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00:02 - Hey guys, Christian Siavot from Motor Trend here
00:10 with Kim Reynolds.
00:11 The Tesla Cybertruck was just unveiled
00:13 and everyone's talking about how it looks,
00:15 but the most important thing is what's underneath the skin.
00:17 So, I mean, can you tell me, Kim,
00:19 a little bit about what's powering the--
00:21 - At this point, the drivetrain is a two-motor setup,
00:24 basically the latest Model S's Raven, they call it,
00:29 which uses the large rear motor plus--
00:32 - The large rear Model 3 motor.
00:33 - Model 3 motor. - Right.
00:34 - Plus what has been the rear motor
00:37 of the Model 3 in the front.
00:39 It's kind of an interesting combination
00:40 we're already seeing and have driven with the Model S,
00:43 but now it's being applied here.
00:44 So that's the drivetrain they'll start out with,
00:46 two motors, all-wheel drive.
00:48 - Tesla's not talking horsepower or torque right now,
00:50 but based on our math, it makes about 690 horsepower
00:54 and 824 pound-feet of torque combined, front to rear.
00:56 - The range numbers they've talked about
00:58 are two numbers, right?
00:59 - Right, 250 for the standard battery pack
01:01 and 450 for the stacked battery pack.
01:04 - The idea there is there'll literally be two of them,
01:06 one on top of the other.
01:07 So it basically is like you want twice the range,
01:10 boom, here you go, here's another battery pack.
01:12 - Construction-wise, it's unibody,
01:13 which is rare for pickups.
01:15 - It is.
01:16 In this case, this stainless steel skin
01:19 is being attached to some kind of frame underneath,
01:23 which may be stamped out and welded together like a unibody,
01:26 but not exactly a complete unibody
01:29 where the body panels are stress-bearing
01:32 and it's all one piece.
01:33 - Another interesting thing about the batteries
01:35 in traditional Tesla is it's a skateboard,
01:37 it goes across the whole platform.
01:38 In the Cybertruck, it's different, though.
01:40 - Yeah, it stops short ahead of the rear axle.
01:43 And the reason for that is that occupying some of that space
01:46 is a big cylindrical area where the cover, the tonneau--
01:51 - Yeah, it's like a garage door.
01:52 - Garage door opener that rolls up
01:55 and covers the entire bed.
01:57 So it's made up of a lot of little slats.
01:59 What's interesting about it is it's not the negative
02:02 it would first appear to be,
02:04 because for a truck that has a certain payload requirement
02:08 or expectation, you don't want the battery too far back.
02:12 So it does leave room for this.
02:13 - Yeah, you're gonna want weight up front
02:15 to counteract any trailer you might be towing behind you.
02:17 Tow capacity is also about 14,000 pounds,
02:20 also more than an F-150.
02:21 Frankly, I don't necessarily know how they're doing that.
02:24 This all is sort of a prelude to the next drive train
02:28 that would be coming down the line.
02:29 - And that's one motor up front, if I'm not mistaken,
02:32 and then two in the back.
02:33 - Two in the back, and it's what has been doing laps
02:36 around the Nurburgring recently,
02:39 you know, developed a high-performance version
02:41 of the Model S, but it's the upcoming
02:44 high-performance drive train.
02:45 And I do wonder personally if they're going
02:47 to be close together.
02:48 I think Rivian did that.
02:49 They pack 'em close together so that along the center line
02:53 of the design, so that the half shafts
02:55 can be as long as possible, and suspension arms
02:58 can be as long as possible for wheel travel.
03:00 That's something that you really want.
03:01 I suspect Tesla's doing the same thing
03:03 with the Plaid drive train.
03:04 - Yeah, it'd be foolish to not future-proof it
03:06 for the upcoming power train.
03:07 - That's exactly what it is.
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