There’s also this Ukrainian report on the matter but it’s in Ukrainian, so I’m sharing the Mastodon post in English.
From Musk… against Ukraine.
I hope that message is played loud and wide here in the US. Hell, in Europe too for that matter.
If it was true. But surely we are not believing this dictator at face value with no proof whatsoever, right? Right?
Um, excuse me… excuse me!
https://sh.itjust.works/c/noncredibledefense
We exist for a reason, stop stealing our stuff.
That thing will last about a second. Then it’ll be smashed by a baseball and explode.
They won’t even blow it up. They’ll just shoot the driver and then sell it.
Oh yes, please, send that piece of crap. Remember, it’s bullet proof, Ukranian army won’t know what hits them!
A stainless steel monstrosity, perfect camouflage.
Can you imagine how that thing will look like after a single day on actual rugged terrain?
The “Help! I’ve fallen and can’t get up!” commercial pops to mind.
Can’t wait until it gets stuck in 2 cm of mud
Are republicans just openly supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now?
Now? Since quite a while, now. Putin did fund trump’s 2016.
Cybertruck for the Chechen Cuck
I hate that word so much. The_Donald scarred me.
The irony is that there’s no bigger example of cuckery than simping for a corrupt traitor to your country
A lot of hyperchargers on the front lines I imagine
Setting aside the question of whether he’s actually going to take the thing into a fight, I don’t see how you’d get much more out of it than acting as a technical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)
A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, anti-aircraft autocannon, rotary cannon, anti-tank weapon, anti-tank gun, ATGM, mortar, multiple rocket launcher, recoilless rifle, or other support weapon (somewhat like a light military gun truck or potentially even a self-propelled gun), etc.
Technicals fill the niche of traditional light cavalry. Generally costing much less than purpose-built combat vehicles, the major asset of technicals is speed and mobility, as well as their ability to strike from unexpected directions with automatic fire and light troop deployment. Further, the reliability of vehicles such as the Toyota Hilux is useful for forces that lack the repair-related infrastructure of a conventional military on land. However, in direct engagements they are no match for heavier vehicles, such as tanks or other armored fighting vehicles, and they are mostly helpless against any air support from a proper military. [citation needed]
The Cybertruck is a light truck. It’s got no armor, no relevant sensors. It’s not tracked, which probably isn’t the end of the world. The only notable thing about it is that runs on electricity, but in a battlefield context, my bet is that it’s easier to get ahold of fuel than electricity. I guess you don’t have to worry about fuel in a tank catching on fire, but lithium makes for exciting reactions too – I kind of doubt that the battery cases deal well with being ruptured. Militaries are generally using ICEs, not EVs, today.
I’d say that a Hummvee is a considerably-better-suited vehicle in that category, and nobody is going to make a big deal out of taking a Hummvee into a fight.
So …positives:
Its quite fast compared to most other technicals, on an undamaged road.
Its nearly silent.
Air Conditioning.
You can cut vegetables for meal prep with the frunk.
. … …
Ok negatives:
Unless they wrap or paint it, it is extremely shiny and highly visible.
Also, it is no longer silent once you start unloading with a rear mounted Kord or PKM.
It is significantly heavier than a similarly sized truck, not great for mud or crossing a structurally dubious bridge.
It can’t offroad for shit in actually difficult or broken terrain, we’ve seen many of these things completely break their axels over curbs or collisions that most modern SUVs would be able to drive away from.
Its functionally totally unarmored.
It will probably explode/go up in flames if shot.
Also, if its electrical systems are sufficiently damaged, it will lock you out, or in.
It may or may not just stop working, or prevent itself from turning on fully if it decides to do a software update and has connectivity issues.
If the doors are damaged or your stupid key fob thing breaks, the door ‘handles’ are by default flush with the door panel and you cannot actually enter the vehicle.
If the central touch screen is say, shot, or maybe just bumped and cracked by an ammo box… probably you also cannot even get the thing to start.
Also, once you’re close to the front line, where are you going to charge this thing? There’s definitely no fast chargers, and if you do find a house with a working 220v outlet you’re a sitting duck for the next 8 hours or so.
Ukrainians have been using electric bikes and scooters successfully, but a whole EV is another kettle of fish.
8 hours
More like 3 days. A Tesla 3 standard range takes 10 hours on 240V @15A
Cybertrucks have big batteries
Conceivably they could macgyver together a diesel generator/transformer combo unit into an electrical cable that can charge a tesla?
Maybe?
I used to have a survival/backup battery/transformer combo that could be charged from portable solar panels or a wall outlet, and while I have no idea of their availability or price in Russia and Ukraine, I know there diesel generator/transformer/battery combo units or sets.
Recharging a Tesla off of solar would require basically a football field sized solar panel array though rofl, a very static and fragile target
A Toyota Hilux is more suited for combat than that piece of shit.
Great. We can just arm Ukraine with some Super Soakers to take care of that real easy.
Can we seize Space X and Tesla paid with tax payer’s funds? Force him to sale, I don’t give a shit what it is. A national resource is in the hands of a extreme far right Putin/Jinping/ Bin Salman puppet. This man has way to much power.
Jingping is his first name, Xi is his second name. The Chinese have their second name before their first name. So you mean Putin/Xi/Bin Salman.
I’m just being pedantic here, I have no other purpose. Carry on 🤣
isn’t that arming an enemy of the state ? is that legal?
I mean, Musk is so stupid that he probably doesn’t even realize he’s helping the Ukrainians.
Thank goodness we’ve armed the Ukrainians with our finest puddles and small hills. Just in time for winter too…
Are there many charging stations around a battlefield?
