Does the cybertruck have just 1 giant wiper? That seems…fucking stupid. You can see the passenger top side of the windshield isn’t clear which might be needed. Also the wiper blade must surely be proprietary meaning, wait I can just look it up: $75. Less than I thought somehow.
It is one blade and it has good enough reach that the drive would have no complaints about coverage.
The reason they did it like this is because Elon is over ambitious and over hypes everything and originally wanted a wiper that was vertical and moved in a linear motion back and forth across the windshield.
Obviously they didn’t engineer that and settled for the comically large standard blade that ships with it. I’m also curious how much one of those bad boys costs. Probably more than 2 for a standard car
I have a 93 Mercedes with this system and I love showing off the wiper. Its unexpected motion brings joy to both mechanical nerds and regular people. No joke, people see it and can’t help but grin. It’s that perfect combination where it looks odd but also is immediately recognizable as clearly superior.
Must have been patents that kept it from catching on?
The wipers on the mercedes work better than two blade setups as well. You don’t get that trailing line of water off the tip of the wiper right in the center of your view because the one blade extends all the way to the edge, all the way across.
But that is Mercedes-Benz, a company that is already known for being able to design a car. The “cybertruck” looks like it was designed by a ten year old, and, as the wiper shows, not actually smartly executed.
Does the cybertruck have just 1 giant wiper? That seems…fucking stupid. You can see the passenger top side of the windshield isn’t clear which might be needed. Also the wiper blade must surely be proprietary meaning, wait I can just look it up: $75. Less than I thought somehow.
It is one blade and it has good enough reach that the drive would have no complaints about coverage.
The reason they did it like this is because Elon is over ambitious and over hypes everything and originally wanted a wiper that was vertical and moved in a linear motion back and forth across the windshield.
Obviously they didn’t engineer that and settled for the comically large standard blade that ships with it. I’m also curious how much one of those bad boys costs. Probably more than 2 for a standard car
Also where to get it. I don’t think AutoZone is carrying 50in wiper blades standard.
Yes that is exactly what it has lol
Benz did it better with one
Oh cool.
More footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSC9KrQYaW4
I’m not a mechanical engineer but I’m still getting hot and bothered watching that. What a cool design!
Mercedes is often at the forefront of new car tech. It doesn’t always catch on, though.
I have a 93 Mercedes with this system and I love showing off the wiper. Its unexpected motion brings joy to both mechanical nerds and regular people. No joke, people see it and can’t help but grin. It’s that perfect combination where it looks odd but also is immediately recognizable as clearly superior.
Must have been patents that kept it from catching on?
This is very pleasing
The wipers on the mercedes work better than two blade setups as well. You don’t get that trailing line of water off the tip of the wiper right in the center of your view because the one blade extends all the way to the edge, all the way across.
But that is Mercedes-Benz, a company that is already known for being able to design a car. The “cybertruck” looks like it was designed by a ten year old, and, as the wiper shows, not actually smartly executed.