Richard Lawler
The kind of view only a 6th-gen Camaro owner could truly appreciate.
The sightlines from the Cybertruck interior should be interesting once the first deliveries happen next month.
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Umar Shakir
The first V4 Tesla Superchargers in the US are now operational.
Keen Tesla Owners Club users found this new Sparks, Nevada charging station near Tesla’s first Gigafactory under construction earlier this month, along with another in Wilsonville, Oregon.
The new V4 stations feature payment terminals, CCS adapters, and longer cords that can make charging non-Tesla EVs a bit easier in the US.
Nilay Patel
Close but not close enough to the Cybertruck wiper.
Lots of you sent over this new TikTok of the Cybertruck after I asked for closeup photos of the wiper on the Vergecast last week — you can see a little bit of evidence for a theory that I’ve heard about it, but not quite enough. Bring me photos of Spider-Man — er, the Cybertruck wiper! Top to bottom! We all know it’s a triangle, people. Show us the blade.
Andrew J. Hawkins
Wes Davis
Yes, but is the windshield wiper bulletproof?
Tesla Owners Silicon Valley posted a video of an apparently bullet-pocked Cybertruck driving on a highway at night.
Musk replied to a repost of it, claiming that the dents were from “the entire drum magazine of a Tommy gun” and “no bullets penetrated into the passenger compartment.”
I’m going back to sleep.
David Pierce
Today on The Vergecast: Cybertrucks and Apple Pencils and other mysteries.
“Which Apple Pencil should you buy?” should not be a complicated question but is a complicated question. Same with “is the Cybertruck good, or even real?” We sort through the big-picture problems behind these questions, all while trying to discover what it would really take to cancel Netflix.
Umar Shakir
Musk dodges question about accepting legal liability for Tesla Full Self-Driving cars.
During Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, an investor mentions that Mercedes says it’ll accept legal liability for its Level 3 autonomous system, and asks if Tesla will do the same. Musk replies with a laugh: “There’s a lot of people who assume we have legal liability... judging by the lawsuits.”
Musk also said FSD is only available in North America because in the US “you can deploy things at risk or take liability,” whereas other countries have extensive approval programs.
