Tesla Cybertruck Unveiling
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0:00Elon MuskSam,
0:36Elon MuskWelcome. Welcome to the cybertruck delivery event. So I'm gonna do it from the back of the truck here.
0:53Elon MuskHey. So once, once in a while, once in, once in a long while, a product comes along that is rare. That is once in once every five to 10 years, something really special, a really unusual product comes along.
1:18Elon MuskAnd we'll remember those special moments when indeed.
1:32Elon MuskSpecial moments. So. But these things are rare. It's very rare that a product comes along that is seemingly impossible, that people said was impossible, that experts said was impossible.
1:53Elon MuskAnd this is one of those times. We have a car here that experts said was impossible, that experts said would never be made. That it really is the most.
2:11Elon MuskI think it's our best product. I think it's the most unique thing on the road. And finally the future will look like the future.
2:28Elon MuskSo what we're aiming for here is something that has. That's more truck than truck. Okay, thanks, bro. Literally, my brother there. So what we have here is something that is a better truck than a truck while also being a better sports car than a sports car in the same package.
3:00Elon MuskSo first of all, let's, you know, they talk about how trucks are tough. That's one of the defining characteristics of a truck. So how tough is this truck? Let's find out.
3:17Elon MuskSo we actually had to come up with a special ultra strong Tesla designed steel alloy. So this alloy, this metal did not exist before. We needed something that you could actually manufacture, but that would have basically no corrosion, that didn't need paint, but you can still make it in volume.
3:43Elon MuskAnd part of the reason that it has this angular shape is you can't actually stamp these body panels. The body panels would break the stamping machine. So. Oh, and I should say also the, because of the steel exoskeleton, it actually has more torsional rigidity than a sports car.
4:02Elon MuskIt has more torsional stiffness than a McLaren P1. So that's very. That's a big deal. Now you may remember an incident four years ago, didn't quite go as planned.
4:23Elon MuskAnd Franz, maybe we should try it again.
4:35Elon MuskYellow.
4:52Elon MuskYeah.
4:57Elon MuskYeah, great. I mean, I think we could probably have a pro picture Lavada if it still worked. So anyway, the glass is tough, basically, that's what we're saying. So you don't have to worry about like rocks hitting the glass and cracking the glass.
5:15Elon MuskThis glass is basically rock proof. It also makes the car very quiet. So the thing that you'll appreciate when you drive the car is that is how smooth and quiet it is.
5:30Elon MuskIt doesn't feel like a normal truck. It's smooth as silk and silent when you drive it. And yeah, so in terms of toughness and then things like rollover, because the center of gravity is so low, it doesn't roll over.
5:51Elon MuskAnd if you're ever in an argument with another car, you will win.
6:20Elon MuskYeah. So.
6:26Elon MuskIn movies, you sometimes see the hero or heroine hiding behind the car door while being shot with bullets. That doesn't actually work unless you're driving a cybertruck. So if Al Capone showed up with a Tommy gun and emptied the entire magazine into the car door, you would still be alive.
6:51Elon MuskSo, you know, and so people say like, well, you know, why did you make it bulletproof? I'm like, why not? Do you want to. How tough is your truck?
7:03Elon MuskBecause the other trucks, the bullets go through both sides. So you shoot. A bullet goes through both sides of the car and you just never know. I mean, sometimes you get these like late civilization vibes, you know, you never know when the apocalypse could come along at any moment.
7:23Elon MuskAnd at here at Tesla, we have the finest in apocalypse technology. Now what about utility? So strength is great, but is this, is this perhaps just a show truck, Just a showpiece or it can't do actual work?
7:44Elon MuskHow does it work as a real everyday truck? Well, here we have the future, towing the future.
7:55Elon MuskSo basically, if you can fit any cargo in the the trunk or in the bed, you can basically move it around. So it's got over a ton of payload capability, but you could really put more than that in it.
8:12Elon MuskYou can tow over £11,000. And it's got a super tough composite bed, no liner needed. The bed is six foot long, four foot wide, and you can fit four by eight, four by eight pieces of plywood in with the, with the back down.
8:31Elon MuskSo for those who are really into the truck world, there's something in the truck world called a truck pull. This is really the key test of how much power does your truck actually have.
8:46Elon MuskSo you have to pull this 40,000 pound sled. And when we went to the track, we said, well, what's the best that you've seen? I said, well, it be the fourth F350 diesel.
9:02Elon MuskIt was like, well, let's put our truck up against that. The guy who runs the truck pool said, there's no way, there's no way. Well, let's try it. Let's see what happens.
9:19Elon MuskSa.
