Interesting sighting on US101 in Salinas, CA.
What range would this setup get?
Half, conservatively
The Cybertruck can pull a mail truck across the quarter mile faster than the mail truck can by itself!!
What's up with the removable airbag warning tag on the 2+ year old car? You disgust me.
And a Porsche 911 😂
Probably no more than half the range of the truck on its own
The combined weight of the trailer and USPS vehicle would be 7k lb... So shouldn't they be using a weight distribution hitch? I guess they have tried to compensate by putting the USPS vehicle a long way forward... Probably close to the tongue weight limit?
I think that these vans are no newer than 1994, the Grumman long life vehicle. No AC, less than 100hp and carburetored.
I buy all my cars at police auctions
Gotta work, even using your personal vehicle, or die trying. How are we to please the overlords if we don't work ourselves to death?
He's keeps his tags on his hats...
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Only 1/8 mile, the video they made was deceptive.
Has plastic slip covers for the couches too...
Even then, the truth is still impressive
I guess that's one way to electrify the USPS fleet.
good. it attracted so many unwanted comments from people who claim they want nothing to do with the Cyber truck.
It might be cheaper as well.
Tongue weight limit for cybertruck is 1,100 pounds. Edit: 499 kg
Yep, less than a quarter of the weight of the USPS vehicle alone, and I suspect the USPS vehicle has a fair bit of weight at the front. I suspect it was probably under the 1100 but pretty close?
THE FUTURE IS NOW OLD MAN
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He loves our hate and wants you all to know the plastic sheet still covers the screen
Practical
Omg, I got in a friend’s four year old BMW and he still had that on there and the clear pull off still on the center display. I asked him about it and he said he wanted it to be really nice for trade in! I did mention that our six year BMW screen looks perfect despite 6 years of using it. Sigh.
Hmm, much of the weight of the USPS vehicle is supported by the tires and the weight of the trailer behind it, I’ll bet the tongue weight is far below the safe limit here.
1st class mail delivery. 😂
I traveled to India for work a few months back for the first time and almost everyone keeps plastic covers on their dash, visors, etc. I was confused why everyone was doing that
That is a pre 2021 car bro
I'm from India, my parents still do this, in their mind it keeps the thing protected/feeling new, it doesn't come off until it impairs the functionality.
And then stops for charging 15 miles later.
Saved the box for sure..
Shhh this is a secret project.
I can't believe we're still using gas for that shit. Mailtrucks are the absolute perfect use case for an EV. Get something like those rivian delivery vans...
The Tesla display still has the screen film on it too, with a glass screen protector on top to protect the film.
How do you know?
no wood trim on doors
Someone got impatient waiting for their Temu order. Lol
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Mods made the sub private because it was being inundated and overwhelmed by hateful trolls.
The aubreddit had a *massive* troll problem from folks in oppositional subreddits. We locked it down to approval only, and set up additional guard rails to ensure only enthusiasts who want to talk about it, talk about it. It's been received **very** positively by folks who want to just talk shop about the Cybertruck, so it'll likely remain thay way for a bit.
It really isn't
Yeah, like WTF?
That was added in 2022. That's why I said 2+ years. Could be an early 2022, a 2021, or a 2020.
You’re not impressed with a truck going 0-60 in 2.5?
A truck can haul?! Wow!!! 👏
Except.. it won’t look super nice. Fading will happen on the exposed surface, and when the damn label gets pulled off, it’ll be a clear outline of new looking vs sun faded.
leaving the wrappers on condoms
Instead of seeing the nice thing, you stick carpet on it and look at a shitty thing knowing that there’s something nice under it that you’ll never enjoy.
Least sleek truck/trailer combo of all time.
Like MF Doom, it's a wrapper's wrapper
iphone cases
I don’t use one for that very reason ;)
When I got my 2017 Chevy 2 years ago I noticed nobody in the entire 5 years had pulled off shipping protector for the touchscreen so I did it myself and for a few months that line was noticeable
Aren’t they doing that? I think they’re testing their new vehicles in some markets now
My brother in good taste 🫡
not if its electric, electric vehicles having fast acceleration is a given, and comparing them to conventional ICE powered vehicles is unreasonable in that regard.
I have a late 2021 model 3 with the wood trim. It changed in around summer 2021
I have a car hauler flatbed very similar to that one. It weighs 2,200lbs. The mail truck weighs 2,700lbs and is pulled pretty far forward. This looks like about a 5,000lb tow, with probably 1,000lb of tongue weight, maybe more tbh. I would have loaded the mail truck just a bit further back. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV
New electric ones are being used now: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62187981/usps-new-mail-truck-debut/
Not sure. I'd love for that to happen, but in my region I think all I've never seen are the gas powered ones. Upside: you can always hear when your mail is delivered...
This might be the best news I've heard all week
Fun fact the Post office Funds itself and they would have to pay for the infrastructure to support all of their cars being electric.
More like 100.
It was added to the doors around August 2022: https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-model-y-built-at-fremont-gets-updated-doors-trim
Model 3 got it earlier apparently
Or worse the stickers on the TV!
Correct. This is a Model Y.
I haven’t seen one of those in ages. Don’t act like they’re everywhere.
Because all truck owners surely need acceleration. That’s the only thing the Cybertruck is good at. It falls short on every actual truck aspect to its contemporaries, there have been more issues at launch than a Yugo in 3 months.
No. Truck owners don’t need acceleration.
Don't our tax dollars fund it?
A mailtruck?? Where do you live?
No. It's self funding
Not any mail truck, the Grumman LLV shown in the photo. I’ve only seen them use Promasters and those rebadged Mercedes vans.
We are both going to jail.... https://preview.redd.it/7lrztdlaunqd1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf25c794bf6eddf1d639a3b3525eb9ca2209ca64
The acceleration goes hand in hand with the power. I like the acceleration of the truck. Is useful on highway and general maneuverability.
“Is useful on highway” yeah sure. I’m at least 50% sure you’re just buying it to stroke your ego.
What does that mean? They have to generate revenue to pay people?
Do those look similar to the one in the photos? I don't think I've ever seen any *other* kind of mail truck...
My USPS building put in a long row of chargepoint chargers in the last month or so. I assume its for their own vehicles. I think they are using Ford Transits?
Those stamps don't buy themselves.
Yep
50% is not enough to be presuming it in a reply. Nobody would admit to that but I decided to buy the truck before it was revealed based on my previous experience with the automaker. I bought it because i need a truck. So far it’s been fantastic. All the negative headlines are misleading unfounded in my opinion.
Cell constraints
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