@@QuotidianStupidity , not my cup of tea, I would say. Some people enjoy cooking, some just want to be fed with bottle. It is personal taste, there is no wrong.
People driving manuals switch gears literally every time they drive, hundreds of times a week. The cybertrucks "gear selector" is utter dogshit designed by an incompetent apartheid oxygen thief, and that's ignoring that it likes to break down, and corrodes due to rain within a couple weeks - a problem every car fixed literally decades ago.@@lordgman1
@@lordgman1 Ever been sitting at a red light and see an accident in progress and the only way to avoid being a part of it is to QUICKLY throw your vehicle into reverse? It's happened to me twice. This nonsense is a deal breaker for me. Changing gears should be a no-brainer, not a 3+ step process.
A factor of massive importance in a car is the amount of "Point of Failure"s and how many backups there are to those failing components. The cybertruck is literally one big point of failure. Even the body just rusts instantly.
AGREED, with a physical shifter you dont have to take your eyes off the road too know where it is with a flat screen its hard to even change the fucking AC when i could just turn a dial and im good to go
@@Guest4465actually I think they make it so that no controls work while driving and you must pull over to change it as even pushing physical buttons can serve as a distraction. It won’t be that hard to disable even physically buttons with a computer these days.
@@Bobspineable thats just dumb also with physical buttons you can feel for the button you want without taking your eyes off the road however with a flatscreen you cant do that
@@Guest4465well with your logic, fiddling with physical buttons would technically be a distraction. Just face it, you’re making this more of a deal than it has to be, plus neither of us have driven to actually get a feel for it anyway.
Seriously. What kind of clown buys a vehicle like this? It's a clown car. Can't even carry a full sheet of plywood, and the makers of your $80k were too cheap to include actual physical controls. It's like walking into a $500 a plate restaurant and being served on paper plates and plastic cutlery.
" if the screen doesn't work , I use the backup control. " Imagine needing gear selector redundancies because of how unreliable the primary control scheme is.
Fr that’s why I don’t really like EV’s. Some seem very promising until every little thing is shoved into a screen and balls deep in menus for basic usages. “Don’t get me wrong I do very much like EV’s but some just ruin the image for everyone completely.”
@@860rondo from my understanding Tesla is like using an iPhone and most screen complaints are from every other car that doesn't run as fast and well as a smartphone
@@sestomolesto Why though? If the screen doesn't work, the other one does. Teslas can do a lot of other things, so it was a matter of time someone got that idea. If it proves faulty, then he won't make them anymore. He at least tries to be different and original vs the competitors all doing the same thing.
I love how all these people who were conned into buying them love to tell us all the "great features" it has then everyone who lives in reality land go those aren't great features. Saw another if these where a guy had to download/upgrade software to take it off road and down a hill. A truck a quater of the price has more functionality, has less software to malfuntuon or components that if broken make the vehicle completely useless, and won't be a rust bucket in a matter of months.
And the fact that some put the gear shift knob RIGHT NEXT to the Media or Temp Controls as well! But yeah, give me a knob over that touch control any day honestly.
Or even better a lever you can move forwards and backwards to pick which gear you are in and if it's really nice it can move left to right with a 3rd magical pedal.
@@hypocriticalharambe8274 Wow what a great Idea, but i fear that sounds impossible. How would people even learn something like that? I think it would also require alot of manual work before you can master it.
@@shimmy7169 how is that more reliable than capacitive buttons? It's more moving parts. EV drivetrains are entirely electric. Having a physical stick does nothing in terms of reliability. Just another moving part to break.
There is a selector on the screen and on the window. That is your backup. Plus the software will figure it out itself based on your last action automaticly. Hilarious how you missed that.
@jefferi78 well there is a difference between a piece of hardware technology that can be upgraded, and a way to operate a vehicle which is used around the world and for decades. Vehicles themselves get upgraded, I mean it's litterally an electric vehicle, but they are just changing things for the sake of changing things.
