The Tesla Cybertruck is being touted as the death of the traditional pickup truck by Dave Lee, a prominent Tesla bull on YouTube. Let's look at what he has to say about this.

According to Dave Lee, Tesla has killed the traditional pickup truck and it is practically inevitable that the traditional pickup truck is going to die a long death, because the design of the Cybertruck is so much better than all other pickup truck designs. Let's dive further into his assessment.

The Cybertruck is Tesla's best design ever for a vehicle and it's going to be incredibly difficult for any company to copy the Cybertruck design. Tesla's chief designer talked about the Cybertruck in a recent interview: "It goes back to a first principles approach. What do you need from a pickup truck? What would you put on it? If you came from Mars, what would you look for?"

To achieve an armor plating on the outside of a truck that is impervious to bullets and dents, that you can drive into trees, that you can't scratch, all these things you would want in a tough pickup truck that makes it difficult to dent or break, what would you use?

You use stainless steel, because you don't have to paint it. Stainless steel will not get scratched. Not having to paint saves money and time. No scratches saves on repairs and keeps a new look. The stainless steel won't rust. Stainless steel is difficult to form, really hard, so how do you form it?

You can't do it in a traditional way. That will become part of the character of design of the Cybertruck in that it will use stainless steel made in a way that only Tesla is capable of using. The planar sheets of the stainless steel can bend in one direction. That bending in one direction will be a guiding principle of the Cybertruck.

Other auto makers don't realize the Tesla Cybertruck will be a huge hit. Other auto makers are focusing on electrifying their existing pickup trucks. This also admits the paying debt of their ICE vehicles. But it also means that legacy auto makers aren't making any changes to the design of their pickup trucks.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from By Jeremy Johnson at torquenews.

My Take: I suspect that G.M. and Ford are going to be in big trouble when the Cybertruck gets ramped up.

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The Tesla Cybertruck is being touted as the death of the traditional pickup truck by Dave Lee, a prominent Tesla bull on YouTube. Let's look at what he has to say about this.

According to Dave Lee, Tesla has killed the traditional pickup truck and it is practically inevitable that the traditional pickup truck is going to die a long death, because the design of the Cybertruck is so much better than all other pickup truck designs. Let's dive further into his assessment.

The Cybertruck is Tesla's best design ever for a vehicle and it's going to be incredibly difficult for any company to copy the Cybertruck design. Tesla's chief designer talked about the Cybertruck in a recent interview: "It goes back to a first principles approach. What do you need from a pickup truck? What would you put on it? If you came from Mars, what would you look for?"

To achieve an armor plating on the outside of a truck that is impervious to bullets and dents, that you can drive into trees, that you can't scratch, all these things you would want in a tough pickup truck that makes it difficult to dent or break, what would you use?

You use stainless steel, because you don't have to paint it. Stainless steel will not get scratched. Not having to paint saves money and time. No scratches saves on repairs and keeps a new look. The stainless steel won't rust. Stainless steel is difficult to form, really hard, so how do you form it?

You can't do it in a traditional way. That will become part of the character of design of the Cybertruck in that it will use stainless steel made in a way that only Tesla is capable of using. The planar sheets of the stainless steel can bend in one direction. That bending in one direction will be a guiding principle of the Cybertruck.

Other auto makers don't realize the Tesla Cybertruck will be a huge hit. Other auto makers are focusing on electrifying their existing pickup trucks. This also admits the paying debt of their ICE vehicles. But it also means that legacy auto makers aren't making any changes to the design of their pickup trucks.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from By Jeremy Johnson at torquenews.

My Take: I suspect that G.M. and Ford are going to be in big trouble when the Cybertruck gets ramped up.

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