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In the video, they did the same to a 2004 Dodge Ram and it would not break at all.
The cybertruck is just built cheaply, it would be fine if it wasn't advertised like it's comparable to an actual vehicle made for towing.
That still really doesn't matter. They're applying an order of magnitude more force in a direction the vehicle wasn't designed to handle. This test doesn't speak to towing capacity.
A 900% safety margin isn't awful. There are so many reasons to hate on Teslas that we don't need to invent fake ones.
It wasn't supposed to be a scientific test. There have been cases of the cybertucks back end being ripped off from towing. We are laughing at it's failure because it's just a showcar that just falls in bits, but advertised as an actual "truck". You should never tow with a car made with cast aluminum frame, it's going to break sooner rather than later. The cybertruck shouldn't even have an option to attach a hitch.
Not sure why you're getting down voted. If people here actually watched the video alluded to in the OP, theyd realize your point is spot on.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnYvAU3kfA
I'm an automotive engineer and I work at a proving ground. This sort of "lets just strap an excavator to single sample and start torturing it in an extremely atypical way!" is exactly the sort of dealership, bunk "engineering" that muddies the waters. For starters, comparing a body on frame dodge pickup to the unibody cyberyruck is unfair as hell. That comparison means nothing. At the minimum, compare to another unibody pickup. He glosses over dynamic vs static loads, makes huge hand waves about tongue forces you'd expect, and does almost no math.
Minor nitpick: not sure why Jerry rig everything wasn't using their 950 loader to load down the back of the cybertruck. Take off those forks, and you'd get 20k lbs on that hitch, easy. I suppose they may have not had a 950 bucket available.
This test doesn't really say much, and OPs video corroborates. There are so, SO many reasons to shit on cyberyrucks, but a video showing tongue weight going 9x over the safety factor isn't really a knock against it. It's fairly impressive, tbh.
Did you even watch the engineering explained video? Doesn't seem like it.
At 18:45 he reiterates that there ARE situations where the maximum towing load would be transferred to the hitch.
While yes, it is a rare occurrence, it's far from impossible to see 10,000lbs on the tongue when PROPERLY towing a load.
Also, comparing a brand new cyber truck to a 20 year old rusty Dodge isn't a fair comparison. If they wanted fair, they'd have used a brand new Dodge instead of trying to rig things in favor of the cyber truck.
Engineering explained:
This was a junk test that meant nothing. EE is putting that politely. EE actually invokes real engineering.
people have stuff to tow so test is legitimate imo
It's not, because sheer force on a part not meant to handle that much sheer force is irrelevant to towing which is force in a different direction.
That's the problem with the video. The test they did has nothing to do with towing capacity. If they strapped the truck down and used a tractor to pull on the hitch, that would be a legitimate test.
But they did something that seems like a legitimate test to people who don't really know much about physics, which gets views and has people spread misinformation.
When you lie to prove a point, you're just cheapening that point.
Edit: Lol, you people are ridiculous. You're no better than Musk/Trump worshipers; throwing logic and reason out the window for hate.
Nah dog, the presence of people with intention to tow somehow gives credence to this test, and all other towing tests in general, it seems.
*drops a pallet of bricks on a Tonka truck
"Well, people have things to tow, so this test is valid."