Eight years? GM is in the midst of overhauling their entire Ultium platform away from pouch battery packs over to prismatic/cylindrical battery packs for this very reason. BYD just announced they are dumping pouch based packs due to design issues that cause leakage.
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Cybertruck is a scam.
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jebinc
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Rivian R1T, that's the closest (by far). I routinely hit or exceed EPA on mine. Can't say that for the 3, Y or Plaid we own.
TessP100D
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Does anybody go to target anymore ? Went woke
jebinc
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What’s this I hear that Elon Musk said they could dramatically raise the price of the Cybertruck?
I told you, he knows you will pay whatever he wants you to pay. Goodbye RWD, Goodbye $80k AWD. You wouldn’t listen, and now those still waiting on their Non-FS will be forced to spend 6 figures lol….
Did he also say what matters is monthly payments?
I told you, he knows you will pay whatever he wants you to pay. Goodbye RWD, Goodbye $80k AWD. You wouldn’t listen, and now those still waiting on their Non-FS will be forced to spend 6 figures lol….
Did he also say what matters is monthly payments?
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jebinc
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sublimejackman
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Damnnn.... dem monthly payments are getting serious then. Cyberbeast with 5yr loan and 10% down is over $2,000/month right now. That was a mortgage payment not too long ago...
But yeah, I could see our dear leader raising the price of the CT (all models for that matter) to meet potentially falling interest rates. But still what market, other than rich kids, is a $1,500-$2,000/mon car payment for? No fleet, no towing, no conversions, etc...
Leeclanual
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It cracked because the owner didn’t repair a large/deep enough rock chip…. Same for all vehicle windshields. If the OP would have had it (rock chip) repaired/filled with resin this wouldn’t have happened. I always take a look at my windshield after hearing something hit it while driving… if It’s noticeable to the eye or I can feel it with my nail it needs to be fixed ASAP… it will crack with any temp changes (hot day outside or using defrost). Most insurance will cover for free and it can be repaired in 15 mins. I just did this on drive in PA… called local safe light and they said just drive up without an appointment.
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sublimejackman
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nah bro. not that you know the first thing about my car but i appreciate your speculation
sublimejackman
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well now that you're really speculating
here's the TMC chat about it: Defroster cracked windshield on ‘19 model S
here's the reddit chat about it:
And when under warranty, Tesla was covering this type of crack in older Model S. Since they didn't bother to taper the black enamel to fully diffuse the heat in cases like this.
Leeclanual
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This is nothing new… chips turn into cracks if they aren’t filled properly prior to temp swings (natural or man made). Not sure of older Model S glass…
Leeclanual
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“In the recent TSLA earnings call, Tesla executives shared that Cybertruck 2024 builds will be sold out soon. The comment hints at Tesla’s progress with its Cybertruck production ramp.
At the recent earnings call, a few TSLA investor questions centered around the Tesla Cybertruck and its production.
Retail investor Nermin S. asked about the Cybertruck order and the queue for the all-electric pickup. The investor also asked about Tesla’s timeframe for fulfilling existing orders.
“First of all, I want to thank all the Cybertruck reservation holders for their patience. The reservation-to-order conversion rate so far has been very encouraging. If the trend continues [as it very likely will] we will soon [sell] out all the builds in 2024. And also, you know, we have new orders coming after the launch.”
Tesla Cybertruck 2024 production builds to be sold out soon — TESLARATI
That means that a small amount of CTs will be delivered this year, if true. Smaller than many predicted.
Other than the fact that you lose access to the F150L for, on average, a month or more, while the dealership struggles to get parts for repair - meanwhile the vehicle is dead in the water - and not every dealership will pony up a loaner when this problem occurs. Sure it's covered under warranty, but that's not the whole story - to say nothing of the loss in confidence in BEVs overall for many once something this serious occurs. I realize there are lemons for all brands, but this issue seems overly prevalent for the F150L especially when compared to the number of F150Ls on the road compared to Tesla. If Tesla batteries had this type of failure rate - it would be all over the news and the brand would suffer significantly.
jebinc
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That's funny....
They have reported in the past of having "millions of pre-orders" and "many years of backlog". Today, they can produce about 500 CTs per week (on a good week), I've read (Sandy Munro data point?).
So, for 2024 the total production will be between 26,000 and "X". Let's give them the benefit of a decent production ramp later this year and call "X" 50,000. If Elon is saying, on one hand, that Tesla has, "millions of pre-orders and years of backlog," and yet can only produce upwards of 50,000 CTs in 2024, how come they are not already sold out for 2024?
Hint: Of those millions of pre-orders, they have not yet converted 26k-X over to early adopter, high priced Founder's Edition's...As of today, they say, "we expect 2024 builds to sell out," which means they have not yet converted 26,000-50,000 of those "millions of pre-orders", right?!
Sounds like another Elon wet dream. The hard deck for the CT $7500 tax credit is $80k. Time will tell how much interest there really is once the non-foundation series gets ramped up. And it seems TSLA is in no hurry to find out.
Leeclanual
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Let’s revisit this thread in the 4Q
I don't think it's a mistake that Tesla didn't submit any CTs that would qualify for the tax credit in 2024.
It will be if they don't build any in 2024.
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