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Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail. (fuelarc.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Well, I would say the test results were conclusive, if nothing else.

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[–] 22 points 4 months ago (24 children)

32 inches

That's 81cm. Up to! That means, you need to stay below that. Since no natural body of water has completely even ground this effectively means if deeper than knee-deep you risk your battery exploding.

Something I'm sure any normal truck could handle without an extra mode.

I mean EVs are better of course, but why make a truck that is too low and probably has the battery at the bottom like normal Teslas do... Why, oh why, Elon. Choke on your stupid business decisions and unsold bad quality products.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (18 children)

    Normal trucks can wade water as high as their air intake, which usually is above one of the front wheels, inside the fender. You can go a bit above that for short distances if you keep a good momentum and create a wave in front of you, but that's risky.

    Of course modern trucks, having turned from work to luxury vehicles, may have issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    air intake, which usually is above one of the front wheels, inside the fender.

    That sounds wrong. Even on my normal car it's at the top of the whole engine compartment, thus slightly higher than inside the fender, and less likely to get water sprayed.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Not that I know such things but from what I know you don't want to unless you've waterproofed the electrical connections. You might be able to but it will accelerate corrosion.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Old trucks dgaf, 12-24V circuits handled water just fine, after all they already are splash (and pressure wash) proof. And if you don't have electronic injection, the engine only needs electricity for the starter motor.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Old trucks gaf. Idk why you'd think otherwise. Most plugs are not expected to be submerged. If you go so old that there's no powertrain electronics (which tends to also predate water resistant electrical connections), water is still going to accelerate corrosion at connections, especially chassis ground taps. Submerging it is how you ask for undiagnosed gremlins. Sounds fine for a trail rig, doesn't sound fine if you still want your legally mandated lights to function.

    Plus, it's especially problematic when you get water inside the cabin. Tons of unprotected connections in there.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    In MY old truck, which I rarely got into the water because the water near where I live would have carried me away, the lowest electrical components in the cabin would have been on top of the center console. Well, if you exclude the courtesy lights in the doors.
    And while I didn't get it in the water often, I knew plenty of people who did, we had a brand fan club.

    Unfortunately my offroading days are long behind me, so I don't know what's the norm today.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago

    Naw that's pretty standard today, too! I'm in a 2021 Toyota Tacoma, that thing is bomb proof, I could spray a firehose in the main cabin and the worse damage I would do is, IDK, maybe shorting out the cabin light?

    Love ya, thanks for letting us know

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    work to luxury vehicles

    Still plenty of work trucks about. They didn't stop making them because some pavement princess wanted all the options.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Totally disagree. Every single generation the bed gets smaller, the body gets bigger and the engine is moved further back for a lower center of gravity.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Again you're just comparing the top of the line options.

    A single cab 150 is still available to purchase.

    You've been done in by someone pushing an agenda by obscuring facts.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (5 children)

    And yet, find me one parked on a lot (you know, where fleets buy from). In fact, look at every work truck* you see on your way home and count how many are reg cabs vs ext 4 door /crew with a 5.5 ft box. Bet you irl you see at least 4 crew to every reg, if not more.

    Work truck: something with company decals or ladders / equipment attached.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    I don't see any Brazilians on the way home. But I know for sure that's a real place that people come from.

    Also doesn't change the fact you're spreading misleading graphics. And deliberately being obtuse with your definitions.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Please, in what way am I being obtuse? I left an extremely broad definition of work truck lmao. And in what way are the graphics misleading? Seems you don't like the fact trucks have grown

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Work truck: something with company decals or ladders / equipment attached. extremely broad definition

    That's not a broad definition. That's quite limiting. A carpenter doing small commissions isn't likely going to have massive decals on the side.

    I have got a friend whose a landscaper, none of their work vehicles have decals. Not the vans or pickups.

    in what way are the graphics misleading?

    Already explained this. Ford still makes single cab trucks. The graphic doesn't show that.

    Seems you don't like the fact trucks have grown

    I never said they haven't. Although neither did you, that graphic you showed that the actual size of one specific model of Ford hasn't changed. Just the proportion of cab to bed.

    But it sounds more like you already have a world in your head, and don't like the fact the real world doesn't line up with your views.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    The real world does line up with my views though, lmao. Trucks have also grown bigger sideways, and longer. I daily a 96 Chevy in the winter, new Tacoma's, rangers and Colorados are literally the same size or bigger than me, and they are supposed to 1/4 tons. Hell, the Colorado and a half ton are literally built on the same platform.

    https://carbuzz.com/how-why-pickup-trucks-have-grown-over-years/

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Yeah but the engine, suspensions, etc have shifted towards comfort rather than ruggedness, and those are mostly the same for all models.

    That said I come from a place where we are used to real work vehicles, say Mercedes sprinter or Iveco Daily, and the comparison to American pick-up trucks is just ridiculous.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    The lower the mass sits, the better the truck handles.
    If you have something heavy (like a battery pack) which you need to include in the design somewhere, putting it as low to the ground as safely possible is the right choice. So that's not a stupid decision at all. It's what literally all EV makers do because it's objectively the right way to place the battery pack.

    Watching that clip, I don't see the typical signs of a battery fire. So I guess, wade mode did in fact keep the battery dry. Wading through a stream reaching to the top of the wheels would probably work fine. But if you stay in the water, it eventually gets through to some electronics and power is cut off by the overcurrent protection. So just don't do that.

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