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Rated by who? Because I don't believe Tesla's claim because it seems absolutely outlandish. They would have been building F150's like this decades ago if it w

Rated by who? Because I don't believe Tesla's claim because it seems absolutely outlandish. They would have been building F150's like this decades ago if it were true.

giobox 3y ago
Has a car manufacturer ever lied about rated tow weights in recent memory? I genuinely don't see the incentive - it would just lead to crashes, warranty claims and eventually a class action lawsuit, or worse if deaths resulted. People rely on these numbers to drive safely. 14,000 lbs is absolutely within realms of normal/possible for a nearly 20 foot long 6000lb truck - its more or less exactly the same as high-spec Ford trucks. It's almost a given one of the first things youtube is going do with a production Cybertruck is find something that weighs almost exactly 14000 lbs and try to tow it up and down the steepest inclines they can find.
- linuxftw 3y ago
  Has Tesla ever promised something and not delivered, I think that's the real question. Another question is, how often are Teslas totaled for what would be a minor accident in another vehicle? All that twisting and bending force being applied to a unibody, I can't see it ending well.
  - lesuorac 3y ago
    Tesla's Model X (depending on options) has a towing capacity of 5k lbs [1]. As far as I can tell, nobody is claiming that this is false and there's a few anecdotes of people with 5k campers they tow. So, afaik, historical claims by Tesla on towing capacity are true so there seems to be more reason to believe a future towing claim is accurate based on previous towing claims than believe it's false because previous non-towing claims have been false. [1]: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-7A684E2F-D43E-4A0E-AD21-811B04CE53BB.html https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-7A684E2...
    - linuxftw 3y ago
      5k on a unibody is standard. I'm just talking about feature claims in general. I think we're going to see Cybertrucks with totally trashed frames if they try to go live with 14k loads.
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      - linuxftw 3y ago
        It's standard in the sense that the vast majority of unibody vehicles produced today have a 5k towing limit.
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Rated by who? Because I don't believe Tesla's claim because it seems absolutely outlandish. They would have been building F150's like this decades ago if it were true.

giobox 3y ago

Has a car manufacturer ever lied about rated tow weights in recent memory? I genuinely don't see the incentive - it would just lead to crashes, warranty claims and eventually a class action lawsuit, or worse if deaths resulted. People rely on these numbers to drive safely. 14,000 lbs is absolutely within realms of normal/possible for a nearly 20 foot long 6000lb truck - its more or less exactly the same as high-spec Ford trucks. It's almost a given one of the first things youtube is going do with a production Cybertruck is find something that weighs almost exactly 14000 lbs and try to tow it up and down the steepest inclines they can find.

linuxftw 3y ago
Has Tesla ever promised something and not delivered, I think that's the real question. Another question is, how often are Teslas totaled for what would be a minor accident in another vehicle? All that twisting and bending force being applied to a unibody, I can't see it ending well.
- lesuorac 3y ago
  Tesla's Model X (depending on options) has a towing capacity of 5k lbs [1]. As far as I can tell, nobody is claiming that this is false and there's a few anecdotes of people with 5k campers they tow. So, afaik, historical claims by Tesla on towing capacity are true so there seems to be more reason to believe a future towing claim is accurate based on previous towing claims than believe it's false because previous non-towing claims have been false. [1]: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-7A684E2F-D43E-4A0E-AD21-811B04CE53BB.html https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-7A684E2...
  - linuxftw 3y ago
    5k on a unibody is standard. I'm just talking about feature claims in general. I think we're going to see Cybertrucks with totally trashed frames if they try to go live with 14k loads.
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    - linuxftw 3y ago
      It's standard in the sense that the vast majority of unibody vehicles produced today have a 5k towing limit.
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