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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    1 year ago

    God damn is that thing ugly as fucking sin. It’s like they went out of their way to make it as fucking ugly as possible.

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    1 year ago

    It’s not even “off road”. It’s struggling to climb a steep, dirt road. Also, anyone who buys a Tesla at this point is a moron.

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      1 year ago

      I mean what do ppl expect, it looks like it has normal road tires and weighs probably at 5 k pound… Any truck with that weight/tire setup would struggle…not defending tesla but the expectations are quiet off…

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        1 year ago

        I had Skoda Yeti, which is 4k pounds, I had road tires, and the car is not even considered a true off-road vehicle. But I climbed hills like that easily, sometimes on cruise-control (I’d disabled it here because of a sharp turn)

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    1 year ago

    While it’s pretty pathetic that a modern 4WD system can’t control wheel slip quicker than that, those drivers obviously don’t have a clue what they’re doing.

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    1 year ago

    Uhhh check the difference in the tires on the two vehicles, pretty sure that makes a difference

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      1 year ago

      It comes down to having tires sized to carry the weight. A heavy vehicle would need tires the size of those Russian off-road vehicles to match the light Jeep. Also why light offroad vehicles like a Polaris side-by-side are so popular now with people that drive trails. And why you would never want to take those lifted full-sized trucks off road even though they are popular on the highway.

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    1 year ago

    Didn’t it struggle climbing a curb? What makes them think it can off-road?

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    1 year ago

    The only difference is that when it comes to repairing the clutch on the jeep, you can just go get a coffee with your Tesla because it doesn’t have one. I bet that the Tesla just needs a lower gear to win that competition. The jeep wins because it’s very light and has a low gear.