The driver is the issue in this instance as they keep stopping at the wrong times - loosing momentum. The tires are also not up to par and seem to be slipping a lot. I would use a more aggressive tire design.
This thing is about 30% heavier than most trucks....so that actually looks pretty good given the weight penalty. Traversing soft ground will be interesting....
the fact that Newly bought Cybertruck have seen more offroading that newly bought regular pickup trucks, with off/on camera in RU-vid said alot about giving the tesla owner an ease of mind without the thought of damaging the paint
I own an ioniq. In slippery conditions due to the quick response time of the throttle and higher torque wheel spin happens a lot. I suspect that had something to do with the wheel spin on that climb. Didnt look that bad though.
It slipped a couple times. But the tires are shit. Proper tires, weight, independent suspension is what makes something climb. Which the cybertruck as both except the tires. But I'm sure those are just the stock tires.
Apparently you don't do much off-roading. I am pretty sure anyone familiar with that course could point out all the issues with the driver on that course. Thus it makes it hard to know if there is a real issue or not. The one thing it does seem to highlight, is that Tesla software does not seem to be setup to help the driver in this situations. And by the way I am not a Tesla fan at all.
As dumb as those videos where expensive cars with crap summer tires are pitted up against cheap cars with ice winters for a road race in the snow. Grip, tires and capable drivers win every time. Locking diffs and ground clearance is the measure off road. Where an electric is likely to fail miserly is in fording water not on power.
People have a lot of “show off” money. We all do it in some way, I like the idea of making things look different, I just don’t trust a company that consistently over promises and under delivers. But it really seems to work on people these days. I like my brother’s Tesla, but he is literally the least car knowledgeable person I know. This will be interesting. People will buy them. We’ll need to see if they ever improve or become cheaper or are useful. The first gen of buyers will be mostly just showing off, though.
That's probably about as good as most stock trucks would do, but i dont understand why the cybertruck doesn't come with a locker. Then it would've made that hill look like nothing, but hey, im not elon Musk😅
Looking at the suspension travel makes me wonder if they built it on one of their existing SUV platforms, Model X? If so, how the hell are you supposed to go "Baja rallying in that thing?"
Your hatch wouldn't make it over the initial ledge at the bottom of the hill. Unless you have some really cool Frankenstein lifted hatch on at least 30s lol
i believe they are all-terrain tires custom from Goodyear. which would make this an even cooler test because if it's still capable even though it's targeted for street driving and is less aggressive than other all terrains and definitely not as aggressive as off-road tires, it demonstrates how a regular driver might attack a hill like this.
Street tires. Didn’t air down tires for extra grip. Awful driver. I’m surprised it made it up at all even though I don’t think it would make a good Offroad vehicle even when properly outfitted.
@@TurboactiveI take those RC trucks with a grain of salt, They are test trucks and this could have been software and awd settings testing with any number of things off tweaked etc
@@choco-latte608 I won't hold my breath. It's a matter of physics. The Cybertruck's gear ratio is equivalent to a normal truck in 3rd gear in high range. Not good enough.
@@choco-latte608 Right but torque is torque. An EV has all it's torque throughout the whole rev range, sure, but that torque is multiplied by the gearing and if there is not enough torque then it can't climb. That's why Rivian patented a low range for their trucks, they need more torque. Normal trucks also have torque converters that multiply torque from a stop which EVs also don't have. I converted a Land Cruiser to EV and go rock crawling with it so I have lots of experience with this type of thing.
@@User-rka_zykx76 guess you don’t understand basic physics then. This thing would have no chance doing the rubicon let alone anything mildly challenging 😂
@@mattmcmellon5751 Enlighten me. Who has better public land than the US and Canada? You are aware that "designated" in this context means "designated for testing" right?
