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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

New videos of Tesla Cybertruck off-roading appear to show it struggling to climb up a steep dirt hill::One video showed a 1946 Jeep CJ-2A successfully navigating the same hill that the Cybertruck struggled to summit.

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[-] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Look at the tires, they are pretty suboptimal.

I switched to an EV 3 years ago and there is way too much torque at low rpm. The power curve just probably isn't designed for loose dirt. Not to mention the cyber truck weighs a billion pounds.

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The torque issue would be really easy to fix. The beauty of EVs is everything is computer controlled, so it'd be as simple as programming in a "low" mode by making the motors deliver power/torque on a much more gradual curve relative to pedal input (emulating a traditional gearboxes low range gears). The weight might be less of an issue at that point, although it's still going to be a problem no matter how you slice it

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yes lower RPM of the tires and some sort of electronic locker front and rear would probably make this perform much better.

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