More photos showing the Tesla Cybertruck testing on public roads near the automaker’s factory in Fremont, California, have emerged online. The new shots show the truck in the real world, next to a cyclist and a bus, giving us a better idea of its actual size.
As summed up by Twitter user @llsethj, the truck looks a little stubby in these photos. We of course reserve our final judgment until the first production examples start to roll out as this could just be an unflattering angle of the truck.
Looking back at older photos of the Cybertruck, it has long looked a little stubby. Photos of the truck from the side always show how suddenly it ends at the front, but these new pictures just highlight that quality.
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There are a few reasons for that, among them the material that the body is made of. In an interview with CNBC in December, Tesla designer Franz Von Holzhausen revealed that stainless steel is so thick that it can’t be folded into complex shapes. That means that most of the body panels are flat and straight, which we aren’t used to seeing on modern vehicles.
That, in combination with the fact that the front wheels are quite far forward—likely a packaging decision that will lead to more interior volume—means that the front just kind of ends. All of which has the effect of making it look stubby.
The truck is just the latest to be seen driving around on public roads. Tesla has also been testing it on the grounds of its factory, and has released a teaser of the first crash test it will be willing to share with the public. Tesla promised that the Cybertruck will be revealed before the end of this year, and all of the activity surrounding it serves to suggest that that will, indeed, be the case.
