TECH - 'No Real Use Case:' Cybertruck's Lead Engineer Asks What GM's 'CrabWalk' Feature Is Good For After Revealing Tesla 'Played' With Idea | Benzinga
Tesla’s lead Cybertruck engineer took to social media to question the practicality of General Motors‘ new “CrabWalk” feature showcased on the upcoming GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1.
What Happened: On Tuesday, GM posted a video demonstrating the CrabWalk maneuver on its 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 and Hummer EV. CrabWalk allows the vehicle to move diagonally by mimicking a crab’s sideways motion, achieved by synchronizing the angles of the front and rear wheels.
Morrill’s Doubt: Tesla Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill responded to the video on Twitter, expressing doubts about the feature’s real-world usefulness. He acknowledged that Tesla had considered a similar feature during development but ultimately decided against it.
“Does anyone know when this feature is practically useful? Genuinely curious,” Morrill said.
“We played with this in development but no matter what we tried it was a clunky/awkward experience with no real use case,” he added. “The feature is not sufficiently useful to allow parallel parking and is very unintuitive to control.”
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