There are vehicles which might be so unhealthy they’re good after which there’s the Aitekx RoboTruck, which is so unhealthy you’re stunned it was even allowed to be proven on the Los Angeles Auto Present.

Due to a mix of shoddy workmanship and a horrible web site, the Tesla Cybertruck knockoff shortly grabbed headlines and have become one of many greatest stars of the present. Nonetheless, it was for all of the fallacious causes and we have been left with extra questions than solutions.

Our pals at The Autopian are serving to to fill in a number of the blanks as David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky checked out the truck, and talked to a number of the individuals behind the mysterious firm. The outcomes are an exquisite mixture of awkward, unhealthy, and shocking.

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Beginning with the overview, the duo take a look at the truck and look at it’s questionable construct high quality. As you may see, there are sizable gaps and sealant utilized so poorly that it appears like a final minute rush job.

The haphazardness doesn’t finish there as the unique door handles will be seen behind ill-fitting skins. The truck additionally sports activities LED lighting strips, which look like shopper grade and designed to be used round the home.

On prime of that, the rear facet glass has Toyota badging and this might point out the truck relies on the Tacoma. Nonetheless, an organization consultant denied that and implied a couple of items have been sourced from present merchandise.

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Regardless of the lower than stellar look, the truck seems to have a professional electrical powertrain as an examination of the underbody reveals a battery pack in addition to two electrical motors. The Autopian additionally notes the chassis seems to be distinctive and the video gives a glimpse at some customized elements.

That’s shocking as the corporate may have prevented a lot of the PR catastrophe by exhibiting a rolling chassis in addition to renderings of the completed product. After all, hindsight is 20/20.

Getting again to disasters, the query and reply session is one thing to behold as David and Jason talked to a mysterious man named Ed, who refused to offer his final identify and stated he had no official title. That’s weird by itself, however he denied the RoboTruck was impressed by the Cybertruck, which is tough to imagine as a result of even the identify is an obvious knockoff.

Ed didn’t cease there; he implied that in case you assume the RoboTruck appears just like the Cybertruck, you then in all probability assume all different vehicles look the identical. That’s fairly laughable as Ford and Chevy pickups have their very own distinctive id whereas the RoboTruck cribs closely from the Cybertruck.

The corporate indicated that the mannequin is at the moment a prototype, with their manufacturing goal set for 2025. That appears overly optimistic and representatives admitted they’ve quite a lot of engineering work to do. New vehicles additionally require a ton of cash and officers wouldn’t say who’s backing the corporate.

Issues then take an odd flip as Ed says, “I don’t prefer it,” and requests the duo to create a video telling a colleague that exhibiting the RoboTruck, in its present situation, was a mistake. That’s an insane factor to do because it’s basically asking members of the press to movie an ‘I informed you so’ video.

Shortly after this encounter, David and Jason have been approached by one other man who informed them to cease filming. This was clearly a ridiculous request, on condition that they have been in a public setting on the Los Angeles Auto Present, however the duo have been informed that they’ve “seen sufficient” they usually shouldn’t be “placing out unfavourable issues.” Nonetheless, it’s solely pure to anticipate criticism when presenting a half-baked prototype at a significant auto present.