TESLA Electric Truck?

[Jstpssng]

I'm still waiting for my flying toasters.

Bruce

That's because you've made wiser choices with your women.

 

[aczlan]

Forklifts (and generators) were what I was thinking of when I referred to stinky exhaust. I don't know how forklift drivers stand it...I get a headache just being around them for a few minutes. If it's just a badly running engine, every forklift I've ever been around fits that description.

We have an older Yale that stinks, but the newer Toyotas don't smell bad.

Aaron Z

 

[Jstpssng]

I got poisoned (CO2) by a forklift working in cold storage years ago... I still can't stand the smell of them.

 

[ultrarunner]

Back in the 80's the post office had a small fleet of electric trucks... they were well received but not cost effective.

As to electric cars another convert at least every month at work... just looking out that the employee parking lot it is easy to see.

Many have said their next car will be electric... but, a lot has to do with incentives and privilege of single occupancy carpool lanes... but this is also changing.

 

[Jstpssng]

Back in the 80's the post office had a small fleet of electric trucks... they were well received but not cost effective.

As to electric cars another convert at least every month at work... just looking out that the employee parking lot it is easy to see.

Many have said their next car will be electric... but, a lot has to do with incentives and privilege of single occupancy carpool lanes... but this is also changing.

How much of that is also the desire to keep up with the Joneses? We saw that with Hybrids... buyers were people who believed in and were supporting the technology. Then for a while they became a "fad", until the novelty wore off and the next car craze came along.

 

[Big Barn]

Forklifts (and generators) were what I was thinking of when I referred to stinky exhaust. I don't know how forklift drivers stand it...I get a headache just being around them for a few minutes. If it's just a badly running engine, every forklift I've ever been around fits that description.

Must be running badly. I spent my whole life running propane forklifts in the warehouse and cold storage rooms with no problems.

 

[dragoneggs]

Ill say it again..once these get better than their diesel/gas counterparts I will consider it. Once an electric vehicle is MORE convenient I will consider it. Right now if I have to charge it for 30 min every few hundred miles it is not. If it is susceptible to extreme temps it is not. Right now if I can get an F150 for 1/2 the price the Tesla is in no way on my short list. Give me something better.

I agree. I will stick with my F150 for now.

Solor and wind that cant power this country! And now electric cars and trucks this whole thing is ridiculous. It's like flying pigs it's just going to happend on a large scale because this country is not set up.

Not ridiculous... just not ready for the masses yet.

As long as the population keeps growing exponentially we are going to have problems. Rather than spending large scale dollars and brains at solar and wind, we should be throwing those resources- especially the brains- at ways to make nuclear a safe way to generate power.

Totally agree. I'm for most all forms of electricity as it makes 'sense' and depending on the application. Nuclear has a bad rep. I don't think we should turn away from it. Our greatest war ships/subs are nuclear powered.

 

[jjp8182]

Seems there are some fuddy-duddies here. Personally I would like it to succeed. As more places and faster ways to energize batteries emerge, the electric vehicle in many forms whether on the ground, in the air or under water will be very common I believe.

yep there are some..... and there are also some others who are used to being peddled marketing hype on a frequent basis from companies who believe their new thingy is even better than sliced bread

In all reality for something like this to really take over it will require not only a change in mentality of the end-users/buyers, but also that of the design engineers so they change their design & technology such that their product can become viable for buyers/users who can't change their use cases to accommodate some new piece of technology. For example: the bed sidewalls of the Tesla truck look like they may actually be part of the truck's structure, and some of the terminology Tesla uses would also imply that's the case. If so that would likely require significant rework/re-engineering of the truck in order to replace the bed with a flatbed suitable for loading of large bulk cargo from the sides via forks (or other methods). ...which in turn means they limited their market potential by some degree (which is likely larger than expected since the payload extends into truck sizes where flatbeds are more frequently seen for such reasons).

Just my opinion. ....and I might be in a minority since the type of engineering I'm involved in means I tend to end up seeing/dealing with a fair number of situations that many believe "could never happen" because they will most likely never see it happen themselves. Often times the end result is things breaking (or just not functioning) due to situations the designers never considered - or even thought were "impossible" due to their own biases & lack of understanding. As such I suspect (unless they change) Tesla will eventually go the way of many of the early (and now defunct) automobile manufacturers. Particularly since Tesla seems to have a tendency to over-hype and under-perform (in addition to occasionally shooting themselves in the foot by limiting their marketability through design decisions) --- which will eventually bite them as they gain more direct competition ...again just my :2cents:

Personally if I had the spare time/space/money I'd be tempted to buy a high end Tesla to store for future resale as a collector's item -- with the hopes that in time it will become like some of the old automobiles that now sell for orders of magnitude more than the original purchase price.

 

[Grumpycat]

The nearest service center is ONLY 60 miles / 1 1/4 hrs away.

When I bought my Tesla the nearest Service Center was 220 miles away. Was offered a prepaid pickup/delivery service, as many times as necessary for warranty and annual service for $100/year. Limit 8 years. So I maxed it.

Today the nearest Service Center is 92 miles away but they still come get my car for service.

 

[dragoneggs]

When I bought my Tesla the nearest Service Center was 220 miles away. Was offered a prepaid pickup/delivery service, as many times as necessary for warranty and annual service for $100/year. Limit 8 years. So I maxed it.

Today the nearest Service Center is 92 miles away but they still come get my car for service.

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What does your $100/year exactly buy you?