Recent content by theboom1

I’m telling you now, there will be no 5th wheel/gooseneck towing with this truck. Clearance is just not there. I agree 14k at the bumper is useless on a half ton truck. The trailer will be pulling the truck all over the road at the first strong crosswind or lane change.

For real. Contrary to popular believe that the overwhelming majority of trucks are pavement princesses, a large amount of truck buyers use their trucks for work. The only reason for the perception is that the general public only sees them at the grocery store. How much time do the general public...

Honda did it with the second generation Ridgeline which is also a unibody. The first generation had the angled sides and they changed it to the regular flat sides for the second generation. Why? Major customer complaints and low sales. They pointed to the same structural issues as the reason...

Zero chance of towing a 5th wheel or gooseneck. The bed design will not allow it.

The sail pillars should not even be there. They are the biggest problem with the truck. Makes it look horrible and you have no side access to the bed, severely limits the aftermarket tradesmen equipment you can fit, can tow a gooseneck/5th wheel, and huge blind spots. If they could be removed...

Lockable storage would only be reduced by about 25% and it would not have a very big impact on range. Flat sides would be a huge benefit.

Towing 14k should be a 5th wheel or gooseneck anyway as it is. Very few bumper pull trailers are even rated for 14k because you should have stepped up to a gooseneck by that weight. Umm people don’t want to have to have a semi to pull some decent weight. That’s why class 2-5 trucks sell so well

Zero chance of that. You can thank the angled bed sides for that which is my biggest problem with this truck.

What???? It add massive functionality. The current design with the angled bed sides kill a lot of the functionality. No access to the bed from the sides, no gooseneck/5th wheel which is needed towing 14k, can’t add toolboxes/welders/other equipment, restricts visibility. Having the bed sides...

Too bad. This is what it needs to be. If they can’t get reasonable range with it like this they need to delay it until battery technology is ready. To the op, I LOVE it. This is exactly what it needs. Range will go down slightly but 100% worth it.

This is a HARD pass. I really wanted Tesla to hit this one out of the park, but this is just horrible. For one it look disgusting. But to me, there are a few very key details that they utterly fail one. The back seat head room is way too low. Many trucks require full sized grown men to sit in...

Why would you need a license at all? If the computer wont let you crash then there is no need for a standard license program except for maybe the most basic rules of the road and even then some other system could be figured out. Also the point of the system I mentioned is that there would be no...

He also said at the end that he doesn't think that these people that want to ban it will actually succeed nor does he agree with that position. I think he realized that he went a little too far in trying to please his autonomy investor audience and walked it back a little. I think the eventual...

I think the eventual end game for ADAS is simply the full self driving software still running in the background even when your driving and when it detects significant mistake, it will subtly but instantly turn itself on, fix the problem, and then fade back off. This way it allows people to keep...

Thanks for the responses so far. Anyone else have any thoughts on it? What about not just for the model s but for other electric cars and compact cars, or trucks? Personally I don't think it would be beneficial over 4 inboard motors in any application. Trucks are normally not impacted as much by...