https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1g5t5gf/cybertruck_getting_the_walnut_st_welcome/
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-17ABBF87-8EB4-4FFC-8D79-B9FF53F7916D.html
Warning
NEVER TRANSPORT YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE TIRES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SPIN. DOING SO CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND OVERHEATING. IN RARE CASES EXTREME OVERHEATING MAY CAUSE THE SURROUNDING COMPONENTS TO IGNITE.
Do not transport Cybertruck using any method that is not specified by Tesla. Adhere to the instructions provided here and observe all warnings and cautions. Damage caused by improper transporting of your vehicle is not covered by the warranty.
Note: Tesla is not liable or responsible for reimbursing services not dispatched through Tesla Roadside Assistance.
Fun fact, incorrectly towing a pickup truck will cause waymos to crash into the back of tow truck or drift into the opposite lane.
Really wish we could get the bazingas out of our most dangerous activity
Honest question, why not short the motors so that internal resistance is increased massively or set the motors to coast or apply passive power to prevent overcharging or engage the actual brakes fully to avoid this? I get that solution would destroy the tires, but that’s an easier fix than the entire powertrain. How do other EVs avoid the problem?
I’m not sure how other EVs do it, but the Nissan Leaf can be put into neutral, since it uses a single motor under the hood. I’m sure putting motors in the wheels complicates things, but I would think the coast idea would work.
You can put teslas in a Tow mode too but that would mean the owner was aware a tow truck was coming to turn the car on and set it on tow mode. If they didn’t, the car needs to be on skates and needs to be lifted up entirely where no wheels can spin.
I guess the other difference is that the Leaf is front wheel drive only, so as long as the truck lifts the front wheels there’s no risk to anything going wrong.
Personally I like it when EVs aren’t too different from regular cars, the leaf is basically a Nissan Rogue, but instead of a gas engine there’s an electric one, and instead of a gas tank there’s a battery pack.
If so, why not turn on the car alarm and put the vehicle into tow mode on detecting an overcurrent?
In fact, Teslas have very loud external speakers in lieu of horns. They could just say “you are towing the car wrong. Please stop and consult the manual” on repeat at 100 decibels
Not a bad idea. Shouldn’t be too hard to program in.
Shouldn’t be too hard to program in.
No truer words have been spoken by someone who has never worked on the system in question. Knowing Tesla, there is probably some arcane bullshit in the code preventing this from happening.
Just a few if else statements, how hard could it be amirite
Walnut Street
Go Birds
They designed a car that can’t be towed? Lmao how is literally everything about this car as dumb as possible.
The issue is that a motor is a generator so spinning the wheels like that is going to overcharge the battery. I’m not sure why they don’t lock up the wheels to make it as annoying as possible to tow incorrectly, though.
In fairness to the Cybertruck (lol), my old Prius used to do something similar where the wheels would lock up if the battery was dead. Most tow trucks these days carry the whole car on the back so it didn’t really matter but if it had ever been moved by one like in the photo it would’ve fucked the car
Yeah, my only thought is that a Cybertrukkk might be too big or heavy to go on a tow bed, which I’m sure nobody at Tesla ever thought of looking into.
many cars have special towing considerations.
First off, lol
Second, that seems like a major design flaw given the possibility of something exactly like this happening. Was it that difficult to disengage whatever the mechanism is when it’s not running?
There’s actually loads of vehicles you can’t tow like that without damaging. It’s one of the major reasons most tow trucks are flat beds, now.
However (and likely what is happening here in this picture) a lot of dense cities with parking issues and traffic will have plenty of tow trucks like what is pictured because they’re quicker and don’t need as much room. But after the initial hook up and dragging the towed vehicle away from the curb (as pictured) the tow truck driver will get out and place wheel dollies under the two tires still on the ground so that they also don’t end up rolling.
This is really the only way you can tow a vehicle against an owners wishes if you can’t get the drive wheels picked up off the ground (since the vehicle would be in park) so all tow truck operators who don’t use flat beds will have a set of wheel dollies with them. Drag it away from the curb, then attach the dolly, then drive away.
that seems like a major design flaw
That might as well be the guiding philosophy of these junkers.