"These new vehicles" you mean *this* new contraption. Don't lump it in with actual cars and trucks. You may not like them either, but this is a whole nother beast
For REAL, the idea of all these new cars using fucking touch screens is insane to me. Tactile buttons are sooo much safer, I don't use my AUX port in my car and use a blutooth radio tuner for my music because it has tactile buttons for skipping songs and it feels better to be able to do it without looking rather than using my phone directly and having to guess at it.
I'm confused at the level of control these comments think an automatic (that technically only has 1 gear) needs. Are you guys shifting to neutral while weaving between cars?
Why? It’s an automatic, so you’re not going to be shifting gears in the middle of driving, and I guarantee you it won’t let you shift gears while moving.
Correct. A lot of modern cars go in that direction and for many people it seems to be what they want out of cars these days. "live nicely while being stuck in the traffic jam" seems to be the idea.
@@DrKoneko when did I say about shifting while driving? There are numerous distractions around the vicinity of the driver himself…including the screen. Sure, the driverless mode is probably there but not all places have that in mind
You can’t watch TikTok or anything while the car isn’t parked. There’s no distractions. If there were all the other Teslas would have an abundance of crashes
The whole truck is illegal its litterly a road legal tank if someones gets into a accident with this on the other side better be ready for a visit to the hospital 😂😂
It is illegal in Europe, that thing doesn't apply to so many safety standards that it probably won't ever be sold here. And if you manage to import one, good luck getting it registered
“And if you’re really in a pickle, double tap for emergency brake. Not to get confused with triple tapping on the window for the silly easter egg. Teehee. And if you swipe left, the seat leans back and turns 180 degrees into Sniper mode”
Makes me a bit anxious looking at the interior of cybertruck tbh. There is just a lot of space. The steering wheel looks small. Everything is off by the looks of it. Is it comfortable? Idk, never sat in one. Will I sit in one of those? Probably not as they are pretty much illegal due to pedestrians safety regulations in Europe
My Ford Maverick has a "bottle opener" as well. Big difference is my truck has practical uses and saves me money with insane mileage because it's a hybrid (true hybrid, not a plug-in). These cybertrucks are just as dumb as the hummers when they came out.
@@VileMisanthrope I own a Maverick. It cost 1/4 of what the cybertruck is selling for. My hybrid Maverick literally costs the same per mile for fuel as charging a cybertruck at home. In addition after a year I will be able to sell my truck for close to what I paid for it. The cybertruck will probably depreciate $25,000 in the same time.
@@jimfarmer7811 Exactly. My Maverick is the best vehicle I've ever owned and unless something drastic happens I'm not getting rid of it at all. Not to mention it's beyond affordable to where I'm two months ahead on my monthly payment.
Well you can use the screen or the button obviously but one thing that people need to realize is that there is no gears there is no transmission this is all motor controller software controlled drivetrain, basically there is no drivetrain it's just a wheel hooked up to a motor
See, it’s funny because you don’t change gears. You change the direction the motor spins electronically. So a physical gear shifter would be putting a limit switch on a stick, at which point just use a fkn screen anyway.
@@da4127 don’t buy a Tesla, it’s clearly not the right car for you. Nothing wrong with that opinion at all. However there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with the design, and people need to learn to let the people who like these cars enjoy them without being ridiculed for their opinions. We can argue about who’s wrong all day but neither of us are. We just have contradicting opinions.
@@lynxrbeam8732 no, I agree with you, I’m not ridiculing anyone’s personal preferences, but the fact that so many car manufacturers thought that getting rid of all buttons and adding all of their functionality inside a screen was super annoying, that’s when people that don’t like this design started to push back. Nothing against anyone who likes Tesla and the no button design, but I’m agains this trend of “let’s make every car like this” and if we don’t voice our dislike, then manufacturers will just keep thinking “guess everybody likes having no buttons at all”, so it’s also important for us to express this
@@jesusofbullets imagine going to adjust the mirror and your arm brushes over the stupidly placed gearshift and now you went from going down the highway at 60mph to flipping down the highway at 60mph. What if the electronics responsible for the gearshift get damaged instead of a physical component that is much more durable to stress?
