Cybertruck Towing Review WD hitch failure explained

Whistling diesel just disproved this

even jut that hit alone shouldent break the frame , this really is not a truck

Nope, I trust the video Whistling Diesel did. You are bolting a steel piece onto an aluminum frame and I think if people tow a lot with the CT you will see more failures.

As far as I've seen (multiple videos and articles), after quick casting (tens of milliseconds - almost instantly) Tesla doesn't do any heat treatment to their giga-castings at all. It's because they developed a special Al alloy mix that allows for super quick casting time and no post processing. There's a lot of in-depth info on "The Limiting Factor" channel on Tesla's manufacturing processes. But really good analysis of trailer hitch abuse video.

Frames are never supposed to break. Bend maybe, but not break

Good vid. I can only imagine what it would cost to have it properly repaired!

Doesn’t matter a steel frame hitch would still not of snapped off just making excuses for a poorly design soon to be disaster

The trailer at the end 🤣 ...needless to say that guy probably lost his CDL that day.

How much would it cost to build our own Cybertruk if we just weld stainless to a cheap used Model S?

300,000 pounds pulled by a Toyota Tundra is more impressive

If there was ever an expert to speak on this, its Peter! Thank you Peter!

So with a conventional frame it will bend vs sheer?

I went to engineering school and we briefly discussed manufacturing processes like injection molding. I didn’t realize they could injection mold frames. I think of small plastic parts when I hear of IM. Thanks for the information! You are a metallurgical genius!

Looks totaled to me. What are the chances you are going to be able to buy that big piece of die cast from tesla?

That's the gigacasting, no heat treating here look it up. That's a 9k ton press.

Nice work Peter. Hope all is well.

Always something interesting.

And hitches see shock loads....thats why steel frames are better. They tend to give and take shock loads far better than any cast metal...especially aluminum!

Tesla doesn't heat treat those castings. They adjust the alloy to a proprietary alloy that doesn't require heat treating after casting.

While they might not want to spend too much money handling such a scenario, a few questions are raised: 1. What would have happened to a conventional truck? Yes the steel would bend, but would it bend to such a degree that it would total the car? 2. Could some low-cost changes allow the CT to handle such a scenario? Maybe a few adjustments to ensure there are sacrificial elements taking the force first? It seems noteworthy that the hitch seemed to be intact while the frame was compromised. Ideally you would want this reversed.