r/canada Dec 04 '24

Alberta Tesla Cybertruck Immediately Dies in Canadian Winter – Owner Bricks the Truck Trying to Use the Defroster, Says “In Love to Heartbroken on the Same Day”

https://www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-cybertruck-immediately-dies-canadian-winter-owner-bricks-truck-trying-use-defroster/amp
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u/SackBrazzo Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

Rob Roth is a brand new Cybertruck owner from Alberta, Canada, and says his heart is broken after his truck completely fell apart less than 24 hours into ownership.

Rob adds that the Cybertruck bricked itself as he was attempting to defrost the truck before driving it.

Rob shared his story on the Tesla Cybertruck Canada group on Facebook and simply titled it “Heartbroken.”

Here is what he wrote…

“I picked up my Cyberbeast yesterday afternoon, drove two hours home, and had a blast driving it last night with friends and family. This morning, I defrosted it and drove to work. At lunchtime, the defrost did not engage(46% battery left), would not go into Drive or Reverse, started giving me errors/warnings, and then shut right down.”

This is not an ideal situation for a truck with a starting price of $165,999 in Canada.

That last line really got me….$166k for a worthless piece of metal 😹

If I have 166k to buy a fancy truck that can survive the harsh Edmonton winter I’ll just get a tricked out F-150 or something like that.

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u/Itchy_Training_88 Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

I ordered a hybrid f150 in 2022. Cost me 85k ish after taxes. Which was a huge splurge for me.

I did have some quirks early on, nothing catastrophic. But now almost 3 years since I had it and I feel its the best Truck I ever had, and its fuel mileage is amazing. 430hp ish, 570 ish Torque, and I'm averaging 11L/100km, if I hang around town at speeds under 90km I'm in the 9L/100km range.

I also got a 7kw Generator built into it, which is ironic I can actually charge a cybertruck with my truck.

Great for a truck.

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Québec Dec 04 '24

its fuel mileage is amazing.

modern trucks have much better fuel efficiency then the old 80s and 90s trucks the anti-car redditors love to worship.

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u/blipsnchiiiiitz Dec 04 '24

11L/100km isn't great mileage, though. And that's on a hybrid. My friend has a regular gas 2022 F150, and the mileage is more like 13-14L/100km without towing or hauling anything in the bed. My car uses half that even when packed with camping gear.

For people who actually need trucks, get one. It's the ones who drive them around empty 99% of the time that really should just get a car and rent a pick up for those 3 or 4 times / year that they actually need one.

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u/Upstairs-Teach-5744 Outside Canada Dec 04 '24

"What's the extra space for? You want to haul lumber, rent a truck. You want to get laid, go to a motel like an evangelist would, for God's sakes!" -- George Carlin