The unexpected encounters on California roads are sometimes surrealistic sci-fi—as was the case today driving down Texas Street and entering I-8. My wife pulled behind a futuristic vehicle that I realized could only be a Tesla Cybertruck. This was my first sighting, here in San Diego.
I got to say that Elon Musk, his designers, or perhaps all, should stop watching shoddy science fiction movies. Pick one: Blade Runner, Freejack, Timecop, or Total Recall—among others. Boxy vehicles with sharp lines are almost stereotypical to the point of being tropes. Now they’re for real? Oh my.
I used Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to shoot the Featured Image and companion; yes, our windshield was dirty. Vitals: f/2.4, ISO 50, 1/1600 sec, 70mm (film equivalent); 9:54 a.m. PDT. The other is same but ISO 32, 1/400 sec, one-minute later. License plate is removed in the first (via Samsung Gallery); plate number in the other (via Microsoft Photos).