A billionaire narcissist high on his own PR hype can not be corrected when he gets a really fucking ignorant idea, so whatever he conjures up gets praised by yes-men.
In AWD gas cars it’s a problem because the front and rear wheels are linked together, but this thing has two bazinga drive packs that are independent. It only needs to lock one to have an effective “park” and it doesn’t even needs that because it could use one axle’s brakes as a parking brake. They could have made it easier to tow (you know, for when it inevitably breaks) but they chose to spend more time and effort to make it worse.
The cybertruck is shit but this is a problem for most if not all EVs. The wheels are mounted to the motor which then generates current when the wheels spin. I’m not sure how difficult it is to solve but at least Toyota, Ford, BMW, BYD and Rivian haven’t figured it out either. They all recommend towing on a flatbed or using dollies.
they could add a clutch between the motor and the wheel
I haven’t seen it mentioned in the thread yet, but:
How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is
How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is
It’s so bad there’s a subreddit dedicated to it.
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to comrade tow truck in the war on bazingasEdit: I saw an Incel Camino with a similar matte black paint and a South Vietnam/loser flag bumper sticker recently lol
I love how it’s like a mosquito light for fascists. I’ve now seen like 6+ of these full Trump wraps: https://i.redd.it/i0lu3057ddvd1.jpeg . In my area there’s one advertising a pool supply store, a Trump one, and an unwrapped one that already looks older than my almost-decade-old car. You have to be a particularly clownish kind of antisocial to own one and the reputation will only become more self-reinforcing.
I wouldn’t fault you for following that car and waiting for it to park before covering it in egg whites.
so you just need a good portable jack and some sort of device to get one of the wheels spinning at high speed to completely ruin a cybertruck?
good info to spread around
A sledgehammer is cheaper
Guaranteed highest price paid for junk cars
You don’t need to write that on the side when we can already see that.
NEVER TRANSPORT YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE TIRES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SPIN.
Come on tires! You have exactly ONE job!
So are these things a success despite the massive issues?
Nope, they’ve had so many recalls that they’ll never get it in the black.
One thing you can say to its credit is that it doesn’t have a 4’ front fender that blocks vision of the road for 30 feet in front of you.
Still hate the truck tho.
The vision out the front of a cyber truck is still really bad. Not as bad. But really bad.
No my Zybertruck, you’re supposed to put the wheels in a semi-clockwise position facing 40 degrees to the east with exactly 125 lbs of pressure per square inch!
I’m on the clock pal talk to the hand.
these warnings but every instance of Happy Fun Ball is replaced with CyberTruck
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
- itching
- vertigo
- dizziness
- tingling in extremities
- loss of balance or coordination
- slurred speech
- temporary blindness
- profuse sweating
- heart palpitations
If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime warranty.
Side note: it’s wild how that’s a funny bit in text, but the actual SNL video is incredibly dull and grating. Like between the bad delivery of the lines, the music, the laughtrack, and how it’s just a static shot of a ball on a stick, it’s like a case study in how to ruin an otherwise funny bit. But I guess that’s SNL’s whole shtick, taking some absurdist gag that may or may not actually be funny and then making sure it isn’t funny by simultaneously overproducing it and half-assing it, both in all the wrong places.
Happy Fun Ball by Cinco would have slapped
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Cybertruck.
Caution: Cybertruck may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Cybertruck contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Cybertruck on concrete.
Discontinue use of Cybertruck if any of the following occurs:
- itching
- vertigo
- dizziness
- tingling in extremities
- loss of balance or coordination
- slurred speech
- temporary blindness
- profuse sweating
- heart palpitations
If Cybertruck begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Cybertruck may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, Cybertruck should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Cybertruck, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Tesla Motors, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of Cybertruck include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
Cybertruck has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
Do not taunt Cybertruck.
Cybertruck comes with a lifetime warranty.
all believable except the last line!
it does sound like something they’d claim though, with about 15 asterisks
*for the lifetime of the vehicle itself, which technically ends as soon as the CyberTruck is damaged
Happy Fun Bazinga.
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