other established manufacturers soon followed. Customers looking for an electric car with decent range and performance now have plenty of options to choose from.

In China, meanwhile, policymakers have for years seen the development of electric vehicles (EVs) as an opportunity to take a significant share of the global market, and promoted their development. The result has been the rapid growth of brands such as BYD - which overtook Tesla to become the world's biggest manufacturer of electric cars at the end of last year.

At the same time, as the EV market has become more established, in many parts of the world subsidies to help consumers buy them have been reined in. That may be one reason why the rampant growth in EV sales in recent years has eased off - and why the manufacturers themselves are having to drop their prices.

According to independent auto analyst Matthias Schmidt, this has certainly had an impact on Tesla.

"Finance ministers who were previously happy to offer attractive incentives for the purchase of a battery electric vehicle in a market environment that appeared bare-shelved, with essentially a Tesla or a Tesla on offer, are now slamming their purses shut," he says.

One market in which this appears to have had a profound effect is Germany. A subsidy scheme offering thousands of euros off the cost of a new electric vehicle was abruptly ended in December.

EV sales there fell sharply in the first three months of this year, with Tesla suffering a 36% drop compared to the same period in 2023.

The question now is whether Tesla can regain lost momentum. Its maverick chief executive, Elon Musk appears to be pinning his hopes on the company becoming a leader in vehicle autonomy - a provider of driverless robot taxis.

Last month, on his social media site X, he wrote: "Not quite betting the company, but going balls to the wall for autonomy is a blindingly obvious move. Everything else is like variations on a horse carriage".

Yet Musk has been talking up the prospect of full autonomy a very long time. In 2019, for example, he promised that within a year there would be a million Teslas on the road capable of acting as robotaxis.

The reality, so far, is rather different. Tesla's "Full Self Driving" package remains rather less than its title suggests - it is still a "hands on" system that requires the driver to be paying attention at all times.

The quest for full autonomy does fit with Tesla's identity as a technology business, rather than a traditional carmaker. But Musk's critics believe it is simply a smokescreen to distract from other problems.

Meanwhile, Tesla has been cutting prices to boost sales, and cutting costs and reducing headcount to improve its margins. Much as any other car company might do.

BBC
 
U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla (TSLA.O), committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems assist with steering, braking and lane changes - but are not fully autonomous. While Tesla has warned drivers to stay ready to take over driving, the Justice Department is examining other statements by Tesla and Chief Executive Elon Musk suggesting its cars can drive themselves.


Reuters
 
Tesla cybertruck has a retarded design. It looks like a chicken cage.

Worst car design of all time. :inti
 
Tesla is 'not interested' in producing cars in India - minister

Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla is "not interested in manufacturing in India", the country's heavy industries minister has said.

The remarks were made on Monday as the Indian government issued detailed guidelines for a scheme to promote EV manufacturing in the country.

This is the first time that India has publicly admitted that it has not been able to lure investment dollars from Musk, even after unveiling incentives for global EV giants last March.

Minister HD Kumaraswamy confirmed that Tesla would open two showrooms in India and have a retail presence.

"Mercedes Benz, Skoda-Volkswagen, Hyundai and Kia have shown interest [in manufacturing electric cars in India]. Tesla - we are not expecting from them," Kumaraswamy said.

Another official told the Press Trust of India news agency that a Tesla representative had participated in the first round of stakeholder discussions for the manufacturing scheme but "was not part of the second and third round".

The comments come on the back of US President Donald Trump saying in February that it would be "unfair" for the US if Tesla built a factory in India.

Over the years Tesla has had several rounds of negotiations to enter India.

Can Tesla's EVs win over India's price-conscious buyers?
The company's original plans to open a base were shelved in 2022 after the Indian government insisted that Tesla make cars locally. The carmaker had said it wanted to export to India first so that it could test demand.

In 2023, Musk said he was "trying to figure out the right timing" to invest in the Indian market.

Musk met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year in Washington DC where the two discussed the "immense potential" for collaboration in technology and innovation.

Last year India cut import taxes on EVs for global carmakers which committed to investing $500m (£369m) and starting local production within three years. This came after Musk complained that high import duties were preventing the carmaker from entering India.

But analysts say the Indian EV market may not be mature enough yet for Tesla to invest locally - EV sales still make up less than 3% of overall passenger vehicle sales in India, and locally made alternatives can cost half of what consumers will have to shell out for Tesla's base model.

Charging infrastructure and local road conditions could be further deterrents.

India's Tata Motors currently leads India's EV market with over 60% market share. MG Motors - jointly owned by India's JSW and a Chinese firm - is second at 22%.

Globally, Tesla has been facing growing competition from Chinese players such as BYD.

Its sales plummeted to their lowest level in three years in the first three months of 2025 after a backlash against Musk and his role in the Trump administration.

Musk announced his departure from his government role last week.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9vm07k0y7o
 
Screw Donald, Elon bhai.

Come to Bharat. Make your Teslas here. Better to a collab with Mahindra.
 
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