[mnd999]

If they’re lying the ad should be banned, it would be in the UK. But anyway, who cares? Racing sports cars is not what you buy a truck for, and even if you did the sports car would destroy it on corners. Make the truck slower, make it cheaper. It’s for moving stuff from a to b.

[quantified]

The Cybertruck is for moving people's cred points to your ledger, not for taking cinder blocks to the construction site.

[xethos]

> not for taking cinder blocks to the construction site

Considering the bed height of modern trucks, neither is most of the competition.

[dieselgate]

I'm skeptical of the cybertruck and my work truck can barely hit 60 in the summertime; but when it comes to EVs, including trucks, don't the high speed and torque come for "free"? In my opinion that's the biggest performance advantage of EVs over ICEs

[rsynnott]

$100k trucks are not for moving stuff from a to b (with some exceptions around very heavy and/or specialised commercial vehicles); they are for compensating for something. Like, this isn't for work, it's for showing off.

[yuppiepuppie]

My father who owns a Rivian and pulls his construction trailer with it everyday would disagree.

Talked to him yesterday while he was charging up (since he was pulling a trailer his range was low) and he mentioned he will get the cyber truck for his business and compare the two for pulling trailers. And keep the better one.

[viraptor]

Same in Australia, ACCC can be anal about wording in any ads. But it's unlikely to be advertised the same way.

[rsynnott]

I mean, I don't think false advertising is really allowed in the US, either, but their regulators tend to be on the slow/passive side. It look the FCC about a decade to lurch into action on paid social media astroturfing, say, long after regulators in other countries had started to deal with it.

[vjjsejj]

It’s not like they are selling or planning to sell it in the UK to be fair

[clouddrover]

Fair? Serial liars use up the available goodwill until there is none left.

This is the reputation Musk and Tesla want to have. They have gone out of their way to earn it. It's a shame they feel the need to lie so often.

[that_guy_iain]

I am not sure there is even a lie. The video shows 1/8 mile and is only a 5-6 second race. While it talks about 1/4 mile that takes 11 seconds.

Edit: I am not sure why people are unhappy. But if they say they can do 1/4 of a mile in a certain time and they can, it's not a lie even if they show a video of 1/8 of a mile run.

[dzhiurgis]

Thats so typical with anti-Tesla (and Apple) - someone comes up with some conspiracy theory. Mass media catches on without verifying it. If Elon too bothered he'll provide some proof it's bs or more nuanced than someone is saying. No one cares, because rocketman = bad.