(as my wife looks at me with not the most pleasant of faces, as she knows what I'm contemplating....)
So, me hearties:
What say you to the concept of a Tesla Semi-based motor coach/motorhome/toterhome design, fab and sales business?
So - need determine a market for same exists...or can be made to exist. Assuming a favorable answer, a next Q is
Need find highly qualified workers. I've some input there, at least at small-scale (say, up to one unit/month).
Jenny is less than convinced. Humph.
Any have any ideas? Any desire to join in? Or?
So, me hearties:
What say you to the concept of a Tesla Semi-based motor coach/motorhome/toterhome design, fab and sales business?
- Beginning by taking the tractor as is, with its longest-wheelbase option, and using that to emplace upon it a coach of various models.
- A relatively modest one could fit a living quarters of approximately 18-foot length.
- Given something akin to a Peterbilt 379 with a 315" wheelbase, like this -
- Once you start getting into the large sizes, dual drivers in the rear are the preferred route, as with these three examples:
- The next appropriate question is, given the well-established motorhome market, why another?
- And if you're reading this on the TMC forum, and need someone to tell you the answer to that, it must be because you thought "TMC" means "The Motor Coach" forum. NEXT!
So - need determine a market for same exists...or can be made to exist. Assuming a favorable answer, a next Q is
- How can this product be differentiated enough from ICE-based alternatives to appeal to aging baby boomers, to millennials who are entranced with converted Sprinters, to Teslaholics in general?
- What about a garage just large enough for a Roadster? Gen 1s were 155" long x 46" high. Summoning the car means one needn't carve out a garage wide enough for doors to open.
- Smart cars, motorbikes, electric bikes, etc. are other possibilities with their own garage space demands.
- An irresistible draw of this platform is that 1MWh-or-so power plant. Hmmmmm......so many possibilities. Would Tesla be amenable to allowing that 7¢/kWh electricity being used for on-road homeowner use?
Need find highly qualified workers. I've some input there, at least at small-scale (say, up to one unit/month).
Jenny is less than convinced. Humph.
Any have any ideas? Any desire to join in? Or?