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Tesla Cybertruck pickup truck
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Y’all are being real mean to the Delorean, comparing it to that joke. 
probably less than a mile, ha.
No probably the AMC Pacer
Wasn’t it supposed to look like this?
Yah some say it’s Elon just being wacky and using it as free advertising. I mean look how many people are taking about it.
One description of it I read was "Looks like something the local heating and air conditioning shop would make out of leftover sheet metal duct work after hours"...
Let's see it plow snow and see how well it works..my bet is it'll have dead batteries in an hour or less --IF they can even mount a plow on that fugly thing..
Let's see it plow snow and see how well it works..my bet is it'll have dead batteries in an hour or less --IF they can even mount a plow on that fugly thing..
Of course it depends on the frontal area of the trailer, your speed, how much you start and stop, terrain, temperature, etc.
Towing does pique the curiosity. Let's say you have a large trailer around 14k and you're at the bottom of a long grade. I have no idea how the electronics work, but even if the battery can sustain high continuous load, how many miles can the inverter and motors deliver 400+hp before getting too hot? With the Corvette quick 0-60 time it can obviously deliver a lot of power in the short term (like the Tesla cars). Will you start pulling the grade with a vengeance and have the system keep dropping power output until all the semis are smashing into your backside or you're on the side of the road letting things cool off? At any rate you'd better make sure the batteries have a good charge before starting up. I can see the 500 mile (unloaded flat terrain) range dropping well under 100 miles pulling something up a mountain. Now where are the nearest charging stations?
Not only that, but it takes too long to recharge.
IMO, this electric stuff won’t really take off untill the batteries can be recharged in the time it takes to fill up a gas tank. I know the technology is there with the flash capacitor type battery stuff but it is small scale like phones and watch size stuff.
IMO, this electric stuff won’t really take off untill the batteries can be recharged in the time it takes to fill up a gas tank. I know the technology is there with the flash capacitor type battery stuff but it is small scale like phones and watch size stuff.
"Elon Musk’s Net Worth Falls $770 Million After Tesla’s Botched Cybertruck Debut" (linky)
My 2 cents tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is that this whole deal was deliberate, and that sometime next week it will be announced that this was a publicity stunt, and the real truck (as in what muddy buddy and Fastereddie showed earlier in this thread) will be shown that looks like something the average eco-sensitive public would buy, complete with real ball/bulletproof glass. In the interim time, a bunch of Tesla insider traders will have bought up a bunch of the stock and will sell it afterward when the stock price jumps. When it ultimately rolls off the production line few years from now, the suckers who buy the thing will discover what the actual driving range is, and will demand their money back.
My 2 cents tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is that this whole deal was deliberate, and that sometime next week it will be announced that this was a publicity stunt, and the real truck (as in what muddy buddy and Fastereddie showed earlier in this thread) will be shown that looks like something the average eco-sensitive public would buy, complete with real ball/bulletproof glass. In the interim time, a bunch of Tesla insider traders will have bought up a bunch of the stock and will sell it afterward when the stock price jumps. When it ultimately rolls off the production line few years from now, the suckers who buy the thing will discover what the actual driving range is, and will demand their money back.
That and the replacement of batteries and electronics. The docs I work with are already having their model s worked on all the time. With only a 50k warranty a lot of the docs I work with are shelling out lots of money to keep their cars on the road.
The docs I work with commute about 140 miles a day, so it works for them to get to and from on a single charge while under warranty. But as often as I see the Tesla repair trucks in the parking lot it makes me wonder. One doc had his touch screen go out. He said it was like a 14k repair. Ouch
If that was a publicity stunt, it's the biggest one I've ever seen. But then again, one of the reports I read did mention that the date of the debut did match the date called out in the movie Blade Runner that Musk hinted about for the shape of the truck. Coincidence?
No, that and others were simply renderings from around the internet of what people thought it might look like.
Because Musk now has the basic architecture for this truck designed and it isn't even supposed to start production for at least 2 years how hard would it be to just design a new body?
It just seems odd that the cybertruck doesn't fit in with any of Tesla's other cars, even the semi truck. All the other vehicles have the Tesla "T" in the grille etc. but this truck has no markings etc., just odd.
It just seems odd that the cybertruck doesn't fit in with any of Tesla's other cars, even the semi truck. All the other vehicles have the Tesla "T" in the grille etc. but this truck has no markings etc., just odd.
Thinking along the lines of this might not be the real truck. Given what the prices are for his other vehicles are, the fact this thing has bulletproof glass and damage resistant panels and three different configurations and even the top of the line config only starts at $70k, it wouldn't surprise me that this would just be a gimmick. Something to say "hey we are way behind schedule with the real truck but we promised a truck today so here is a truck."
Delorean mated with a shipping container. Or this.
Judging by what I just read of Ford's Mach-E or whatever it is, I'm sure Tesla has that figured out. Always a big leap going from passenger cars to trucks, so I can see the *potential* for a mistake in assuming that all the buyers will be towing light travel trailers (at best) under ideal conditions, but it's rated for 14K, so I'm guessing pretty quickly upon release/independent testing you'll have plenty of first hand reviews under challenging conditions.
From what I understand of the Ford, they use oil and water cooling of the motors, the battery pack is also water cooled, and I want to say additional passive cooling of the batteries through the aluminum components.
Have to admit, the heavy towing/offroad/backwoods crowd is relatively niche compared to most who are/have been buying Tesla's and other "green" vehicles, so I don't see electrics being able to effectively penetrate that market for quite some time. Some article on the Cybertruck talked about solar panels potentially being part of the bed cover, and it was something like 15 extra miles per day...even with a 200 mile range that's not really significant IMO, so you'll still be tied to the grid unless you aren't going very far each day.
At this stage of electric vehicles, to really be competitive with internal combustion vehicles, they are going to have to come out with a way to swap the battery packs in the time and with the ease of filling up a tank of gas, and reduce cost of course. When you can get a 40-50MPG (freeway) car for ~$17,000 that will go ~500 miles on a tank of gas, a $30,000 vehicle with half the range is a hard sell for some. For a daily driver to/from work, it makes all the sense in the world for many I'm sure, drive home, plug it in, drive to work, repeat, never go to a gas station. But for long trips and going out into the woods for days at a time, it's not practical, at least not yet.
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