@@calisong6554 But that’s even not possible because the software stops you. And no, things that can get mechanical wear will wear out a LOT more than electronics. Take it from a prior maintainer. Wires will last FAR longer than moving components that have to have regular lubrication. For example, your computer will run far longer than your car, because your computer does self diagnostics and repairs any faults it comes across in the software and because there are far fewer moving parts that require maintenance and lubrication. With mechanical, unless you have some kind of self maintaining car, then you’re SOL. You know what IS possible? Somebody trying to gearshift with a manual, making a mistake and breaking their car.
@@jesusofbullets You have never worked with tesla computers in your life. These things self diagnose as well as a raspberry pi without internet connection. They’re driving disasters
@@WholeFoods21you're* not your. Also, that's simply not possible. Because Tesla owners actually think that buying an electric car saves the environment.
@@michaelwynn2273 no most of us don’t, that’s the big misconception we just like the technology dude I am well aware that it’s not good for the environment, oh and this is a RU-vid comment section by the way and your not an English teacher so no one cares about grammar lil bro
Just take your seatbelt off, or open the door, or literally use the controls he showed in the first second of the video. Odds are you’ll have to do at least one of those things to get out in the first place. The car literally won’t roll as long as you don’t physically press the accelerator, more ways to put it in park than a ICE car😂
@@shaydesofblue2281 That’s simply a bad response, it doesn’t have to be; Especially when the assumed intent is to help get people to even consider a electric truck when they’re considerable worse than their ice counterparts making changes to make them even more impractical for regular driving is making the argument for electric trucks even worse.
@@Quinho1525A Legitimately that just helps my point. I know that all modern selectors aren’t physical links, and so it’s even more on the automotive-company to make either known systems that’s both are reliable both on a physical and muscle-memory standpoint, but also don’t run into unknown-issues such as a laggy screen, software updates, and are issue-prone and unknown to the degree they require a backup. It’s a simple thing that has legitimate consequences and causes for concern; just like climate control, I shouldn’t have to press a screen and look away from the road to change the direction of airflow and or change the temperature of my car. Yet automotive companies are pushing for it such as Tesla, because they don’t care about your safety (just as Tesla is actively not allowing the public to view cybertruck safety tests) they just care about making something look unique to cater to people such as the first commenter on this post, when it poses an actual risk to peoples lives. What’s next? Advocacy for companies to allow you through a subscription to access to safety features your car is already capable of, oh wait… That’s already a thing.
@@jbirdzz most of you idiots shouldn’t even be behind a wheel let alone in control of one. I’m against EVs but the whole car is electric, meaning it’s controlled by PLCs. gas vehicles are mechanical and need to be manually shifted this does not.
True but you’re tapping a picture of a car so swiping back to go forward wouldn’t make sense. What would make sense is a physical gear shift like every other vehicle in existence.
well its still an electric car, the "gears" in all electric cars dont really do anything since its all digital data and the reason they exist is for simplicity to users WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE the dumb thing is how they did it, KEEP THE DAMN GEAR SHIFT people shouldnt relearn how to reverse for one ugly car
@@GGG_gamingwas the original gear shift not simple enough? technology is turning menial simple tasks even simpler, which doesn’t reduce problems, just introduces new ones
You can shift gears multiple ways, not just with the screen. While i acknowledge that current EVs lack the infrastructure and tech to really be worth it, to discourage the idea is misguided. Imagine if people gave up on the idea of cars after the first few models. They were terrible compared to horses. A lot of stuff you use today came from somebody taking an idea and making it better. Just because something isn't good now doesn't mean it can't be good. Not saying you have to like it, but just keep an open mind.
