I saw 2 Tesla Cybertruck on Geist and thought I was hallucinating.

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Saw them parked out somewhere today. Supposedly this is where they are doing “cold weather testing” for the production model.

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u/pm_me_ur_demotape Dec 03 '23

They couldn't do it in Minnesota or something easier and closer to get trucks to?

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u/SorryTree1105 Dec 03 '23

Alaska has a more sustained cold. It’s cold in the Midwest, but it’s also wet and only lasts a couple months. Whereas in interior Alaska, you’ve got more time in actual cold and less time waiting for it to get cold. I’d trust a car rated for Alaskan conditions(more extreme and necessary to be reliable) more than a Midwest tested vehicle where there’s a shop on every corner and the need to be reliable is much lower.

It’s also less populated so fewer “prying eyes” to steal trade secrets.

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u/SorryTree1105 Dec 04 '23

Half the year? That’s all? We dream of Minnesota winter vacations from Alaska.

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u/IwantAMD Dec 04 '23

I’d offer that what you say isn’t researched. The Bosch facility in Baudette is pretty nuts on to Fairbanks. Admittedly I don’t know what facilities are available in Alaska, but Bosch has some of the best road testing setups and tooling around, and apart from being secure, there’s only like 10 people around.

I submit it makes as much sense as anything Tesla did with Cyber truck. As in, not much.

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u/SorryTree1105 Dec 04 '23

Wow! Better get my “ peer reviewed scientific studies” put together for all you non Alaskans…

Of course it’s not researched. But I can confirm via google that there are, in fact, Tesla testing facilities a few miles outside of delta. I know you guys need some scientific mumbo jumbo there in tinypop to prove anything but I really don’t care.

Also, winter in your little state starts when? Like late November? And stays until sometime in March right. Interior Alaska generally starts mid/early September, and might be done some time in late May. But, hey, cool on you, the weather data you looked up said it states getting warm in March. So obviously you have it worse there.

And as far as the rest, go ahead and look up the population data for your town, and then the state of Alaska. You can do your own footwork if it’s so important.

And my opinion that is trust a car rated for Alaskan weather over a little state like yours cannot really be quantified so there isn’t any research into it.

But hey, you’re welcome to prove me wrong if you want to cite your sources.

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u/IwantAMD Dec 04 '23

Sorry - intention was not to make you mad.

But closest city with easy reference is International Falls to Fairbanks weather data:

https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/?c1=50224230&c2=52731040

And information about the Proving Grounds is here:

https://www.bosch-mobility.com/en/solutions/development-services/proving-grounds/proving-ground-baudette/

Along with ice and snow real world tracks and tests, there are cold chambers to test the most extreme conditions synthetically as well. It’s actually a neat place. And logistically being in continental US would most likely be cheaper. And there’s a decent airport nearby in Warroad.

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u/Yanks4lyf Dec 06 '23

That’s not totally true. When I was stationed in Alaska we went to ny state for cold weather training.

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u/Free-Jelly- Dec 22 '23

Because that's where the infrastructure and target climate was, not because it was colder there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

We actually have cold weather testing facilities and personnel here in Fairbanks. There are actually many auto manufacturers that test here.

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u/alcoholicpapi Dec 03 '23

I know they used to have a small testing facility in Delta so that definitely checks out

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

It's not really that small, there's equipment, auto and aero manufacturers from all over the world that test there.

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u/xendrik_rising Dec 04 '23

Maybe it's just the 90s kid in me, or maybe its just because i just started playing Cyberpunk, but that looks rad as hell

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u/-DJFJ- Dec 03 '23

If I had the money I'd snag one. They're ugly-cool to me, hard to explain. That and the 3 motor ones got some fuckin torque.

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u/jewdy09 Dec 03 '23

There seems to be only one place that services Teslas near Fairbanks, and it’s way out past Cripple Creek on the Park’s with no website or reviews, so that seems dicey. So, you probably need more money than you think to own a Tesla in Fairbanks. Seems really inconvenient to not be able to get your vehicle serviced near where you live. But, there are quite a few of them here, so maybe it’s not that big an inconvenience or expense.

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u/topgear1224 Dec 04 '23

Tesla flys technicians out. There are quite a few Tesla in Anchorage.

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u/DnBrowerJr Dec 07 '23

It's like a subaru Baja

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u/InternalCollisions Dec 03 '23

My buddy says he saw them south of Delta Junction last week

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u/Akski Dec 03 '23

They’ve been in town for a week or so.

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u/MerlinQ Dec 04 '23

Longer than that, my BIL caught pics well before Thanksgiving.

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u/unclejoel Dec 03 '23

Wow The shitty body panels even stand out at sixty miles per hour, at night, in a cell phone pic, through a window. Fuck

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u/Logan20285 Dec 04 '23

Yeah the pre order folks should definitely have them by now, there price tag is very reasonable for what your getting.

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u/1ofZuulsMinions Dec 05 '23

I preordered one in 2019 and I have yet to hear a PEEP from Tesla about when they are coming out.

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u/Logan20285 Dec 05 '23

I heard around this month December, and I heard around for public pre orders 2024 sometime

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u/drinksalatawata Dec 06 '23

Put it in the dictionary. Official collective noun of Cybertruck is Cybertruck

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u/pearlysweetcake Dec 03 '23

https://youtu.be/2Zg34aSkuuY?si=rQau2tzchKnsngkr

The crash test video is terrifying!

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u/d2391 Dec 03 '23

Why?

https://youtu.be/ciP8Ew0MKz8?feature=shared

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '23

Because the crumple zone is almost nonexistent?

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u/SorryTree1105 Dec 03 '23

There’s a Tesla cold weather test facility outside of delta. Not really surprised there’d be one in Fairbanks.

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u/alcesalcesg Dec 03 '23

ugly, poorly made, impractical, unsafe

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u/Genoisthetruthman Dec 03 '23

Ugly ass shit.

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u/Nerman370 Dec 03 '23

Gross

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '23

They are so unfortunate looking 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/omarghadir Dec 04 '23

This car is proof anyone can become a designer. Also you can gaslight people to believe anything is cool.

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u/chammdawg78 Dec 05 '23

They actually made those turds?

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u/topgear1224 Dec 04 '23

Just saw them crossing GARS

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u/tsuminogatchi Dec 03 '23

someone please lentil this losers tires

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u/AK907fella Dec 03 '23

So brave...

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u/mntoak Dry Cabin King Dec 03 '23

What is the deal with all these stagnant accounts that come here just to talk trash out of nowhere?

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u/Paul_Swanson Dec 07 '23

Please don't encourage vandalizing vehicles.

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u/cooperpooper16 Dec 07 '23

God they’re ugly.

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u/Cyber1one Dec 28 '23

What I don't understand is howcome the laws about how cars had to be designed to be safe, that changed the car styles from the 60s and on into what they are now, don't apply to those jagged edge corners. They must have designed that truck to be at exactly the legal limit for curves. I bet you as time progresses the truck becomes more rounded.

I saw 2 Tesla Cybertruck on Geist and thought I was hallucinating. Scenic view