Electric Car And Autonomous News

[Palumboism]

When’s my ugly Cybertruck gonna be ready?

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[ProudVirgin69]

That's true for the hummer and also the electric Silverado and Sierra.  I'm interested in seeing what the Cyber truck weighs.  I think Tesla will embarrass GM and Ford with how much lighter it is.  For comparison, the F150 Lightning is 6600 lbs.

I wouldn’t be optimistic, electric vehicles are heavy because of all the batteries involved.  The Model X is 5100-5300 lbs.  Assuming the cyber truck is larger, I think 6000lbs is around right.

[Palumboism]

Waymo and cruise permitted to drive in San Francisco without restrictions to location or time.  They are still restricted by speed to 65 mph for Waymo (Google) and 35 mph for Cruise (GM).

Waymo and Cruise currently operate in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Austin.



https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/california-agency-vote-san-francisco-robotaxi-expansion-amid-heavy-opposition-2023-08-10/

[joswift]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-12353409/Security-fears-invasion-electric-cars-China-experts-warn-remotely-controlled-paralyse-Britain.html#:~:text=59%20shares-,Security%20fears%20over%20%27invasion%27%20of%20electric%20cars%20from%20China%20as,remotely%20controlled%20to%20%27paralyse%27%20Britain&text=Security%20fears%20over%20an%20%27invasion,controlled%20to%20%27paralyse%27%20Britain.

Security fears over an 'invasion' of electric cars from China have emerged as experts warn the vehicles could be remotely controlled to 'paralyse' Britain. 

Professor Jim Saker, president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, said Britain faces 'major security issues' from Chinese cars, adding that there is 'no way' of stopping them coming under remote control.

In a report set to be shared with car makers and regulators, Prof Saker said: 'The car manufacturer may be in Shanghai and could stop 100,000 to 300,000 cars across Europe, thus paralysing a country.'

[Rambone]

[Mayday]

Yeah, no shit. I’ve got a golf cart that has batteries and they’re super expensive to replace if they go bad. Couldn’t imagine what it would be for lithium ion batteries for a $100k truck.

Warranty on batteries here is 8yrs / 192,000kms

Tesla model 3 is the best selling sedan in Australia now. We pay double what Americans pay. If the batteries were all dying we’d be utterly fucked. You don’t hear of much.

There is new battery tech in them now so they’re improving things. Longevity is the key objective, I agree it’d be pointless to have batteries fail after 8yrs. We should be able to get 25yrs+ out of the batteries.

[Palumboism]

Interesting tour of Cybertruck factory.  View of the castings and under body at 12:10.

[Palumboism]

Drag race between a new Porsche 911 and a Cybertruck.

[deadz]

Interesting tour of Cybertruck factory.  View of the castings and under body at 12:10.

Piece of art shit.

[Palumboism]

Tesla says that the RWD version will start at $60,990. The AWD model starts at $79,990, and the Cyberbeast gets an MSRP of $99,990.

Tow rated at 11,000 lbs with a 2500 lbs bed payload. 


Towing comparison with F350 diesel: