Tesla can shrink the cyber truck – and it could actually work

If you thought the Tesla Cybertruck couldn’t get stranger, you hold laser rider wipers because Tesla is working on it again. In a recent interview with Top gearTesla’s VP or Vehicle Engineering, Lars Moravy, let it slip that the company ‘thinks of’ a more compact cyber truck. Although he made it clear that nothing is officially in the making, he did not close the idea either. In Tesla-Speak that is so close to a press release as you are going to get.

It is not difficult to see why Tesla may want to reduce the stainless steel colossus. There is something about the dimensions of the cyber truck that lands somewhere in the creepy valley. It just doesn’t look good. As Moravy explained: “There is interest in a smaller one [truck]… even in the US ”That is an engineer speak for People want thisAnd in the case of Tesla, that includes a worldwide market that did not exactly roll out the welcome mat for a SCI-Fi door stop of 6800 pounds.

Size is important

A smaller cyber truck could actually solve a handful of problems that the original created. Firstly, parking without a mailbox would turn a welcome advantage. The current version is longer than a Chevy -Buitenwijk and about as subtle as a Jackhammer at the funeral of a poet. It hardly fits into normal garages, cannot be sold legally in different countries due to the safety problems for pedestrians and is struggling to realize the promised performance in the pre-launch hype cycle feel As it started in Obama’s first term.

Downsizing would also make the truck cheaper, which could increase its attraction beyond the Tech-Bro-Meet-Doomday-Mermany. For nearly $ 100,000 for the “Cyberbeast” variant, the full-size cyber truck is not only niche-it hypernicheSuch as Cyberpunk Mad Max Cosplay for parking spaces Silicon Valley.

MEME Truck, meet reality

Here is the thing: the cyber truck was no longer a truck before it once became one. It is now a meme. A cultural artifact. The clou of a joke that Tesla accidentally told too well. When Elon Musk unveiled the truck in 2019 with an unbreakable window that immediately shattered, the cyber truck rose the mortal empire in the elevated height of legend. And not because it was good.

And in honesty, absurdity sells. Just ask the legions of fans who have deposited deposits based on those first unveiling people who wanted to drive a low hallucination of a PS1 game through the real world. But when the actual truck arrived, it was heavier, slower, more expensive and less capable than promised. The real cyber truck simply couldn’t live up to mythology. A smaller, more practical version can actually reset expectations, making the design something that looks like useful.

Take top speeds

A baby -cyber truck may be exactly what Tesla should save, if that is still possible – and perhaps even some trucks sell to people who do not live on Twitter. It can retain the cool factor while it is thrown away the luggage of his oversized predecessor. Small trucks are inside, despite the fact that the cyber truck has a embarrassing launch and even more embarrassing the first year of production. And hey, if they ruin it again? At least we remove a great meme.