Why Tesla’s Cybertruck Is So Hard To Manufacture
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2024
- When Tesla unveiled its vision for an electric pickup truck in November 2019, it shocked the world. Four years later, it’s finally here. But getting the Cybertruck to market has been a big challenge. Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasized how difficult building it has been, and has tempered expectations around scaling production. CNBC explores why Tesla’s new stainless steel truck is so hard to mass produce and what it will take for Tesla to meet the demand.
Chapters:
00:00 - 1:32 Intro
1:33 - 3:56 A stainless steel truck
3:57 - 10:50 Manufacturing challenges
10:51 - 14:52 What’s ahead
Produced, Shot and Edited by: Andrew Evers
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Narration: Robert Ferris
Animation: Gene Woo Kim
Additional Footage: Tesla, Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, IDRA, MuddRuttzz, Getty Images
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Why Tesla’s Cybertruck Is So Hard To Manufacture 
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What's amazing is that the people in this clip were able to get through the interviews almost without laughing.
What’s even more amazing is that Elon knew he would have to recall the vehicle,
That is why he made production amount low.
Lol. Yup
Stainless steel., just don't get it wet, clean it immediately if it gets dirty, and don't drive it off road and you'll be fine. You could also pay an extra $5,000 for a protective coat that comes standard on every other vehicle sold.
Yeah that TruCoat though!
but it's bullet resistant, duh
@@dinglshingle LOL, no it's not.
It’s that type of stainless steel that stains. I’ve got a carbon steel pan like that.
Conversely stainless steel seems to have much less problems when used to build trains e.g. Japan, NYC's subway, MTR's Urban Vision Lines rolling stock. Maybe also because the body panels for trains are simpler & don't need to go through stamping machines that need to be recalibrated to stamp harder
The entire Cybertruck thing is so funny at so many levels and speaks volumes about social media age....
Our real life Tony Stark fake genius invents a totally unnecessary car, delays it for years, tripples the costs while worsening traffic safety and everybody is admiring him because is looks like terminator iron-man stealth tank... the entire thing is so solely style driven 🤣
it doesnt even look good tho its so ugly
Don’t worry, by April 2024 everyone has realized the whole thing was a joke/scam.
@@Rick-C-117 elon is a joke scam and he still have cult following sadly, dude should be in jail for fraud
Proof that Elon isn't Tony Stark. He is Justin Hammer.
Now is definitely NOT the time to be buying a car. Average car cost $47K?! That's insane!
Check your ego at the door - you need a vehicle to get back and forth to work, not to impress anyone. An auto finance rate of 7%+ is an insult to anyone with excellent credit. No thanks. Those new cars can sit on the lot and rot away for all I care.
I'm with you. I don't care how much it costs to keep my current cars running.
I'll drop new engines and trans if necessary I refuse to buy a new car.
Yeah, Im glad I keep seeing this message because I want a new car, but man these prices are crazy
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Auto rate of 7% should be normal, because if the FED didn't keep rates artificially low.
However, PRICES should insult you, these dealers are screwing their future for a gain in the short term.
he's saying that "experts were saying it was impossible" as if he created a flying car than ran on solar power.
He created a boxy electric truck that costs 100k
It starts at 70k not 100 and that price will likely go down as they increase their manufacturing output
That looks like it was rendered on a PS1.
@@user-RCST🤣
That can't carry anything!
It look like a frig.
The stainless steel was not the problem. The problem was when they went 48v every part that had anything to do with electricity had to be custom designed and tested out. 1000s of parts... everything available is 12v they need 10000 of 1000s of pieces in 48v every week in order to meet capacity. They are hoping to be at 1000 a week by the beginning of 25'
@@skellington2000why did they change it in the first place? What should the benefits be?
@marekdg go read the document Elon and Telsa release to the other car manufacturers on the benefits of 48V. I know Ford CEO thanked Elon for sharing the data
Tesla actually makes or contracts someone to make many of those parts you are talking about. They design say the window motor controller or power seat controller.. This just means instead of getting in 48v, they design those parts to accept 48v.
@@skellington2000 higher voltage means lower current which in turn reduces heat produced during transmission so they can reduce the need for thick wiring thereby reducing weight and it also reduces the use of copper so reduced costs.
@@dabears87_76Ford is going for bankruptcy too soon. F150 lightening is garbage.
One note. If you have to scrap a gigacasting the entire part is made of the same "stuff" so it's easy to recycle it right away. You don't have to take it back apart and sort out all the different types of metals to recycle it.
Titanium IPhones?
Well, gigacasting is probobly a really good idea and profitable when you get it working.
But this Cybertuck will newer be a economically win for Tesla. It will for sure cost more than they will ever earn back on sales.
Casting stainless steel ?
Please explain...
@@MsRs232His comment is not related to the stainless steel exoskeleton. The video mentions different technologies that Tesla introduced. The gigacasting is used for making the front and rear frame of the vehicle. Those parts in other vehicles are made out of 150+ pieces that need welding together.
