I Test Drove a Cybertruck After Owning a Chevy E-Silverado, and It's Generations Ahead, Though I Need 50% More Range Before Trading In

Comparing to a Silverado but not one picture of said Silverado. Biased much?

The check may be older but none of the parts on the Silverado are held on with double face tape. The trailer hitch isn't a quarter inch piece of cast aluminum that is routinely cracking off when people try to tow it. Your kids won't be trapped in the Silverado if it ever hits the tree and catches on fire and when they try to get out they know exactly where the door handle is versus the Cyber truck who has Escape handles buried under the plastic trim the only way to know where by reading the manual as the children are burning in the vehicle. Then there's the fact that when it snows the headlight is completely covered by the snow and it gets darker and darker as you drive through the snow until you can't see the road anymore. People are getting cut by all of the raw edges of the stainless steel because they're not finished properly at the factory. Or your fingers get cut off because the pressure sensor on the front and rear hatches don't detect the things they're supposed to detect. Oh Silverados don't flash rust in regular air either like the rusty cybertrucks which were purported to be incredible on their new SpaceX Tesla finish stainless steel. Also the Silverado hasn't had a record number of recalls including the last one where every single car was recalled notably starting with the fact that if you press the gas pedal the wrong way the pedal could Jam under the floorboard and accelerate your car into a crash. Other than that I'm sure they're comparable vehicles and no one writing articles for this publication has any association with Tesla and this wasn't a puff piece at all.

I love reading these types of articles about the technology Tesla has and how their light years ahead because they never seem to actually list what technology they are light years ahead on. Ever.

This article mentions the tighter steering tolerances and power rear tonneau cover. The real truck design of the Silverado doesn't allow for a power tonneau cover and not everyone wants a tonneau cover either. Plus being electric is just 1 more thing to break down and be a costly repair when it eventually goes bad and it will.

Then the article compares the Silverado performance specs to the cyber beast not the regular cyberjunk which is the model most people have.

The article talks about how the cyberjunk matches the Silverados towing but it doesn't. It's 1,500 lbs lower.

The article also mentions the torque curve of the cyberjunk. It should similar in the Silverado as they are both EVs. It also mentioned he quiet acceleration of the cyberjunk. The Silverado is just as quiet as it is an EV unless the article was just caught comparing a Silverado with gas or diesel engine to the cyberjunk and throwing in a few Silverado EV specs in here and there.

I have a Silverado diesel and I wouldn't trade it for anything ev. 700 miles range, 5 minute fill up. I can tow over 11k lbs. Payload over 2k lbs. I'm not drag racing it so I don't give a crap how long it takes to hit 60 mph. With traffic everywhere I drive it won't help me get there any faster.

What tech? You claimed the cyber truck is generations ahead of GM's EV Silverado but provided no examples. Wait you said it was fast and has 4 wheel turning. That is not a generational leap, it's an option not selected.

What is this mythical tech that makes it better and how is it even useful?

Am I the only one incredibly tired of hearing all the "it's SO ugly!" comments from everybody?
People whined for AGES about cars all looking the same.
Now that someone employs risk, ingenuity and puts function > form, the general public can't handle fresh thinking.
Most prople called VWs ugly back in the 50s. Now they look brilliant compared to the overerought Edsels & Oldsmobiles from that time.

Am I the only one incredibly tired of hearing all the "it's SO ugly!" comments from everybody?
People whined for AGES about cars all looking the same.
Now that someone employs risk, ingenuity and puts function over form, the general public can't handle fresh thinking.
Most people called VWs ugly back in the 50s. Now they look brilliant compared to the overerought Edsels & Oldsmobiles from that time.

What a huge fail! Not even a mother could love this monstrosity. Ice for life! Go Ram!

But the Chevy is made of steel and it's not glued together.

Easy, trade it in and get your cybertruck on and live happily ever after!!!

