It is hard to imagine Tesla letting the end user connect a freakin high voltage battery pack incl. coolant lines. The first part can literally kill you.
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How many of you will/may transition to CyberTruck?
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Yeah… 50 kw battery pack being light enough for 2 people to carry it. I just can’t. Lol
Can someone explain to me where this “more utility than truck” comes from?
scottf200
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For the Dual motor but the Tri/Beast is WAY off.
Sounds like it is going to be a trip to the service center and will likely not be a frequent thing people do. Plus how / where would you store it!!
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I use trucks for truck things, don’t need to be seen in the latest cool fad, and aren’t trying to protect the president. Why would I buy a cybertruck?
I do have a deposit on a Ramcharger though.
I do have a deposit on a Ramcharger though.
For people that just use it as a grocery getter, you’re right. But I’m thinking in time that more will use it for work and perhaps police.
I was including the range extender. Yes it is more money and does take up room but it gets “close” to the 500.For the Dual motor but the Tri/Beast is WAY off.
Sounds like it is going to be a trip to the service center and will likely not be a frequent thing people do. Plus how / where would you store it!!
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cdub
OG 2011 Leaf / 2023 Model Y LR
The range extender is moronic. This is not what we were promised. I'll be cancelling reservations today. In fairness I decided to cancel a while back but wanted to wait until I see what they released.... And what they released is horrible. Buy a Lightning or R1t if you need a truck. It's awful. I was gonna to put up with the looks for utility but this is horrendous.
probably same marketing team tasked with calling a ~600lbs+ battery pack - taking up 1/3rd of your truck bed and requiring SC install/removal - a "range extender" ...
LOL - OK sure - have you ever removed an engine that weighs 500-600lbs using an engine lift? It's not easy by any stretch. This isn't something Tesla would ever touch given the liabilities involved.
you lose 1/3rd (!!) of your bed and total payload after installing that pack is likely well under 2k lbs. that makes the rest of the vehicle a lot less impressive. Plus $16k ain't cheap. Max pack R1T or Silverado EV still let you use the entire bed.
never mind the HV connection of a *hot* HV battery and coolant line connections... not stuff the end consumer is ever allowed to touch
Add in a spare tire with that range extender and the bed is basically unusable.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Iain
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The Rivian isn’t really a truck, its bed is almost useless. The F1 lightning, well it’s problem is it’s a Ford. The Cybertruck is pretty ugly in my opinion. I think after everyone gets used to the initial shock of the looks of the cybertruck it will do just fine. Even if there is a 80% cancelation rate they will still sell tons of them.
don't get me started on the spare tire. So apparently Tesla doesn't include a spare tire, it doesnt fit UNDER the truck or UNDER the bed, and you have to strap it into the bed... lol
for non truck people: trucks have come for DECADES with spare tire strapped under the vehicle and not taking away any space in the bed....
cdub
OG 2011 Leaf / 2023 Model Y LR
I hear Ford is making an EV ranger again. Maybe it'll be normal sized.
A small EV truck would be great. The f150 didn't used to be this big? Didn't they make everything huge so they could use different EPA rules? Not applicable with an EV so let's bring back the small utility truck.
based on the most succesful and best selling full-size truck in the world and despite not being a pure EV platform and already 2 years old ... the tow/range/payload spec and 0-60 for the AWD version match the AWD Cybertruck.... but you can pick one up today for ~$70k after dealer discounts
sounds like a real problem
That's all you can stab at the F150? Ford makes the best selling truck for 46 consecutive years.
Agreed. Honestly the whole delivery event felt fanboyish to me. This is Tesla still trying to appeal to the fanboy base and not to the normative automotive consumer, and in particular blue collar truck buyers for work trucks, in comparison. The videos shown had exactly nothing to do with reality or any remotely real world use cases. The drag race was simply pitiful. Anyone who uses trucks to do truck things could care less about drag racing when towing. Truck owners could also care less about 0-60mph dash times. Sure I get that the video had a "cool factor" and that is proof as to whom they are attempting to sell this product from a marketing standpoint. The weight pull demo was a joke since it wasn't done independently by a third party - I'll believe those results when I see the same results from a third party who doesn't have an inbuilt bias. Meanwhile, zero data on towing over distance with a load, hitch receiver class (including tongue weight limits), payload ratings with the range extender installed, etc. You know, things that people who buy trucks to do truck things actually care about?
At the end of the day and in the final analysis, the reason Musk didn't make any mention at all of pricing or range, is because he knew it would come across like a lead balloon to most consumers - and especially to the roughly 2mm depositors - and likely even a good portion of those who were in the room - all of which are arguably a big part of the fanboy base itself that serve as an echo chamber for Tesla for the most part. That says a LOT IMHO. It's what Musk didn't say that really tells the story for the launch event.
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