@Horible4 I agree that if it wasn't for the people of the past and their inventions, we wouldn't have the things we have today. But sometimes technology has no business making things worse for people. I wouldn't trust a car to drive itself, and I don't like the touchscreen tech. I mean, the amount of times we tap the wrong buttons on our phones, even if we touched the button we wanted. Technology has always been defective in some way. I wouldn't trust my life in a car like that for that reason.
@@Dondizle self-driving technology is a lot further along than you think. People make the videos of the bugs with the system but for the most part you don't see the system doing anything egregious like swerving into oncoming traffic. You can say you wouldn't trust it all you want but the reality is computers can plot and process way faster than you could ever hope to, and can see crashes coming before they happen and course corrects your vehicle to avoid collisions. The amount of human error it takes out of the equation makes sense when you consider how many aggressive drivers there are. Suddenly the one or two faults you see on the road with these vehicles is less of a concern when you consider humans are 20x more likely to make a mistake than a self driving car. When you see it in action, it's impressive and feats of engineering. There are downsides to it, obviously and there should be laws regulating how it's used but to say it's worse for people and has no business being in cars is questionable at best. There's issues with efficiency sure but self-driving is hardly a flaw and will always be more precise and careful than you will.
@Horible4 Personally, I'm all for evs. I commute by cycling myself so I'm all for sustainable forms of transport. My issue is, you already had things going in the right direction with the old prius. Environmentally friendly and reliable. This truck has a touch sensitive "gear selecter" in the most awkward place as a back up for a screen "gear selecter". It doesn't even trust its own tech to stay working. Then he shows all the other stuff and im just thinking, "if that screen doesnt work, how will i know that the rest of it would" This seems more like a gamers fantasy than a drivers/activist fantasy.
@OneHellOfASandwich nah. calling this kind of shifter a gimmick on an EV implies that it's not the most practical or reliable way to shift it, when in fact it is. The reason electronic shifters (dials, buttons) were considered a gimmick on gas vehicles is because it adds moving and electronic parts. Instead of the shifter having a direct, mechanical connection to the transmission, they changed gears electronically, which means more moving parts. But whether you know it or not, most shift knobs work this way. There's no actual connection, just microswitches. The reason buttons and screens like this makes the most sense on an EV is because they don't even have transmissions to begin with. You are changing the direction of the motor. Why add moving parts? Why even have mechanical buttons when you can use capacitive buttons that have zero chance of wearing out or getting gunked up and stuck?
@@joakimvhes302nah at least apple makes functional practical products. they might be overpriced and overhyped but they are still actua good products. this is just nonsense.
@@Punish3r06It’s not about being broke or not. It’s the fact that having your essential functions to a car being tied to software is just asking for failure
There's software that prevents the car from doing this. Meanwhile there is nothing stopping me from accidentally shifting to 3rd gear when I mean to go to 5th.
@DrKoneko And what happens when the shitty software fails? Anyone with even 10 minuites of electronic use knows software is much, MUCH more liable to fail than mechanical things
@@Lakita2880 that's literally just not true. Mechanical things have moving parts. If your transmission breaks you have to replace it. If your computer breaks you update the software or reinstall it. Plus software like that is very unlikely to fail because it's not really how that works. Plus all that would happen is your car would slow down at the same rate as with full Regen braking and then reverse because that's a feature on Tesla's below 5 mph.
@@DrKoneko Spoken like someone who truly has no fucking idea what they're talking about lmao Electronics fail on me all the time. Between crashes, disconnects and everything in-between. You know what has never died on me? Any mechnical part in my car. Ease of repair has nothing to do with the likely hood of failure. And mechnical things having moving parts is exactly why they're built to last. If you're going to argue against me actually try please.
