It's breathing pretty hard now...2021: Cybertruck is coming
2022: Cybertruck is coming
2023: Cybertruck is coming
2024: Cybertruck is co...
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It's breathing pretty hard now...2021: Cybertruck is coming
2022: Cybertruck is coming
2023: Cybertruck is coming
2024: Cybertruck is co...
Pick-up trucks in North America have always been used predominantly as work vehicles, whether by tradesmen, landscapers, for snow removal, for towing small recreational vehicles or campers, etc. the list is endless.
A Cybertruck also makes a pretty good commuter vehicle.As endless as this imagined list might be, the fact is those user groups listed aren't the majority of actual use cases. They are merely what is portrayed in the advertisements.
Rather, This demographic study supports a theory that most pickup owners do NOT use their trucks for daily work.
Here's an excerpt from that study:
"Pickup Truck Owners by UseTruck companies love to brag about their model's towing capacity in their ads, but the fact is most pickup owners don't actually put those hitches to work to tow much of anything. You're actually a little more likely to see them used for off-roading, and more than twice as likely to see them hauling cargo in the bed.
- Only 25% of pickup owners utilize their truck's towing capabilities more than once per year, according to data Strategic Vision President Alexander Edwards supplied to The Drive. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- Over 30% take their pickups off-roading more than once a year. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- 65% haul cargo with their pickups at least once a year. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- On average, pickup drivers spend more time commuting than drivers of any other vehicle class, according to a 2017 National Household Travel Survey. (Federal Highway Administration)
- The most popular reason to buy a truck for Gen Z/millennial pickup truck buyers (18-39 years old) during the pandemic was for travel/road trips (40%), while the most popular reason for buyers who were older than 39 was for leisure, hobbies, or projects (38%). (CarGurus)"
I don't expect Cybertruck to change these rather mundane use cases in any significant way.
A Cybertruck also makes a pretty good commuter vehicle.
A recreational activity that only happens on average once per year may still be an important factor in a buying decision. Towing the boat on the holiday isn't considered optional.
The real issue is of CT matches the performance of a ICE vehicle well enough to satisfy prospective customers.
they also __do not_ have missing Failure to Deliver data from Oct 30, 2018 to January 20, 2019.For amusement, I share this real post made by the SEC a few hours ago. The replies are entertaining.
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As endless as this imagined list might be, the fact is those user groups listed aren't the majority of actual use cases. They are merely what is portrayed in the advertisements.
Rather, This demographic study supports a theory that most pickup owners do NOT use their trucks for daily work.
Here's an excerpt from that study:
"Pickup Truck Owners by UseTruck companies love to brag about their model's towing capacity in their ads, but the fact is most pickup owners don't actually put those hitches to work to tow much of anything. You're actually a little more likely to see them used for off-roading, and more than twice as likely to see them hauling cargo in the bed.
- Only 25% of pickup owners utilize their truck's towing capabilities more than once per year, according to data Strategic Vision President Alexander Edwards supplied to The Drive. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- Over 30% take their pickups off-roading more than once a year. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- 65% haul cargo with their pickups at least once a year. (The Drive's analysis of Strategic Vision's New Vehicle Experience Study)
- On average, pickup drivers spend more time commuting than drivers of any other vehicle class, according to a 2017 National Household Travel Survey. (Federal Highway Administration)
- The most popular reason to buy a truck for Gen Z/millennial pickup truck buyers (18-39 years old) during the pandemic was for travel/road trips (40%), while the most popular reason for buyers who were older than 39 was for leisure, hobbies, or projects (38%). (CarGurus)"
I don't expect Cybertruck to change these rather mundane use cases in any significant way.
"Feeding the Bares."TSLA ended the year in 2022 at $123.18 so if people have tax-losses to harvest in 2023, they are trading Options way too much (and losing their shirts while feeding the bares).
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Then there are the 'rules' including the Rule 180:Last 6 months
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2021: Cybertruck is coming
2022: Cybertruck is coming
2023: Cybertruck is coming
2024: Cybertruck is co...
I agree this is super inefficient, but these people are willing to shell out 50K+ for the vehicle, then 150+ for the full multiple times per month for the pleasure of riding in a big vehicle, just image if Tesla and others do get it right, at the right price point. These are going to go to the dust bin super fast. I love the look of the Rivian, but just like the Model S was in 2012, it's expensive and for a niche right now. If CT can come in around 55-60K regardless of the looks it will sell amazingly well.The reason we regard with disdain pickup drivers who drive with no cargo or payload 99% of the time is... the needless excess, particularly pollution. A pickup that is getting 20MPG on fossil fuels is consuming 1671Wh/mile and putting out emissions of (say) 450g/mile.
A person riding around in a Cybertruck with no payload or cargo 99% of the time is still only consuming potentially ~400Wh/mile... with CO2 emissions as low as zero, depending on where the electricity came from.
RentA recreational activity that only happens on average once per year may still be an important factor in a buying decision. Towing the boat on the holiday isn't considered optional.