I think you'll see more pull through charging spots like at Kettleman City and few others like it I've seen photos of where Xs pulling trailers are charging. When Model 3 here stateside gets their towing hook and more on the road, sure the charging stations will be updated where possible.
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This truck design had better be a joke....
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I think you'll see more pull through charging spots like at Kettleman City and few others like it I've seen photos of where Xs pulling trailers are charging. When Model 3 here stateside gets their towing hook and more on the road, sure the charging stations will be updated where possible.
brucet999
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In the event of a power outage, you might have to drive 50 to 80 miles to charge, but in such an emergency I guess that would work. But you would have to reserve enough SOC to go back for another charge since you couldn't know how long the outage would last.
One of the videos in the thread on Videos of the Test Drive that was started, had someone in the back seat commenting he had no problem with head room there. Might want to check out the thread.
Videos of Test Ride in Cybertruck
brucet999
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I don't think that's possible for me because I could never see myself in one.
Dan203
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I honestly thought Elon was just messing with people to throw them off. I even thought the couple of "photos" they released were just like super close ups of one of the headlights or running boards, just to mess with people. Never thought they'd actually release something as hideous as this.
brucet999
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You may have a point there. Maybe Tesla figured that they may as well concede the working pickup market to Ford, who already dominate there, and go after the family market instead.
I appreciate the wild imagination and attempt to be cutting edge, but it's the proportions and detailing that seems crude. The roofline sloping down creating a pointy top seems to be the worst aspect - think Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk from the 90s.
I think they could have taken the same edgy design language and honed the details to add a little visual aggressiveness. My quick, crude photoshopped fixes attached (After and Before images):
I think they could have taken the same edgy design language and honed the details to add a little visual aggressiveness. My quick, crude photoshopped fixes attached (After and Before images):
mechapreneur
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Form is going to take some getting used to, but this looks totally like some of the futuristic crazy vehicles we see in sci-fi movies.
Function is checking all the boxes for me. I love the dent resistant panels. No paint to chip, no rock chip damage to worry about. Nothing to rust. Damn. If they had an 8' bed I would be all over this.
Function is checking all the boxes for me. I love the dent resistant panels. No paint to chip, no rock chip damage to worry about. Nothing to rust. Damn. If they had an 8' bed I would be all over this.
You know Rivan's pickup truck doesn't impress me as being geared towards segments of the contruction, etc business world, more like family/leisure usage. In fact I'd say for those in the working group looking for an EV pickup and more in fitting with the vehicles space, the Cybertruck in body and window glass etc would be a better fit and offer what sounds like it better protection for their tools. I see reports of tool theft from construction vehicles all the time in our police blotter and those are Fords and Chevys.
Someone on TMC posted a photo of the rear bed that has a recessed floor storage area.
Your roof design won't allow the bed's cover to slide up into the roof. Very cool feature they added IMO. The sliding cover there allows a lot of possibilities for storage and content protection without having to add some hardtop cover for the back. Supposedly this was in the design works for 7 years and I'm sure it's been well thought out.
In the second part of your design, what's on the bumper area? The current headlight config on the Test drive vehicles seemed to do just fine for lighting. Fog lights on the bottom. Everything you add has a physical cost to it to the company/bottom line as well and to get to the price point they are aiming for, anything not needed for function is superfluous.
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brucet999
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You are so right about Rivian. It is simply and only a luxury "adventure vehicle" with a very short bed and a price that few tradesmen could afford.
Ford's electric pickup will undoubtedly be of fairly conventional body and bed design dropped onto a Rivian skateboard and is likely to be as well thought out as the Mach-E, but with tradesmen and fleets as its target market.
RE: Cybertruck
Dear Elon,
Thank you
Regards,
Ford & GM
Dear Elon,
Thank you
Regards,
Ford & GM
brucet999
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Maybe, but useless for tradesmen. You don't want to have to remove the plywood, doors, lumber,etc. from the bed in order to get at your tools. Conventional pickups with lockable tool bins attached across the sides leave the floor of the bed open for lumber.
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