9:45Elon MuskSam.
10:20Elon MuskWe actually had to slightly turn the car at the end so it didn't hit the wall. So this you have here a car that is, you know, bullet tough, you know like that phrase TM and can out pull an F350 diesel.
10:41Elon MuskHas a massive towing capacity, massive bed. It's basically an incredibly useful truck. It's not just some grandstanding showpiece like me. It's actually very useful. Now what about performance?
11:05Elon MuskSo this, I should say it has an adaptive air suspension. So no matter what the load is, you can always have the, it can set the ride height at any, at low height, anything.
11:16Elon MuskIt will automatically adjust the damping according to how much load it's carrying. And the road conditions has a 17 inch ground clearance. That's a true 17 inches. Typically with a truck you'll get the differential hanging down low, the rear differential and that's what you'll high side on a rock.
11:36Elon MuskBut this has a completely flat bed so you could drive over basically anything. We actually took the Cybertruck on a Baja rally drive. So this is insane off road capability.
11:54Elon MuskIt has locking differentials, rear torque vectoring. And the crazy thing is they'll do this all in comfort. It has steer by wire, which is, it's one of the things where most people don't know what that means, but it's what it's how modern jets are designed.
12:13Elon MuskThe steer by wire, which gives you variable gain. So if you turn the wheel, the steering, the steering yoke a small amount in the parking lot, it will turn the wheels a lot.
12:22Elon MuskBut if you turn it on a highway, it turns the wheels a small amount. So it dynamically adjusts how much the wheels turn according to what your speed is.
12:34Elon MuskAnd this actually makes it very easy to drive it actually. And it has a turning circle less than a model S. So this thing can practically turn it, you know, rotate on a, you know, dime, basically.
12:49Elon MuskIt has incredible low speed maneuverability. And then there's a lot of advanced details under the skin. It's the first time that a car is moving to a 48 volt low voltage architecture from 12 volts which has been around for 100 years.
13:10Elon MuskWe have ethernet comms, distributed controllers. Allows for 70% less wire in the car. And it's really the internals are as advanced as the externals. It's a whole new step change in the technology.
13:30Elon MuskSo let's take it to the racetrack and see how does the Cybertruck perform against the Porsche 911. And I should say this is an actual Porsche. We literally just got it from the dealer 2023 Porsche 900 and.
14:13Elon MuskBut wait, there's more.
14:33Elon MuskSo that.
14:42Elon MuskIt can tow a Porsche 911 across a quarter mile faster than the Porsche 911 can go by itself.
14:56Elon MuskI should say tougher than bullets. Tow pretty much anything faster than a 911 while towing a 9 11. So. And deliveries begin now. Thank you.
15:20Elon MuskSo.
15:26Elon MuskMuch. It.
16:34Elon MuskWe're just. These are the actual owners. We're handing over production Cyber trucks to their actual owners. Thank you. Buying cybertruck.
17:04Elon MuskOh, hi. My shirt. Absolutely. Just open the. I think she's read Fox. There we go. Thank you.
17:24Elon MuskThank you.
17:48Elon MuskOkay,
18:02Elon MuskWell, as you can see, we've got quite a few to deliver here, so. Hi. Thank you. Oh, wow. Okay. Welcome. Hope you enjoy your car.
18:25Elon MuskSam.
19:00Elon MuskAll right. Hey. Good to see you finally here. Good to see you. Yeah. Enjoy your truck. Thank you so much. Yeah, just.
19:16Elon MuskIt.
20:01Elon MuskWell, this is a delivery event, you know.
20:08Elon MuskNice to meet you. Great. Is this the button for opener? That's it.
20:26Elon MuskI mean, it's going to be amazing to see all these cars driving around.
20:36Elon MuskThank you. I appreciate you most. Welcome. So just press this button here. All right. Appreciate you. Welcome.
20:51Elon MuskI mean, this is really going to change the look of the roads. I mean, one of. In a parking lot, one of them does not look like the other, so.
21:01Elon MuskHey. Love you, sir. Hey, how's. Hey. Yeah. Welcome.
21:24Elon MuskThank you.
22:02Elon MuskIs that it?
22:27Elon MuskOkay. All right. Thank everyone. Thanks for coming to the cybertruck delivery event. And you witnessed to what? Oh, one more. Okay, Sorry. Okay, go ahead and drive it out, actually.
23:32Elon MuskAll right. Thanks everyone for coming to this delivery event and appreciate your support. And this is really going to like to change the look of the roads and finally the future will look like the future and it's really going to be something special.
23:45Elon MuskThank you.
23:58Elon MuskSa.