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First look at Cybertruck’s comically large windshield wiper in action

A drone view of the giant wiper blade stretched across Cybertruck’s windshield. | Screenshot from video by Brad Sloan.

A new drone video has surfaced showing the Cybertruck’s ridiculously large windshield wiper in action. And you know what? It’s functional — and perhaps improved — but still doesn’t reach a good chunk of the glass in front of the passenger.

The video shot by Brad Sloan above Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory location on Thursday (and surfaced by Electrek) shows the Cybertruck undergoing a wind tunnel test. At the 13:42 mark you can see the truck’s single XL wiper blade start moving, with decent reach across the majority of windshield. Maybe it’s the angle, but it does seem like an improvement over some prototypes we’ve seen.

The Cybertruck’s giant windshield was one of the electric pickup’s most distinctive features when it was unveiled in 2019….

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