@zoltanm6445 wait until these things hit the aftermarket...no way are people going to be able to repair panels etc., second hand price will plummet. Not to mention the safety of the vehicles. Crumpling of vehicles in accidents is done intentionally to absorb energy from the impact. Energy not absorbed is transferred, likely to the passengers. Not to mention a few of these things tearing through a family suv or two on the highway and I can't imagine too many people will be enamored with driving on the roads with them
It's not only hard to build, it's nearly impossible to look at.
How dare you! Bow b4 the god Musk! 😅 No more subsidies for EV. lithium battery shortages. Musk is a fake and will drag his investors to hell. But...they'll love it. Calling him a genius.
One gets eye cancer by looking at it.
@@hg6996 fortunately, I've yet to see one in "the wild". Judging just by the pictures.
Let’s be fair I bought a Ford F150 for 38k in 2018 today my 2023 F150 was 72K. CNBC can we agree EVERYTHING is much MORE expensive than 2019??😂
The problem is people don't earn 50% or so more now. And the interest rates are much higher now, too. This means you'd either have less money for everything else or buy a cheaper car.
@@FlorinArjocuthat's always been the problem right? Can one afford something or not. However, it's not one manufacturer's fault for pricing it's product to market value. Not to mention all the new tech and efforts Tesla implemented in the cybertruck. Whether one likes the design is another topic, but for their dedication to innovation, I think the pricing for cybertruck is well deserved.
@@IronCan88 The market pricing is now stopping people from buying EVs. If they were 10k-20k cheaper, makers would not complain now about their growing stocks.
@@FlorinArjocu cybertruck 's bottleneck is in the production, though. So there is no reason to reduce price at this point. I put in my order for the truck motor early on, so while I also wish for a lower price, I understand market, and as a company you want to get as much profit as you can, so I don't blame Tesla for charging a premium for unicorn car like Cybertruck.there will be no over-inventory issue for cybertruck for a long time.
@@IronCan88 I was not talking about CT, but almost all the others. CT is a different animal, bring what it is, yhose who want it will buy it anyways.
Just imagine if this monster hits your regular car at high speed😢
its a deadly vehicle, an indictment on our regulations when they say this abomination of a vehicle is safe to be on roads
There are other biggger and more dangerous vehicles on the road such as bus and trailers. Why blaming this Cybertruk as a dangerous vehicle alone
@@c.t6149Which is why you need a commercial drivers license to drive them.
@@c.t6149 LOL! You didn't think about this at all before you said it did you? It's called a commercial drivers license.... google it little fella, come on, we know you can do it!
No ones buying this thing. Don’t even worry about it
The cyber truck looks like every child’s first attempt at drawing a car😂
I know! I want one! 😅
Interesting how CNBC Produces great investigative journalism not shying away from being skeptic when it is not about one of their advertiser's products!
Like always when they can be negative about what Tesla is doing.
They will spend millions if they think it hurts the right.
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@@Stampyboyz Allside and Media Bias are indirectly funded by the DNC 🤷🏻♂️
Muskmobile presents the... *VAPORTRUCK*
We have one of them at the tesla store in the mall near our house now, it looks way better than expected in person. The propotions don't look right in photos but when you're right next to it looks slick. changed my opinion on it for the better. Was roped off though, couldn't look inside.
They look so goofy in videos and pictures but I agree, they actually look really good irl. Though, I have to say, if that its someone their back is gonna be sliced in half.
"No rope" would hurt interest. First, Elon Musk is 6 feet 1 ("and a 1/2)" inches tall. Here he is, next to the Truck Bed @2:12 Designerror Franz is 6'5 and I don't see him pulling something in the front of the bed, from the side either.
Second, flat stainless steel is one of the "best" materialso for showing fingerprintsome - go grab the blade of a table knife to see for yourself.
The choices are clear. Keeping people from getting near it helps with keeping those who like it, interested.
NOTE: Because I am using a browser, I rushed and did not proof my (previous) comment, I have several typos above that I cannot edit. I regret all of them, except one.
@@bravocharlie639 Haven't been back to confirm but the employee said the rope was only up until some delivery event in a few days to prevent spoilers.
I ate some humble pie when I saw the Cybertruck on it's release day because I thought the design was...not ugly just weird...but now I really love it! It is really really cool. And watching some videos on its performance just makes me so impressed! This could be Tesla's best invention....that is until the roadster is released.
I remember when John Voelcker was still editor of Green Car Reports back in 2012 and he told his readers that Tesla would never amount to anything. Lucky for him lack of vision doesn't stand in the way of a career.
The internet never forgets
I dont see any innovation in the cybertruck. Just a fashion statement.
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did you even watch the video@@niederrheiner8468
@@niederrheiner8468 Did you consider spectacles?
As european i think it's kind of funny how the Cybertruck is basically designed to not meet safety standards for accident opponents in the EU.
I don't expect this to ever be allowed over here.
I read that the CyberTruck is indeed not street-legal in the EU as its wing/fender's edges are not rounded enough
@@lzh4950 Not just that. I mean, when hitting a person the whole thing is designed to hit the head first and then hurl the person under the car, at higher speeds this is basically certain death.
