that seems like a major design flaw

That might as well be the guiding philosophy of these junkers.

The cybertruck is shit but this is a problem for most if not all EVs. The wheels are mounted to the motor which then generates current when the wheels spin. I’m not sure how difficult it is to solve but at least Toyota, Ford, BMW, BYD and Rivian haven’t figured it out either. They all recommend towing on a flatbed or using dollies.

In AWD gas cars it's a problem because the front and rear wheels are linked together, but this thing has two bazinga drive packs that are independent. It only needs to lock one to have an effective "park" and it doesn't even needs that because it could use one axle's brakes as a parking brake. They could have made it easier to tow (you know, for when it inevitably breaks) but they chose to spend more time and effort to make it worse.

There's actually loads of vehicles you can't tow like that without damaging. It's one of the major reasons most tow trucks are flat beds, now.

However (and likely what is happening here in this picture) a lot of dense cities with parking issues and traffic will have plenty of tow trucks like what is pictured because they're quicker and don't need as much room. But after the initial hook up and dragging the towed vehicle away from the curb (as pictured) the tow truck driver will get out and place wheel dollies under the two tires still on the ground so that they also don't end up rolling.

This is really the only way you can tow a vehicle against an owners wishes if you can't get the drive wheels picked up off the ground (since the vehicle would be in park) so all tow truck operators who don't use flat beds will have a set of wheel dollies with them. Drag it away from the curb, then attach the dolly, then drive away.

I love how it's like a mosquito light for fascists. I've now seen like 6+ of these full Trump wraps: https://i.redd.it/i0lu3057ddvd1.jpeg . In my area there's one advertising a pool supply store, a Trump one, and an unwrapped one that already looks older than my almost-decade-old car. You have to be a particularly clownish kind of antisocial to own one and the reputation will only become more self-reinforcing.

In fairness to the Cybertruck (lol), my old Prius used to do something similar where the wheels would lock up if the battery was dead. Most tow trucks these days carry the whole car on the back so it didn't really matter but if it had ever been moved by one like in the photo it would've fucked the car

many cars have special towing considerations.

The issue is that a motor is a generator so spinning the wheels like that is going to overcharge the battery. I'm not sure why they don't lock up the wheels to make it as annoying as possible to tow incorrectly, though.

The vision out the front of a cyber truck is still really bad. Not as bad. But really bad.

A sledgehammer is cheaper

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Side note: it's wild how that's a funny bit in text, but the actual SNL video is incredibly dull and grating. Like between the bad delivery of the lines, the music, the laughtrack, and how it's just a static shot of a ball on a stick, it's like a case study in how to ruin an otherwise funny bit. But I guess that's SNL's whole shtick, taking some absurdist gag that may or may not actually be funny and then making sure it isn't funny by simultaneously overproducing it and half-assing it, both in all the wrong places.

Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Cybertruck.

Caution: Cybertruck may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Cybertruck contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use Cybertruck on concrete.

Discontinue use of Cybertruck if any of the following occurs:

• itching
• vertigo
• dizziness
• tingling in extremities
• loss of balance or coordination
• slurred speech
• temporary blindness
• profuse sweating
• heart palpitations

If Cybertruck begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Cybertruck may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Cybertruck should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Cybertruck, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Tesla Motors, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Cybertruck include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Cybertruck has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Cybertruck.

Cybertruck comes with a lifetime warranty.

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Cybertrucks are the purple heart given to survivors of family court. The enemy made you pay child support but you're the cool parent in your big cool truck. Everyone should have to look at your big cool truck and how cool and big you still are while driving it.

Guaranteed highest price paid for junk cars

You don't need to write that on the side when we can already see that.

Tow truck drivers are cops and the absolute lowest snake's belly in a wagon rut scum on earth. Their job is to steal the cars of working people then hold them for ransom demanding payments that are the difference between making rent or not. They're fucking evil.

I wouldn't be able to do the impound jobs. So much of their work seems to be repossessing the cars of people too poor to afford the loan or some other cost.

Tow truck drivers are just cops who failed both the police entrance exams and the prison guard entrance exams