The reputation of the Cybertruck seems impervious to just about anything including steel balls, but this new video from Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo might change that. In it we get the closest look at one of the latest prototypes and boy does it look rough.
Uploaded to a YouTube channel called Cyber Owners, the short film gives us a lot more information than we’ve had in the past. For one thing, the truck doesn’t look as huge when surrounded by people as it has in the past. Really though, it’s the quality that’s leaving us puzzled.
Even when on stage with Elon Musk and Franz von Holzhausen, it’s very clear that the door color doesn’t match the rest of the truck. In the light of day, a lot more is revealed like how those same doors don’t actually fit very well. The body lines and creases don’t match from one panel to the next.
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The finish on the rear tailgate camera shield is flaking off. Later we see giant panel gaps between the fender and the running board, as well as a broken wing mirror mount. Musk has said he wants to make those easily removable but this prototype didn’t seem to feature such a mechanism.
On the other hand, some features on the Cybertruck look pretty good. The lack of door handles is subtle but smooth and the giant mono-wiper doesn’t seem as intrusive as it has in previous pictures. The tires, wheels, and brakes all look more than adequate for the vehicle too.
Now we should be clear that this is indeed a prototype and that the production version could be basically devoid of any of these issues. At the same time, we would be a lot more convinced if production Tesla products weren’t already heavily criticized for lackluster build quality.
There’s also a chance that Tesla has a number of far better-looking Cybertruck prototypes running around with as of yet unreleased details that the brand is trying to keep secret. We don’t feel super confident about that, though, considering Elon’s propensity for talking about features before they’re available to the public.