Also, in an accident with other cars the outside is supposed to deform and weaken the force of an impact which is the opposite of the Cybertruck "making the outside strong and sharp-edged to cut the other car in half" attitude.
we build stainless steel cars in the Philippines by hand about 50 years ago.
Yo im filipino, can you send a link?
DeLorean was not 'made of' stainless steel: It used thin stainless panels glued on to the fiberglass body.
Thats way better!
@@brunoheggli2888that's way not bullet proof
@@aberbaneither is this.
Did you not see it getting shot?
@@MS-hb9gn My comment refers to the 80's DeLorean.
As a mechanical engineer, I have to say a lot of things about the cyber truck seem odd. Like the design decisions seems like it would make things harder for them, while not really having a practical benefit. But I mean... I guess?
you managed to not mention any of your concerns...
yep they basically only did it bc elons a child and said it "HAS to be this way"
Kind of makes me appreciate it more, just knowing how hard to produce and develop it.
that is some very expensive trash can.
@@the0ne809 a trash can that you cannot afford
@@dzgeek1078 I'd rather spend my money in a real truck. I do not have a midlife crisis like many of you.
@@the0ne809 but dude, it's the car of the future
@@LuisSierra42the future just like the hyperloop? Lol
NBC did a reasonable job in this report. You knew it wasn't going to be pro Tesla. It wasn't a hit piece against Tesla either. Surprised!
I just love they had the balls to do it.
balls of steel...oh, strike that...just regular baseballs
Everyone has the ball to do the most ugly thing. It is not special. You admire nice inventions not ugliest
@@vayduong6806.. lol. I’m tired of boring looking trucks. Time for a change. 😮😮
@@mikeeguti2165 lol
@vayduong6806 It is not for everyone. I applaud the innovation. My question is, "What is this going to cost to repair a fender-bender?" From the way it looks, it has fewer individual panels than most conventional vehicles. So, if a Cybertruck panel is damaged, does it mean having to replace an entire side of the vehicle?
The ramp - I predict it will go great. They have learned from past ramp ups. And they have said this time and again - “the hardest part is making the machine that makes the machine”. So the hardest part was just making the machines that make the Cybertruck. That part is mostly done.
It will ramp very slowly in the first year and then accelerate exponentially is my prediction. I predict a 300k annual run rate in 2 years time.
Prototypes are easy, production is hard, and volume production is harder still. They've entered production, but not volume production yet, that is the hardest part.
@@iCozzh why use the word, exponentially. its like Elon fans use these stupid words all the time to copy him
@@Supraboyes because exponential means starts very slow and rapidly accelerating..
@@iCozzh I know what it means, it's the same as people using ramp up. It seems anything Elon says everyone is using the same terminology. Are you a Tesla, Elon fan.
I wonder how safe this is? If you market hard materials etc, doesn't that mean that the crumble zones are tougher to design? Cars today are designed to break in a predictable way and they need weak points. I would like to see crash test videos.
It's still only 1.8mm thick so it can bend. They can adjust the way it will buckle by adjusting where they put stiffeners.
Check out the crash tests done on the CT! This is the safest automobile ever made - for not just for the occupants but also anyone outside who has the misfortune to get hit by a CT !!!
Tesla routinely breaks safety tests with how safe their cars are. I'm sure they've figured this one out.
@tapio 🤡…. Tesla make the worlds safest vehicles
Safe for whom? For the Cybertruck occupants, yes. For everyone and everything else, its a deadly machine.
It’s like if a 5yo drew a truck with a distinct lack of design 😂
Someone in my city of Bountiful, UT has a cyber truck. Fun to see it driving it around ☺.
You mean it hasn't suffered critical system failures due to it's lousy design and poor manufacturing like all the rest have already?
The final thickness of the steel is 1.8 mm so not 3 mm as was originally stated.
Thank you CNBC for doing a comprehensive piece on the issues of actually building this crazy new-look design of a vehicle. Good context. It is clear there are big challenges, so it will be up to Tesla to demonstrate what sort of a car company they are to make a few, or a lot, of these stainless steel body trucks. Definitely is an interesting truck. And will be interesting to see what this will all be like in production, and how long they hold up, and whether the price can come down over the next few years.
I agree that it will be interesting to see if, despite economies of scale, Cybertruck prices will remain the same due to high demand.
Maybe in the States because by the looks of it in current configuration/shape it is not legal in Europe
Jeez, they got so many things out of place their accuracy is off the scales 🤣
Tesla is not just a car company 😊
@@karlmckinnell2635 What else do they build/sell ??
Increased Costs, decrease Range, still no Self Driving, hard to fix panels, no crumple zones, sides too high to sideload
I hope to get this thing at some point. I have a Model Y but will wait for mass production is hitting and they cut the prices.
I guess first 1k people will get foundation series cybertruck.
@@Sid_Personal_only to those who can afford it. It's 120K.
