israndy
Supercharger Hunter
It's not like they ONLY make the MX in a 6 seater, people have different needs and it's great if Tesla can accommodate them. Not sure if that will get me a midgate option before my reservation comes up to order.
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Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?
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Skotty
2014 S P85 | 2023 F-150L
In general, I'm fine and can appreciate the idea of a bench seat. But I view a truck as a utility vehicle -- one for getting jobs done. And the bench seat not only lets another person sit there if needed, but also it's just handy in terms of somewhere to put random stuff related to the job. I'm not sure that will be the case with most CT buyers.
I currently use a pretty old F-150 (like 1990ish) with a bench seat and think it works well. But it doesn't even have working A/C, so I guess I just don't care about comfort when I'm trying to get something done. Meanwhile, the bench just seems like a useful shelf that I can also put my butt on while driving. This is probably pretty far from most people interested in a CT.
I currently use a pretty old F-150 (like 1990ish) with a bench seat and think it works well. But it doesn't even have working A/C, so I guess I just don't care about comfort when I'm trying to get something done. Meanwhile, the bench just seems like a useful shelf that I can also put my butt on while driving. This is probably pretty far from most people interested in a CT.
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
Shilling for Elon much?
Elon had contributed ZERO to Thai kids rescue from the cave, other than inserting himself as a distraction.
Elon had NOTHING to do with the rescue, though he tried hard to get a some attention (as per usual) out of a potential tragedy.
Elon wants to be in charge of the media, and will stop at nothing to get attention to himself to pimp up the stock price of his companies.
Recall, he is the guy who claimed "fraud is protected as free speech":
Tesla's response to the DMV's false-advertising allegations: What took so long?
As California's DMV accuses Tesla of false advertising, the carmaker says it has a 1st Amendment right to describe its vehicles as 'Full Self-Driving.'
www.latimes.com
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
It was a long twitter post. I can understand people choosing not to read it.Shilling for Elon much?
Elon had contributed ZERO to Thai kids rescue from the cave, other than inserting himself as a distraction.
Elon had NOTHING to do with the rescue, though he tried hard to get a some attention (as per usual) out of a potential tragedy.
Elon wants to be in charge of the media, and will stop at nothing to get attention to himself to pimp up the stock price of his companies.
Recall, he is the guy who claimed "fraud is protected as free speech":
Tesla's response to the DMV's false-advertising allegations: What took so long?
As California's DMV accuses Tesla of false advertising, the carmaker says it has a 1st Amendment right to describe its vehicles as 'Full Self-Driving.'
Fascinating and well researched.
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It was a BS post on a BS disinformation platform.
Most of us have ZERO interest in providing extra advertising revenue stream to social media sites.
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
I don’t think “twitter post” and “well researched” go in the same context…. Ever.
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I wish it was most of us, in terms of the population of the US.
The cyber truck market is not (yet) the truck customer. In fact, the real immediate target is the soccer mom and dad. If you think about it, those people don't need a truck and will probably not get one but will get a Model X. Issue with the X is insufficient cargo capacity. The cybertruck so nicely addresses that issue that it's a no brainer. Sell the cybertruck to SUV buyers and create a new market segment, then grow it. Soon enough the truck buyers will hop on board simply because the overlap between SUV and truck will invalidate the need for a pure truck.
Except it’s poorly design especially the bed. Tesla is like 15-20 behind on truck bed design.
It’s not even looking like they are the leader in software at this point neither.
The Ridgeline is based on an SUV and it sells …. Barely….
Again, about the only reason to get a Cybertruck at this point is to make it a talking point at Cars and Coffee until it’s not. It offers nothing over the competition.
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BTW, who do you think buys all those trucks today? Hate to tell you, but it's the soccer moms and dads.
Just take a look at what has happened to trucks over the years.
Good thing legacies sell trucks for all needs and base their SUVs off truck platforms and not the other way?
Obviously you don't like the Cybertruck and that's fine.
What annual number of delivered Cybertrucks would mean the CT is commercially successful in your opinion?
And do you believe it's possible the CT will ever be the leader in the number of EV trucks sold?
Success? It’ll reach Model S and X numbers. No, it won’t be the leader in number of EV Trucks sold. There is too much competition already and Ford/Ram/Silverado are in their infancy.
Again, is you want a talking point at cars and coffee or a billboard, then the CT is the only choice. Everything else, the others are better.
Traditional pickup manufacturers did some clever changes in the last few years. Ford cut cost and slightly downsized by using the F150 cab for the Superduty. And I think almost all designs moved the cab more forward over the powertrain for better weight distribution and potentially reduced length and weight.
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