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Wholesome: Cybertruck illegally parked in handicapped space is towed in a way that destroys it. (i.redd.it)

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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.

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[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 3 points 4 hours ago

Walnut Street

Go Birds

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

Fun fact, incorrectly towing a pickup truck will cause waymos to crash into the back of tow truck or drift into the opposite lane.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 5 points 6 hours ago

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?

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago

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.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

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.

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

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.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

Not a bad idea. Shouldn't be too hard to program in.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Just a few if else statements, how hard could it be amirite

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago

So are these things a success despite the massive issues?

[-] knightly@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Nope, they've had so many recalls that they'll never get it in the black.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 9 hours ago

NEVER TRANSPORT YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE TIRES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SPIN.

Come on tires! You have exactly ONE job!

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 45 points 14 hours ago

They designed a car that can’t be towed? Lmao how is literally everything about this car as dumb as possible.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago

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.

[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 6 points 8 hours ago

many cars have special towing considerations.

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 26 points 13 hours ago

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

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

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.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 20 points 13 hours ago

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago

Guaranteed highest price paid for junk cars

You don't need to write that on the side when we can already see that.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 37 points 14 hours ago

I haven't seen it mentioned in the thread yet, but:

How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is i-cant

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 25 points 13 hours ago

How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is

It's so bad there's a subreddit dedicated to it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago

stalin-joking

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[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 38 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

A sledgehammer is cheaper

[-] Des@hexbear.net 18 points 13 hours ago

sicko-speeeeen

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago

yes-hahaha-yes-1 yes-hahaha-yes-2

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 76 points 17 hours ago

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?

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago

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.

[-] someone@hexbear.net 74 points 16 hours ago

that seems like a major design flaw

That might as well be the guiding philosophy of these junkers.

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[-] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 13 hours ago

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.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 59 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

rat-salute to comrade tow truck in the war on bazingas

Edit: I saw an Incel Camino with a similar matte black paint and a South Vietnam/loser flag bumper sticker recently lol

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 29 points 16 hours ago

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.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 6 points 12 hours ago

I wouldn't fault you for following that car and waiting for it to park before covering it in egg whites.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 43 points 17 hours ago

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.

[-] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 31 points 16 hours ago

The vision out the front of a cyber truck is still really bad. Not as bad. But really bad.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 26 points 16 hours ago

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 38 points 17 hours ago

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! wojak-nooo

I'm on the clock pal talk to the hand. grillman

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 14 points 14 hours ago

sicko-slideshow

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[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 19 points 14 hours ago

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.