@@jovanleon7 120k is with fsd ($15)k and accessories
@@iKingRPG yes, that's called the foundation series
This abomination is a moving cringe.You must be a true musk fanboy.
So Tesla learned air bending to protect themselves against the fire nation 😮
The CT is likely easy to make once Tesla gets past the challenges of tooling and refining the production line for mass production. Always keep in mind that Tesla makes the machine that makes the machine. That is what is hard.
Are you sure about that ?
Air bending must be incredibly loud. Everyone in the factory must be wearing airplugs questionning their life choices...
@@johntheux9238Appa yip yip!
Once this is completed this will also give Tesla a IP advantage when it comes to manufacturing. There are many factories in the world but not many companies or factories to reshape and entire production line and design a completely different product and then mass produce the product, especially something as complex as a car.
@@MsRs232 about Tesla making machines that make machines? Sure. They even bought Grohmann Engineering in 2017 and renamed it Tesla Automation.
I drive a Honda Element and obviously don't care how a vehicle looks. I only care about reliability and functionality for what the vehicle was built for.So I'm really curious how this will work out for Tesla and what's next and will it change other manufacturers to question what people really want.Most likely i will never get a cyber truck but really want them to succeed.
Mechanicability and fitness for purpose, seems like this never came up. wondering what it weighs and what the payload capacity is. Why four doors if there’s no head room in the back? The bed is what, four feet?
I LOVE the upgraded stainless steel technology aspect. Its looks sharp.
Literally
@@stanvassilev this is a risky comment, the tesla fanboys may try to cancel you
I liked it better when the price was set on $40k 😅 not $60 plus K. And for the base model😂. I can but 3 working trucks for that, or 1 electric car and another gas truck. 😂
They said that about the DeLorean.
NO PUN INTENDED! 😉
Now we need a feature film with the Cyberttuck
Terminator 5? 🤣
Cybertruck will be in plenty of movies and videos.
For sure. Rap videos up first. This will be a big time flex vehicle in the begining.@@davidbeppler3032
Back to the future 4
A remake of Damnation Alley
love the t shirt in reference to the window accident last time lmao.
Nice to see someone that has the balls to attack this design. Absolutely amazing. Cant wait to drive one. Once they perfect this product they will be able to do anything.
They better, seeing how expensive they will be. I would expect mine to do my washing and cooking, for that price.
Found the simp
@@bblwarrantydepartment981 Found the narcissist.
@@martinc.720 The F150 Raptor R sells for $109,000, 13K more than the top tier CT. And still doesn’t make you breakfast or iron your shirts.
OR... They could go bankrupt trying
So excited for this. Just placed my order for the Foundation Cyberbeast.
Hats off to Elon and the team, and hats off to CNBC for this documentary.
As car enthusiasts with limited engineering knowledge, we were able to learn a lot from this concise documentary.
I wish there were more documentaries like it. This is excellent! 👍👍👍
He won't get these to market before the end of the fad.
@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Yeah...sure...😂
@@andrewm190E Stocks are backing up. By next year or the year after at the latest, Tesla will be selling spares and conversion kits. Ford and GM at least know how the automobile industry works. Tesla is in the biggest trouble since they haven't done refreshes on existing models, much less whole makeovers.
@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 The Tesla model 3 highland would beg to differ.
@@ILFforever it doesn't look different enough from the other models.
For any company to have the guts to break the mould and do something revolutionary they need a visionary leader who is also a hands-on engineer. And very few companies have been that fortunate
Saw someone driving one last week on I-280. looks kinda funky but unique at the same time!
Thanks CNBC to present details about making cybertruck...this whole thing will encourage our engineers and experts to invent more and more
I doubt CNBC has ever made a video that generated this many comments. The youtube reviewers have record numbers of views and google searches are 10s of millions. Crazy.
@@snookmeister55 They definitely do lol pretty normal numbers lol
This won’t save the dumpster fire called X
@@ralphtaylor7448 WHO ÇARES? I have TSLA shares and I'm buying a CYBERTRK.
@@ralphtaylor7448 Your prediction noted. I wouldn't bet on it.
Tesla previous claimed not going to 800 volt because of the market wasn't ready for mass production. Meanwhile the Cybertruck also has mass market challanges with steer-by-wire, 48 volt architecture, ethernet-loop and their own battery cells. These are the challenges Elon Musk was talking about, not just it's stainless steel exoskelton.
I havent even watched the video, but working in the auto manufacturing industry, any new tech is hard to manufacture, in general manufacturing is hard, you got quality control, training, uncertainty in suppliers, sometimes they go out of business or back out of the project, you got the unkowns that comes with new manufacturing. Theres 1000s of more i could include..
