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A 250+ mile pickup truck with massive amounts of torque would be a compelling product.
Without a doubt. Out here in flyover country trucks are everywhere. They are "family cars." It's not "do you have a truck?" But rather "what kind of truck do you have?"
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If the big three are worried about Tesla at any level; they should be terrified of the Tesla pickup.
Elon has hinted that the Tesla truck will crush any half ton currently on the market. I believe him and can't wait. I will reserve one the first day it's possible. Seriously.
If the big three are worried about Tesla at any level; they should be terrified of the Tesla pickup.
I don't know man, they may be able to pull it off. Tesla already has experience with weight and suspension issues, I would think that has to be a problem with trucks. I know my f-150 sure fishtails when unloaded and it seems to me that tesla has a pretty good system for controlling a heavy vehicle and adjusting for weight distribution. They may be able to overcome the fishtail problems of trucks with battery weight placement. I think the big problem would be braking, I would not want a pickup towing a loaded trailer down a hill to hit a bump and lose regen..also, a side note, I want one!!!!Claiming that a Tesla truck will crush all other half tons is a big task. With a properly configured F150, you can tow up to 11,000 lbs and have a payload capacity of 2000 lbs, and still have a range over 400 miles in one fill up. I just don't see any way for an electric truck to do that. For those who only use a truck as a daily driver and don't use it like a truck, then sure it might be great. That's not crushing all other trucks, though.
Don't trains use electric motors with the power supplied by a diesel engine generator ?
I tried to switch off the air coming inside my car but I always smelled the vapours coming from the truck. It was really bad.
So I thought that the world needs as soon as possible electric trucks.
Claiming that a Tesla truck will crush all other half tons is a big task. With a properly configured F150, you can tow up to 11,000 lbs and have a payload capacity of 2000 lbs, and still have a range over 400 miles in one fill up. I just don't see any way for an electric truck to do that. For those who only use a truck as a daily driver and don't use it like a truck, then sure it might be great. That's not crushing all other trucks, though.
Yes trains use a series hybrid design, but there is no battery or power storage. Their version of regen breaking is all the energy produced goes to a big resistor at the top of the train (instead of back into a battery bank). The series hybrid approach is very compelling for pickup trucks due to the cost of the 150 kwh+ battery bank required to make a compelling truck which was discussed at length earlier in this discussion.Don't trains use electric motors with the power supplied by a diesel engine generator ? Seems to me that they are surely capable of producing enough power issue seems to be the storage of it.
There's an opportunity for Tesla to quietly delight everyone. Now that the S is well underway, the design focus presumably pivots to Model X. When the same can be said for X being underway, the design team pivots to Gen III. Once they are into the 3rd round of production (I'm not counting original roadster) with Gen III, split the design team -- or at least have some of them split their time -- between truck and roadster development. Here's the delight part - MUZZLE MUSK about the Roadster. No hints. No wry smile. NOTHING. No prototype. The first public discussion of the Roadster should be a beta reveal.“Tesla priority is electrification of cars, so priority is Model S, Model X, then mass market third gen vehicle & truck.”
I am happy with Elon's ordering of priority, but something tells me the people expecting a next gen roadster are not going to be too happy. Also thought it made more sense to get the truck out first before a 2nd small niche roadster.
For electric trains under wire, of course, the energy goes back into the wire.Yes trains use a series hybrid design, but there is no battery or power storage. Their version of regen breaking is all the energy produced goes to a big resistor at the top of the train (instead of back into a battery bank).
It has been argued that a series hybrid is the worst approach. Maximizes cost having large battery, powerful motor and powerful engine with all its dependent parts. Maximum weight. The Volt is usually a series hybrid and it is very expensive for what you get and has not been well received in the market. The Model S is outselling it despite being twice the price. The Volt doesn't do anything particularly well, but it doesn't have range anxiety.Yes trains use a series hybrid design, but there is no battery or power storage. Their version of regen breaking is all the energy produced goes to a big resistor at the top of the train (instead of back into a battery bank). The series hybrid approach is very compelling for pickup trucks due to the cost of the 150 kwh+ battery bank required to make a compelling truck which was discussed at length earlier in this discussion.
I'm just wondering how big the battery would have to be and how much the truck would weigh. Model S is over 4000 pounds with an 85kw battery, they'd need something a lot bigger than that to tow and have any kind of range. Maybe some of those battery improvements will help.