[chadconway]

Awesome to see BYD continue to innovate! I wish Tesla continued to push on powertrain improvements like this rather than making a triangle shaped truck.

[eecc]

The triangle shaped truck was used as a testbed for several innovations: 4 wheel drive (not just for parking gimmicks), size increase of gigapressed parts, first deployment of the 4680 dry process batteries, 48V for the non-traction electrical systems, Ethernet based networking for systems interconnect.

It’s literally a concept car in production…

[MegaButts]

There's a reason most concept cars don't make it to production.

[Hamuko]

Half of these don't really sound like innovations as much as they're firsts for Tesla themselves. 48 V systems and four-wheel steering (and drive) are not really innovative at this point.

[omarforgotpwd]

the triangle truck supports 500 kw charging

[michpoch]

With a much larger battery. Double the battery and voilà you can charge it at twice the speed.

[porphyra]

People love to hate on the Cybertruck for political reasons but it's literally one of the most innovative vehicles of our time.

[surgical_fire]

Perhaps if it innovates in how shitty a car can be. Sort of an example that innovation for innovation's sake is not always desirable.

[michpoch]

Things were wildly overpromised. The innovation that was delivered (e.g. steer by wire) gives little advantage for customers.

[blinky81]

Genuinely, what innovations did the Cybertruck bring?

[darthrupert]

Since you claim an extraordinary thing without evidence...

No. It's not.