Mass production is very difficult especially with new innovation. Cybertruck with its cold formed stainless exoskeleton, 48v low voltage, 800v high volt system, drive by wire, 4680 tabless DRY CELL battery, smaller/lighter battery vs competitive, etc. Tesla offers the fastest production lines. Dry cell battery allow even less machines as no toxic black slurry/baking and mixing step. Big 3 sales mainly big trucks and suvs vs Tesla mainly sedans and small model Y suv. Cybertruck is a small niche for Tesla where they can test the newest future tech especially batteries. Tesla is an energy company besides motor where car batteries made grid storage batteries competitive. Tesla diversified batteries with 18650, 2170, 4680, and LFP( lithium IRON) Tesla’s production lines as Henry Fords 2.0 version. Tesla designs own software, chips, and hardware. Space X metals for car. SOTA and FOTA OTA with DOJO computer. Huge buildings full of full sell driving servers. Tesla building larger supercharger stations to charge trucks larger battery faster. All the above make the Cybertruck expensive to build. Plus Tesla is a new car company starting from scratch. Made in America. Finally USA is leading vs European auto industry. 1970 oil embargo Japanese fuel sippers vs Detroit muscle cars. History repeats itself but this time EV’s vs gas cars. China is ahead but USA narrowing the gap. Stellantis bought shares Chinese EV company to rebadge EV’s to sell in Europe. China and Europe ahead USA solar, EV’s working on climate change.
Elon bullied as kid now bullied by naysayers. Glad Space X, Tesla energy, Tesla Motors, Starlink, Borimg company and neurolink are USA companies.
I love that TESLA doesn't just accept "Things are they way they are and thus must stay that way, we've always done it that way."
Legacy OEMs are scared Stless of Tesla. First theylugh at you,then they Sht their pants!,orlie likeGMs Mary Barra.
lol bootlicker
@@kevinw7319 that's why their semi has so much trouble, they pretended that the designs didn't end up that way for a reason.
Thank you for going deep into technical details that have not been discussed in other - mainly -videos.
How much would it cost to insure this truck? And how much would it cost if you got into an accident with it ??
A Belgian company called Aperam makes the steel chassis of the Cybertruck. Apparently Tesla couldn't find any American company that could meet Tesla's needs when it comes to rust resistance and strength. :) I knew Aperam was a company that was very skilled in this area but I didn't realise they were this good because it does seem super difficult.
Stainless mills cannot produce different qualities with persistent quantities.Also quality control is very hard in stainless steel
Not all stainless steel alloys are really stainless. Some are just rust resistant.
@@orkun171it's a pain in the ass material 100% and it's heavy. I don't understand the self-imposed engineering nightmare like it's some kind of feature people are demanding.
@@johntheux9238it's all dependent on chromium and nickel content. There aren't that many stainless varieties so I don't understand the fuss about it at all. BEV seem to catch fire when wet so why are we so focused on corrosion resistance?
@@scottleggejr there are a lot of minerals in a steel alloy that needs to be fine tuned and produced cheaply.Also nobody should die or lose a limb
This is total genius without the politics. You are getting a product that is produced without compromise
Finally, a fair assessment of the cyber truck from a major media outlet
You think?
@@tvm73836 better than anyone else that’s for sure.
I could never afford one of these, and there's no charging infrastructure within 20 miles of me...but I'd love to have one. I think it looks neat.
eh, just wait a few years. they'll build out charging infrastructure and also you'll eventually be able to buy a used one for way less. both problems will be solved by time
You'll be able to get one with a dud battery in a few years time for the scrap price.
that's the point, the cool factor not the partiality of. If you want practicality in a EV, by an brad that's been making car for 100 year and know the ends and outs from generations of experience.
Electric cars are fairly inexpensive. I wouldn't buy one if you don't have a garage or aren't in a position to charge at home. I wake up every morning to a "full tank" so to speak. You only really need charging infrastructure for road trips or if you routinely drive more than 200 miles a day in town.
the tech for this is amazing. 48V, steer by wire, close to bullet proof, if there is a crash - I'd rather be inside that truck... looks expensive UNTIL you start getting something similar cost with Ford, Rivian and I will get way more compared to others
Very nice to see an unbiased video just talking about the facts, and fairly giving praise and some critiques, I will be definitely buying a cyber truck when I can afford one.
Unbiased?? You do realize this video only exists because Tesla paid them to make this story
Yep, when Musk speaks of the production process as Tesla digging their own grave, it's not all positive. Something unmentioned is the manufacturing processes being developed now may also be used in the next model to some degree.
The only argument id agree with is that successfully ramping all the new technologies simultaneously will be hard but then again that's exactly Tesla's whole existence , that's all it's been doing successfully. Since I can't agree with anything else, I'll just be leaving a like for putting in Sawyer Merritt really really much much actual news and shoving no narrative down our throats
Okay so crazy thing, I actually talked with someone from the Tesla gigafactory. He's a software engineer. Anyhow, a couple of things to note. According to him, everything is pretty cluttered and disorganized. Because you know, they're having to do some irregular things. It’s also worth noting the weird speed limits on the campus. Like, 24? Why not 25?! And to top it off, he said he wouldn't get a Cybertruck, simply because its not his style. Which says a lot considering I met him through Lyft. And when I dropped him off, I had no idea where to drop him off. Supposedly there's supposed to be a tent where they were supposed to meet, in a parking lot. All that was there was a bus stop from the Soviet Union. Like, I know there's a lot of kooky stuff going on, but you'd think telling a software engineer where to go so he's not wandering like a goober would be solved.