@@Lakita2880 less moving parts = less failure points. I drive a Tesla model 3 and while sometimes it may have bugs (which don't get me wrong is an issue) I have never been in a situation where it wouldn't let me drive properly. My convertible car however gives me all kinds of issues because it has so many moving parts. I've had to replace the alternator, fix a misfire, and replace a fuel line. My dad's Tesla has required no maintenance whatsoever. In fact the only parts I have known to fail on a Tesla are the motorized door handles of the model s and the power doors of the model X. I have never ever heard of a Tesla that wouldn't drive as long as it has power. And just because my experience has been perfect doesn't mean everyones is, same with your car which has never died on you. I've had a ford escape that needed a transmission replaced. I had a Nissan Murano that needed a drive shaft replaced. I had a f150 that needed a new piston ring. I have a mustang right now that probably needs an entire rebuild. Moving parts introduce so many weak points that are prone to failure. An EV has a motor that is connected directly to the wheels meaning the thing that fails is the motor. Mechanical parts are built to last but that doesn't mean they're invincible and if you're claiming they are than you're obviously just turning a blind eye to the facts.
@@AlpineTheHusky true, but it also loses on the market potential of people who buy trucks because they could. Which is why those people are buying trucks in the first place.
@tdbla98 why would I be joking? Most trucks reliability and practical use are very similar. The big differences are in things like the refresh rate of the infotainment screen or the quirky extras offered.
Honestly if you want video games you could get a series S and a small monitor and get a regular outlet to cigarette lighter adapter (yes they make those) and you’re looking at $500 or less. Which is way better than the price of the truck
@@chadlucier"Most trucks' reliability and practical use" what a great joke 😂 As if trucks had any meaningful use. 99% are bought as a luxury and used as regular vehicles.
@@Komputar Yep, but this vanity truck project might end tesla in the long run, as american geeks are buying this, toyota relased a 12k pickup in asia thats selling like hot cakes, gobbiling up the actual working pickup market in asia. This truck will be nothing but geeks driving it
Not legal in the EU Here we have tests like what does this do to pedestrians if they get hit at different speeds, what happens to other cars in different situations at different speeds when it hits them. We can only guess how many of those tests this metal thing would pass
You know what I love about my Cybertuck. I need to explain to people how to use the gears! Because in the 21st century, gear selection shouldn't be intuitive, it should be janky and difficult!
In the old days, engineers would design cars so that a blindfolded person could be put in the drivers seat and find all the major controls by touch alone.
@@Crosshair84Yes, but in the old days people would also understand the vehicle and had more control with manual. Nowadays, people only know how to drive automatic and expect everything to happen magically, hence why tactile buttons are disappearing.
@@digitalversatilediscjockey3465 Man.. you can't pretend like you like 70s-90s vehicles.. more like 70s & 90s cars, good luck finding anything from the 80s that hasn't turned into a pile of dust. That stuff just never lasted, built cheaply and unreliable.
Annoying enough having American style pickup trucks on the roads and in parking. Don't even know many places this could even fit, not that the kind of people who drive this would much care about parking sensibly.
Because they are literally the safest and best performing daily driver cars in the world. There is a reason the vast majority of new Tesla owners say they will never go back to ICE when surveyed.
Yeah, why not. Totally possible to make things unbreakable even after burring during earthquake or nuclear explosion. In a car that's supposed to be affordable
The biggest flaw an engineer can do is think something cannot malfunction. Malfunctions are ALWAYS possible. And it's especially likely when talking about digital technology.
@@cgplays9 as of right now since they’ve been in limited production have been going for close to $100k after all the upcharges. They start at $40k. Once the market settles down and they are found everywhere
It isn’t. Every car is designed with redundancies in mind. It doesn’t make sense to keep an important task locked behind one point of failure with no other place to reach it. Which is why they added a second more manual selector in case you get an error code or something in your main screen. Technology can be complicated and mistakes happen.
@@israeldelarosa5461 ah yes redundancies, that’s why my car has 2 engines for when one fails😂 no not every car has redundancies in fact I cannot name one with multiple gear selectors
@@ObamanamamamaActually every automatic has a redundancy right at the gear selector! There is a small slot or opening to bypass the parking lock if it breaks it your battery dies
I agree but I rented a Tesla once and the screen didn’t come on but I just had to hold these buttons on the wheel for a sec and it reset it and powered right up. Probably what he was talking about with the screen not working.