I bought a 2025 tesla model Y,duel motor long range, full self driving. We test drove one in Burlington Vt.,we were amazed. Yesterday I drove from our house, in Woodstock Vermont, on a dirt road, to Concord Nh, never having to touch the steering wheel. Front dirt to Rt 4 to interstate 89 to downtown Concord Nh. The car never once touched the center line or the fog line. I can't go 5 miles in my Subaru without touching one of the lines. It's amazing. I just want to give you my opinion.

Only possible uglier vehicle I have seen is the old Pontiac Aztec. The Cyber Truck may have a good carrying capacity in weight, but I don't see how it could carry large objects due to its strange shape. It is all academic to me though. I always thought Musk was kind of a jerk, but still would have liked to have a Tesla. Now that he has truly shown how cruel and heartless he really is (firing thousands of people and then gloating about it by waving around a chain saw), I would never own a Tesla vehicle.

Hey you could be one of the 10 people buying them ..

You only like it because you didn't have to work with it. Aluminum frame, glued on panels, can't handle real off road, etc.

Face it. It's just a fugly El Camino and as useless if you actually need a truck.

So many generations ahead people don't want to buy them yet... Maybe in a couple hundred years they'll catch on.

What a joke of an article. Cant tow more than a 100 miles and gets way less range and its miles behind? The model y is a decade behind the 1st year blazer. My brother had a model x and had to take it in 8 times for major repairs before 70k miles. Not to mention the alignment issues. Keep supporting garbage and you will keep getting garbage.

"generations ahead". Bahahahahahhahahaha

I have driven the Tesla truck that an aquanitance owns. To begin with I don't consider being able to go 0-60 in 2.6 sec vs 4.5 seconds to be a relevant selling point. When was the last time you had to hit 60 in 2.6 seconds. Secondly, I think that it was put in the market before it should have been. All of these issues with panels and other annoyances shouldn't be occuring. And lastly, I totally hate the look. It reminds me of how much I hated the Pacer.

Lmao, you could literally pay me to drive a Cybertruck and I would never drive that ugly piece of crap. 😂

The drive and electric is generations ahead

The body is crap and looks like a poor version of an avalanche or Ridgeline with a Delorean
And even a poor rendition of that.

Oh and yea the range sucks too.

Supporting fascism. Shame on you.

I only drove Chevy trucks for nearly fifty years. When it came time to get a new truck, I considered the Silverado EV and the Cybertruck. I went with the Cybertruck because Tesla had much more experience with EVs and a charging network that is unmatched. I have not been disappointed. Nothing drives like the Cybertruck, even other Tesla cars. With their current offer for free lifetime supercharging, the decision is an easy one. I haven't had range issues because chargers are plentiful and well maintained.

I am trying to remember when was the last time I needed to go 0-60 in 2.6 seconds.
Maybe when being chased by the anti Muskovites it would be handy.🤣
Any word on the replacement price for that 3’+ front wiper?
I would drive a sleeper styled vehicle than one that draws so much attention and possible vandalism.
To each is own.

I've seen them in parking lots and find they are ugly. However, everything is in the eye of the beholder.

You can have a fancy vehicle with a few shortcomings or have one that looks regular but gets you where you want to go cheaper and safer.
The Cybertruck has flaws and should not be readily available till all issues are fixed. Spend money on what works.

A mile ahead like detachable front panels and removable back bumper for leaving whatever you're towing way behind.

Anyone who buys a Tesla while Musk is doing his best to help tRump destroy this country is anti-American.

They are junk. Falling apart while driving, getting stuck in snow, and generally useless.

The lack of towing range with any EV makes either one of these useless. I firmly believe EVs are a fad. Unless you're never planning to take an out-of-town vacation trip, I wouldn't buy one. And if you live up north, where it's cold several months of the year, EVs are not feasible, because of the half range you get in cold weather.

The thing that really keep him from trading in his Silverado was the fact that the cyber truck is hideously ugly. They even look worse in person. They look homemade.