It's interesting watching Elon perfect this fraud in real time...
This thing is bold and that is GREAT!!! Give it a little time, they will perfect it. There is room for all types of propulsion systems, gas, electric, etc. I haven’t driven one but seen it at Teslas Upland CA Center. It is amazing in person.
An unbiased video on Tesla? I'm shocked
That is what makes Elon and Tesla special. They won't give up.
This is a bold step and I hope it succeeds.
😂😂😂
Then where's my hype-loop?
@@onsokumaru4663 first go and learn about that. Elon didn't tell he would make hyperloop. He only pitch the idea and open source the concept. And another company virgin hyperloop started the mission.
@@onsokumaru4663ask Branson where the hyperloop is at. He was building it.
This is the first time they build a pickup truck.
More, despite doing many innovations, there is a lot of room for future innovations. A lot more. This current Cybertruck design could be completely different from one made in 2 years.
Do you think it's easy to create a design hybird of a Delorian and Pontiac Aztec?
Hy-bird
Only down side is how Musk clamed that his truck "will replace the F150". Which is the woking mens truck, so how did he go from $40k to $60k plus taxes. 😅 After all of these years the cybertruck is a rich person's rich toy and nothing else.
Early adopters pay more every time.
Cashed-up attention seekers will pay anything to get noticed. This is the good news for cybertruck. When this wave passes, demand tends to drop markedly.
Musk is discovering this with Tesla sales. Despite massive price drops, Tesla deliveries dropped by 7% year over year for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter equivalent.
@@canwelook Slick misinformation. Plants were intentionally shut down during third quarter. Don't get your hopes up.
@@canwelook This is a dishonest representation of the data. Deliveries dropped by 7% in Q3 because production dropped by 10% over the summer when they were their factories. Demand is still high. They're dropping prices now in Q4 to clear out inventory so they can start making the updated Model 3.
Immune to corrosion, meanwhile in reallife cybertruck rusts in few weeks. xDDDDD
thank you finally a video with real experts explaining the process , not some guy bending aluminum to wrap a window frame.
I appreciate and support innovation.
There’s no comfort in the development zone and there’s no development in the comfort zone.
If anyone can pull off the impossible, it's the Tesla team. Tesla has THE TOP engineers working on all of this. As a current Tesla owner and having an early reservation for Cybertruck, I can say that this is the greatest time to be alive. To have this type of technology at a somewhat affordable price is amazing. Go Tesla!
Go 🇺🇸👍🏼
“Finally the future will look like the future.”
What a powerful quote that speaks to everything we do ourselves. Become the future you want to see.
If you get a scratch on body panels (or is it totally scratch resistant?), do you polish it away?
- Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck (0:16)
- The truck's stainless steel exoskeleton is a manufacturing challenge (1:03)
- Design driven by material properties (2:11)
- Skepticism over its aggressive design (2:42)
- Production delays and challenges (3:58)
- Introduction of a unique airbending manufacturing process (7:26)
- Tesla's gigacasting technique may be employed in Cybertruck's construction (9:47)
- Battery cell production could limit Cybertruck's output (11:44)
If Lockheed gave up on using titanium which is notoriously difficult to manufacture,then the world's fastest air breathing aircraft the SR-71a would have not existed. The world needs innovators who think outside of the usual. Kelly Johnson and Elon Musk are innovators.
Kelly Johnson was an engineer. Elon Musk ain't.
@@BogeyTheBear Elon is a software engineer.
He is an actor acting the role - his mother is a Hollywood actress and grandfather was head of the Technocracy movement - get it?
Once AGAIN someone get's it wrong.The A12 was faster
The SR-71 doesn't seem like a re-assuring example to use here... The SR-71 was incredibly expensive and notoriously challenging to maintain.
Was it an awesome feat of engineering? Absolutely.
But when I purchase a car, "awesome feat of engineering" is not the main thing I want. I do want awesome engineering but I want it to be balanced with reliability and practicality. Formula 1 cars are engineering marvels. They also would be absolutely horrible consumer products.
If repairing a tiny dent in my cybertruck means I have to replace the whole friggin chassis with a new giga pressed hunk of steel, then that's not great...
tesla has this. if any company could do this, its tesla. they have the brains and the guts to make it happen.
🇺🇸 is back baby.
A 🇿🇦 did this not an 🇺🇸 😂
@@ytzpilotElon Musk may not be from America but currently he is American and he runs his businesses mainly in American.
@@billysnextadventure4306 he was born a South African and Canadian, started engineering at a university in Canada, and built a company with a mix of people from all over the world including the USA. That’s the world we now live in and you surround yourself by the best regardless of national origin
@@BryanbkkBack when USA had balls (like in 80's) Musk would have been in jail for a long time now. Imagine If USSR would have referred American as "their agent" like Russian TV did earlier this year on Elon Musk. Or Musk having conversations with Putin himself and spreading Russian propaganda on his platforms. Worshipping Elon Musk as some kind of genius is proof of how USA isn't anything like it used to be.
