Al Sherman
It's about THIS car.
Model X, AWD, with a box on the back.
That would do it for me, but for the diehard truck people it would have to be more imo.
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Model X, AWD, with a box on the back.
I have this vision of a Tesla pick-up truck with a small, portable generator in the back (acting like a range-extender or recharger)...
Interesting to see Elon's recent tweet.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/331796308631367681
"Tesla priority is electrification of cars, so priority is Model S, Model X, then mass market third gen vehicle & truck"
Which kinda implys that the Gen lll and the truck will come out at the same time.
Or probably just the same platform. I can't see Tesla being ready for a simultaneous release of 2 vehicles on a brand new platform.
My only worry with using the Model S skateboard is the fact the entire chassis is aluminium and not designed for the requirements of a pickup. Much larger payloads and towing capacity puts a lot of strain on the chassis that i believe was never intentioned for the S platform. Maybe this can be reinforced in a few places but ultimately will probably need its own skateboard to get to an F150 level of truck.
Would agree with that statement as long as you keep the illusion of capability (I.E. high torque, higher payload to offset lower towing rating). Pickup buyers make their decisions on either worst case scenario or what they think might be their needs in the future. Why else would F150's be rated for over 12k lbs towing when almost everyone that buy's these luxo trucks will never ever tow over 4k. A lot of the buying public will not even consider a unibody pickup because they are considered less capable. To change that behavior you have to find a way to counter the billion + a year marketing that the big 3 have been sending to customers for so long.Make it look like a real truck and you might have yourself a winner.