TESLA Electric Truck?

[lilranch2001]

I bet Elon fired someone over that glass debacle.
Rumor has it he has a somewhat explosive temper

 

[farmeratheart]

Somewhat late to this party Another alternative with a more traditional look is coming later next year ...
Look up the Rivian R1T. When I tried to link to the URL I got an error message that access was denied.

Frank

 

[RalphVa]

Electric vehicles are idiotic. If anything in the end they produce more pollution than either diesel or gasoline vehicles. What do they think puts the electricity in the wall socket to charge them, the tooth fairy. In effect they are mostly running on coal and very inefficiently at that.

All subsidies should end. I'm tired of them pissing away my tax dollars on idiotic notions like this and ethanol. If it can't support itself then it should be allowed to die a natural death.

The overall energy efficiency for EVs should be better than gas/diesel. Efficiencies for gas/diesel are either just shy or just above 20%. Worst electric generation efficiency is 33%. However, the Germans claim that the EV's battery manufacture and all has EVs emitting more CO2 than a diesel vehicle over their lifetimes. Hard to figure that. Main thing that EVs do is to take the pollution from vehicles sitting in stopped traffic in cities to the power generation station. Could do near that by start/stop diesels, probably.

Not over yet.

Ralph

 

[Oaktree]

- Why try so hard with the design? Who cares if it looks like a stealth bomber, truck cabs have looked the same for 70 years because that is a functional design. How much headroom is there in the back seat now that you have the roof slanting downward like that?
- With a price range from $40k to $70K, this is right in the middle of the price range for conventional truck currently, which suddenly makes it interesting for many people. Not for me because I need to take long trips while towing, but for folks who stay local with their truck, it matters.

(some snippage)

As far as I am concerned Elon is missing the mark by talking about the gimmicks. He should be focusing on the practicality of the truck. If it costs the same up front as a normal truck, pulls and carries the same load, but still costs 20,000 dollars less in fuel and maintenance over 10 years, then that is his selling point. Not bullet proof panels and looking like a stealth bomber.

Agree with you on styling. The "stealth bomber" look is a total deal killer with me, what was he thinking?

As far as the price goes...well, we'll see. As others have noted, Musk has a tendency to promise more than he can deliver. Gotta feeling this is gonna go for a lot more than $39k.

 

[Buggs67]

Somewhat late to this party Another alternative with a more traditional look is coming later next year ...
Look up the Rivian R1T. When I tried to link to the URL I got an error message that access was denied.

Frank

221 Rivian R1T

 

[Buggs67]

Tesla has a network of company stores... kind of like when Sears sold automobiles direct through the catalog a century ago... we are getting a new one in SF soon.

Here is a list of "Dealer" locations.

Tesla Dealer Locations

and here is a gallery list from Tesla

US Tesla Stores and Galleries | Tesla

Since I most likely will never own one it really doesn't impact me one way or another.

Sometimes the Dealer network is overrated in that there is no assurance your dealer will not go out of business... as happened to all the Kubota Dealers in my county and several of the neighboring counties...

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

 

[ruffdog]

I bet Elon fired someone over that glass debacle.
Rumor has it he has a somewhat explosive temper

Does smoking weed help that issue?:confused2:

 

[lilranch2001]

Does smoking weed help that issue?:confused2:

I am unsure how weed would affect the strength of the glass.....

 

[Jstpssng]

Does smoking weed help that issue?:confused2:

It would certainly mellow out an explosive temper.

 

[Racenut]

Sometimes we come to realize that some designs were "ahead of their time" as they are just wild, crazy or ugly by the current standards of the day. That said, I hope we never see the day that this fugly thing is looked at like that. Someone take that thing out and bury it before anyone gets gets any stupid ideas.