The looks may not be the best but it's understandable given the materials they are using. It's probably worth it though, a stainless steel shell is a nice feature
It's almost 10x thicker than other car shells without paint inc in thickness dimension
To clarify the "you can only press brake the stainless so thats why it has no body lines and is shaped like it is." Elon originally wanted it to 3 mil thick or roughly 1/8th inch witch is insanely stupid for alot of reasons. However after realizing how dumb that was they decided to scrap that idea along with the exoskeleton in favor of a much more traditional unibody design with 18 guage 1.5 mil panels and 14 guage 1.9 mil doors. Witch means they could've done whatever they wanted as far as shaping it goes. Im a fabricator and have worked with and shaped stainless plenty of times at sheet metal thickness like what is found on the cybertruck it doesn't behave any differently than mild steel stainless and mild steel are extremely similar to each other stainless is actually just mild steel with chromium added to it to prevent rust you can actually weld the two together. Also idk why hes making a point out of it being cold rolled every car is made out of cold rolled steel and every stainless appliance you've ever seen is cold rolled when steel is in the steel mill impurities float up to the surface of it on mild steel it has a mat grey appearance with stainless its more white to light grey steel mills will typically just sell the hot rolled steel because for most things its not a problem however if you're willing to pay more they will acid bath it the acid gets rid of impurities and it is then sold as cold rolled i personally just buy hot rolled and soak it in phosphoric acid to remove it on projects that i want the scale off of so its really not that big of a deal. The other thing is hes lying about how they developed a new type of stainless steel because they didn't and the metallurgy of stainless was solved like over 60 years ago. Witch is why they wouldn't tell anyone the grade of stainless it is.
he lies quite often
You know what, when I heard his rocket was going to land on the ocean. I thought how crazy can you be - and this was AFTER he led me to believe he can make the impossibles possible.
The problem is they're supposed to be taking human beings to Mars and they can't even get out of low earth orbit. I think there's an element of dillushion about all this.
Yes, it’s ugly as hell. I can’t wait to get mine😁
Stainless steel is not rust-proof; it's rust-resistant, and some grades of stainless steel are more resistant than others. Brushed steel, if my sources are correct, can be more vulnerable to rusting than other finishes.
Have any been sold? I’ve never seen one on the road.
The cyber truck glass is probably the hardest thing to manufacture
It doesnt require painting nor stamping metal like the model y
So it should be easier to make
Actually it does have stamped parts. Stainless is has to stamp as well. Especially because the panels have to look perfect without paint.
@@sc1338 My understanding is that they have a solution for that - using only folds rather than curves (on most panels, at least), and scoring the folds to make it easier to work with. The hood and frontmost panel do seem to be curved, though.
Model Y is a small budget car for people who cant afford a model X.
Same goes for 3 and S.
Cybertruck tho is on another level.
The biggest issue is going to be making sure the panels align correctly. The way the truck is currently designed, the panels come together at very specific points so they have very little margin for error. This means they have to be manufactured correctly every time or any misalignment is going to be so obvious.
Have you even _watched_ the video before commenting?
With adjusted inflation i think the price is as expected.
Not inflation. Musk lowballed originally cost . Manufacturing cost is the reason .
This is another example of mainstream media and interviewees not understanding or having the vision Tesla has. Yes the 2023 vehicle is priced higher and range is different from when announced in 2019. The global pandemic and parts supply issues were acknowledged but what about the impact of rampant inflation and economics.
The story focused on the steel exterior and appearance, a bit like doing a book review by critiquing the cover. Imo Tesla have hugely over delivered with vehicle design, engineering and performance that comes about because they had to delay. 4 wheel steer by wire, 48 / 800 low / high voltage architecture, gigabit ethernet canbus are revolutionary for production auto design - not even a mention! Ventilated front seats, chassis rigidity, custom stainless steel and glass, lift up back seats for storage with 90 deg opening doors, rear screen, power frunk and tonneau…oh yes add vehicle to load and vehicle to grid power transfer - not a mention.Moreover its all OTA software updatable so like all Teslas will improve over time. …Regarding range concerns Superchargers are far more common now, mitigating that issue. With batteries, Tesla set a very high bar and yet still have designed and set up volume manufacturing in house. They have not yet achieved energy density targets, but are still out performing even dedicated battery manufacturers.
But the real reason for the Cybertruck is the disruption intended for one of the most entrenched segments of the North American auto market.
I wonder how is that steel absorb shock in accidents and how the vehicle reacts to comapred to convential cars
"Why the Tesla Cybertruck would be so hard for our advertisers to manufacture"
Keep in mind the prices will drop once the production gets to full ramp. They will only be priced higher to start because of low production and high demand.
demand? Not at that price.
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
I wonder if any steel casting techniques that were learned on starship were used on cyber truck or vise versa.
