New videos of Tesla Cybertruck off-roading appear to show it struggling to climb up a steep dirt hill::One video showed a 1946 Jeep CJ-2A successfully navigating the same hill that the Cybertruck struggled to summit.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I think you’re right; seems like it’s coming from the guy putting his car on a trailer. Cybertruck still looks like it’s not cut out for off roading though

      • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Look at the tires, they are pretty suboptimal.

        I switched to an EV 3 years ago and there is way too much torque at low rpm. The power curve just probably isn’t designed for loose dirt. Not to mention the cyber truck weighs a billion pounds.

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          11 months ago

          The torque issue would be really easy to fix. The beauty of EVs is everything is computer controlled, so it’d be as simple as programming in a “low” mode by making the motors deliver power/torque on a much more gradual curve relative to pedal input (emulating a traditional gearboxes low range gears). The weight might be less of an issue at that point, although it’s still going to be a problem no matter how you slice it

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            11 months ago

            Yes lower RPM of the tires and some sort of electronic locker front and rear would probably make this perform much better.

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          11 months ago

          They should 100% be able to handle that offroading…my Elantra would be able to get up that hill better then that deformed junk pile