Yes i love driving the same truck shape that hasn't changed in over 50 years and yet still have a 2023 f150 that had 2 recalls in the first month on steering issues. Like they have perfected how a rack and pinion steering works? I meen it must be more difficult than taking off the wheel covers right?
@@toddhanson658 I know that if Tesla, the company that puts out a "beta" self driving option, never tested the wheel covers under load, I would have complete confidence that their truck would be a fully developed product. 🥴 We're talking about design here, Dippy. As in a Rivian doesn't need a glass roof for adults to be able to sit in the back seat and not have their heads wedged into the ceiling. Some people just don't like it and that's OK. 😆
@mtnman1984 Oh yes, the Rivian R1T.. the one that doesn't have a proper retractable tunnel cover... and cost more to product and still doesn't have a charging infrastructure or a very good infotainment setup... Every single company that has ever produced a 1st gen vehicle has always had problems. Tesla knows this, the customers buying the products know this. It seems you're just a hater on a cutting-edge product. You should get rid of that smart phone and go back to a flip phone if you prefer.
The cybertruck comes with its own death trap feature too! Because its so incredibly strong and wont absorb impact well during a crash it can send you to the hospital! We didnt think about physics!
I was saying stuff like this too until I saw the actual safety tests and it performed better than some other trucks. I was very surprised at how well it crumpled.
@@rezonerizubro i’m young and while i think it’s cool and futuristic, i would rather drive a classic bmw tbh fuel up and ride into the sunset… if i was gonna drive any electric and could choose, it would be porsche taycan or the audi etron GT just cos Tesla lacks quality I feel
Someone who’s towed with a Tesla, definitely a huge downside, but honestly I’d take it to have the Tesla. But I don’t tow very often so that’s probably why.
Oh yea so innovative to take the things no one has a problem with but he himself, and change it to the most inconvenient version of itself and your fan boys call you a genius for it. So innovative
Once the FSD software is pushed to the Cybertruck, you won't even need to put it in drive or reverse. It'll just know what you need to do based on the surroundings. Look up a Model S or Model X doing the same using Auto Shift.
@@ChrisLeiterand what if you wanna actually drive the car? If I just wanted to go form point A to point B I would use an Uber, I wanna drive the car not just sitting there being bored while I’m waiting to reach for my destination. I don’t rly like autopilot, I think it’s useless except for long road trips and for people who just woke up and have to drive to work.
Reading all the comments, I feel so much better. I thought there would be a bunch of Musk defenders, but I'm glad people agree this is awful in many ways. Faith restored.
Reading all the comments, these are the same type of people that will naysay all their way till technology stagnates to the point we can never advance because of these egotistical naysayers.
@@player55redcrafter8 cybertruck isn't a technological advancement, my dude, it's a regression. It's dangerous both for the driver and everyone else around it, as it has no crumple zone, has very sharp edges and is made out of STEEL with a very high bumper, it's not any cleaner for the environment than other cars (in fact, it's more dirty), it can't off-road (you know, the thing that trucks were made for for f*ck's sake), it cannot effectively tow anything, it's as big as a freaking sherman tank and takes too much space on the road (as if America didn't have a problem with the overflow of massive cars before), it weights so much it's going to wear down the roads even faster, is has very, and I mean very little space for luggage (you know, something trucks supposed to have), even less if you put another battery in your cybertruck, you can't fit it in most garages, and you have to constantly clean the darn thing otherwise "the stainless steel" is going to rust and accumulate awful stains. Wake the f*ck up and open your eyes for once. Self driving cars will never be a thing either. The future is F*CKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION and car free cities, not some cyberpunk mambo jumbo Elon tries to sell you for $100k
@@player55redcrafter8technology has never stalled because of “naysayers.” It’s stalled because of the perceived amount of money the people selling it are getting as returns on their investment.