This truck is what you get when your company is known for working their engineers 80hrs a week and is still the number one dream job for graduating engineering students. And your other company is number two.
The fact that its small arms bulletproof is enough for many people to buy
I'm going to buy one just so I can fly a Confederate flag through Detroit.
Yeah I prefer to live in country where bullet proof kids backpacks aren't necessary.
But like, why is that necessary though? It just makes it heavy and, based on basic physics I would assume, it doesn't absorb energy that well. I mean if people wanted a tank I get it, but I can't fathom why. The weight alone seems problematic for an EV.
It says a lot about America.
That would be very useful in certain areas of the city.
WOW! CNBS finally don't sound biased over Tesla.
Thirty years ago I was getting out of a DeLorean at a local car show and a little girl tugged on her dads sleeve and said "That car's from the future".
The Cybertruck technology is as far ahead of the competition as are the SpaceX rockets
More like 50's soviet era behind
Cybertruck is ugly and dangerous, literally illegal in Europe
Elon starts off the delivery event with - Experts said making the cybertruck was impossible but here are the deliveries of the first cybertrucks. Then CNBC interviews the same experts. Let’s check back in 2025… Whatever happened to the production ramp of the hummer ev or ford lightning?
It appears that a production ramp was never planned for the Hummer. The Lightning has reached volume production I think, 50k or so per year.
Its essentially a suburban tank. Its worrying that people think such a thing is necessary in their lives.
I do paintless dent repair. It's interesting how dents on the CT will be fixed. Body shops will have a nightmare. 😮
Will be expensive AF
This is pretty much the same challenges that the great John DeLorean faced with the manufacturing of the DeLorean way back in the 80’s. Just shows how ground breaking that car was back then
This one was poorly researched. This video just parrots the common talking points.
Actually videos from the launch event show clearly the cybertruck is manufactured as a conventional unibody using basically the same architecture as the structural pack version of Model Y.
The stainless panels have only straight press braked lines and they are hung on the conventional unibody.
Expect nothing less from CNBS and their anti EV agenda.
Partly true, but the inner door structure for example is gone apparently, not needed cos of the steel.
Exactly.
Yes I'm pretty sure this grade of stainless isn't that tough or novel. But of course Musk never learned the key part of manufacturing cars. Reusability of equipment and sharing common parts.
Tesla's shares many common parts, lots of parts from de model s and y are shared, they share as many parts as they can from other models, but, new products will inevitable create parts that won't be shared, like the cubertruck.
To design a hard-to-produce and costly vehicle is counterproductive to electrification of transportation. Where are the inexpensive electric vehicles with a useable range?
Thats why it will be 10x harder for everyone else to copy. I bet there will be companies copying them but use aluminum
Cybertruck being delivered is up there on the list of things I am excited about alongside seeing Starship being fully useable and Optimus working in Tesla factories in a meaningful way. The future is becoming surreal, thanks to Elon!
May I kindly suggest unsubscribing from Musk Only Fans, and detoxing after too many years of sniffing his farts?
I see a whole list of incoompetences stacking up around the name Musk.
@@stuartburns8657 And do what? Go back to admiring celebrities, youtubers, kardashians and presidents? Hell no! we'll stick with tech and science people who are really changing the world.
@@tintin.404 Good luck with that sir 🙏
There is a lot in this video about why the stainless steel manufacturing is difficult but nothing about WHY it is worth going down this road in the first place. What is the advantage, real or perceived?
Stainless steel is a great material in terms of strength and corrosion resistance. I'd say the disadvantages are difficulty in forming complex shapes and the cost versus steel or aluminium.
Like many of the comments here, if you Strongly Dislike Elon Musk (ie. CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC CBS, NPR, Washington Post, NYT, etc..) why would you say anything positive...no matter True or Not? No one has a clue if this will sell well or not, but for many, that's not even the point...they dislike Musk and that's all that counts.
@@stephenbaxter3369 But are strength and corrosion problems with traditional materials? I've never heard of those being issues.
@@mboikothe cubertruck got 2.1M reservations before delivery, I guess at most 1.5M will go through the order, afterwards, there are many that want the cybertruck, Tesla fans, truckers that don't care how it looks but need what it can offer and rich people for showing off.
The upside is that the body of the truck is impervious to everyday wear. Door dings, shopping carts, hand tools, car keys, ect, have a negligible effect on it. Even if you do manage to scratch it, it won't rust unlike painted regular steel. A benefit, to Tesla, is that they won't spend any money, time, or space painting it. It is the toughest truck normal people can buy, If you define "normal" as $80k, anyways.
This is the most balanced Tesla report I’ve seen from CNBC
How much extra does it cost to get a cyber truck that makes it past five minutes without the red screen of death? Also is a little bit of adhesive to hold down the gas pedal extra or do I just hot glue it on myself?
Everyone is stuck on the problems producing the stainless steel body.
Totally missing the major new features such as the 48V electrical system and the steering by wire - major ‘re-inventions’ for the automotive industry.