Cybertrucks Pose Problems
Problems with the first stainless steel pickup truck
Many SDA students have reported seeing a Cybertruck, one of Tesla’s most recent projects, near SDA.
Cybertrucks are fully eclectic pickup trucks made from stainless steel. According to the Tesla website, the Cyberbeast Cybertrucks have 11,000 pounds of towing capacity, a 320-mile range, and 0-60 MPH acceleration in 2.6 seconds.
Currently, there are two available models of the Cybertruck: there’s the Cyberbeast,the all-wheel drive Cybertruck, and a rear-wheel drive Cyberturck set to come out in 2025. All three models have quite a large price tag,the least expensive–the rear-wheel drive–is a whopping $60,990. The Cyberbeast sits at $99,990 and the all-wheel drive Cybertruck is $79,990.
Reservations for Cybertucks started in 2019, and, after several delays, Cybertucks started being delivered in late November of last year. Almost immediately, Tesla owners started to notice something was wrong with the car: it was rusting. Due to the fact that the Cybertucks are made of stainless steel, this made many Cybertuck owners unhappy. According to CNN, one Cybertuck owner posted a photo of little orange spots on his Cybertuck after driving it in the rain for 2 days: “The poster, Raxar, said that when picking up his Cybertruck in February, an adviser alerted him to the issue. ‘The adviser specifically mentioned the Cybertrucks develop orange rust marks in the rain and that required the vehicle to be buffed out,’ he wrote. Raxar said he tried… but was unsuccessful.”
Furthermore, the car is not without its inconveniences. Its rearview mirror, is almost completely useless, at least according to CNN: it’s difficult, if not impossible, to see out of the back window when the bed cover is closed. “Many modern SUVs have rear view mirrors that double as a video screen showing a view from a camera mounted in the back,” CNN explained. “Tesla could have used a similar system, but no. In the Cybertruck, the rear video view is displayed in a small rectangle in the truck’s center screen..” This just adds another adjustment that drivers will have to get use to while driving this already very different car.
These reasons, along with many more–problems with the cargo, and the poorly aligned stainless steel– lead some to believe that cybertucks should have stayed in development for longer.