Here’s the relevant quote:
» But what nobody seems to be reporting about is how tremendously expensive the Cybertruck is for what it offers. Right now the average transaction price for a light-duty full-size pickup truck is $48,000, give or take. If you go look at the Chevy Silverado, the most expensive version is called the High Country. That starts at $58,000. The Cybertruck top trim starts at $70,000, which is huge money even in the truck world where things have been getting more expensive. Now, its numbers are great: 14,000 pound towing capacity, 0-60 in 2.9, but $70,000 base price — it's really expensive for a truck.
» So, let's go consider a more affordable Cybertruck, which is the mid-range model, and, like I said, that's 300 miles of range and it's a 10,000 pound towing capacity for $50,000, which is about the average sale price for a new truck. That version tows 10,000 pounds, but listen to this… A base model Chevy Silverado tows 9,800 pounds — basically the same — and it starts at only $30,000, twenty grand less than that mid-level Cybertruck. Now, obviously the base model Silverado has practically nothing: no luxuries, cloth seats, pretty crappy single cab, it is a very basic truck, but there's a lot of room to add options and features between $30,000 Silverado base price and $50,000 mid-level Cybertruck base price, and the towing capacity is the same.
I think I can easily pick apart this argument, (and I think there's a reason why “nobody seems to be reporting” it), but I’ll leave that as an exercise for the rest of you.
» But what nobody seems to be reporting about is how tremendously expensive the Cybertruck is for what it offers. Right now the average transaction price for a light-duty full-size pickup truck is $48,000, give or take. If you go look at the Chevy Silverado, the most expensive version is called the High Country. That starts at $58,000. The Cybertruck top trim starts at $70,000, which is huge money even in the truck world where things have been getting more expensive. Now, its numbers are great: 14,000 pound towing capacity, 0-60 in 2.9, but $70,000 base price — it's really expensive for a truck.
» So, let's go consider a more affordable Cybertruck, which is the mid-range model, and, like I said, that's 300 miles of range and it's a 10,000 pound towing capacity for $50,000, which is about the average sale price for a new truck. That version tows 10,000 pounds, but listen to this… A base model Chevy Silverado tows 9,800 pounds — basically the same — and it starts at only $30,000, twenty grand less than that mid-level Cybertruck. Now, obviously the base model Silverado has practically nothing: no luxuries, cloth seats, pretty crappy single cab, it is a very basic truck, but there's a lot of room to add options and features between $30,000 Silverado base price and $50,000 mid-level Cybertruck base price, and the towing capacity is the same.
I think I can easily pick apart this argument, (and I think there's a reason why “nobody seems to be reporting” it), but I’ll leave that as an exercise for the rest of you.
