The Tesla truck is the most interesting product announcement I have seen in many years.
The specs far outcompete any existing pickup truck. There is onboard 110V and 220V AC output. Onboard compressor. The tailgate lets you roll your gear on. It is much cheaper than a comparable F150; only 10% more expensive than the cheapest F150, and then the tax credits and savings (see next para) kick in. It can carry 1.5 tonnes, tow a lot more. The F150 maxes out at 1.05T, don't even ask me how much it costs and how much fuel it guzzles at that capacity.
EVs are currently doing 300,000 miles when ICE vehicles die out at 150,000 miles. Understand what this means - humanity will need half the vehicles it currently produces in order to meet its transportation needs, once we migrate from ICE to EV. Moreover, the key component in an EV - the battery - just lives on as a solar/inverter battery even after its vehicle is dead.
Maintenance savings over 300,000 miles are adding up to $4,000. Fuel savings, $20,000 at current prices. Body is dent and rust proof, windows are nick and scratch proof.
Idiots are tittering over a half smashed window, when they've never built or demoed a product before and don't realise how ridiculously heavy and hard a steel ball is. The auto industry just had the ground cut from under their feet. If every auto major isn't wholesale throwing away their entire ICE roadmap, they're just driving fast into their sunset.
And now it comes with solar charging.
This is a world where people who have never driven a truck, never hauled even half a ton of gear, camped in the wilderness, lived off the grid for more than a day, or used just their hands and their brains to fix something, have opinions about how a truck looks. The only good looking truck is a truck loaded with gear, covered in mud and driving off road. Anything else is a toy for yuppies.
Not a fan of Elon because I detest his attitude, but I know vision, mission and execution when I see it. And I can tell when someone launches a product I could put to good use.
The specs far outcompete any existing pickup truck. There is onboard 110V and 220V AC output. Onboard compressor. The tailgate lets you roll your gear on. It is much cheaper than a comparable F150; only 10% more expensive than the cheapest F150, and then the tax credits and savings (see next para) kick in. It can carry 1.5 tonnes, tow a lot more. The F150 maxes out at 1.05T, don't even ask me how much it costs and how much fuel it guzzles at that capacity.
EVs are currently doing 300,000 miles when ICE vehicles die out at 150,000 miles. Understand what this means - humanity will need half the vehicles it currently produces in order to meet its transportation needs, once we migrate from ICE to EV. Moreover, the key component in an EV - the battery - just lives on as a solar/inverter battery even after its vehicle is dead.
Maintenance savings over 300,000 miles are adding up to $4,000. Fuel savings, $20,000 at current prices. Body is dent and rust proof, windows are nick and scratch proof.
Idiots are tittering over a half smashed window, when they've never built or demoed a product before and don't realise how ridiculously heavy and hard a steel ball is. The auto industry just had the ground cut from under their feet. If every auto major isn't wholesale throwing away their entire ICE roadmap, they're just driving fast into their sunset.
And now it comes with solar charging.
This is a world where people who have never driven a truck, never hauled even half a ton of gear, camped in the wilderness, lived off the grid for more than a day, or used just their hands and their brains to fix something, have opinions about how a truck looks. The only good looking truck is a truck loaded with gear, covered in mud and driving off road. Anything else is a toy for yuppies.
Not a fan of Elon because I detest his attitude, but I know vision, mission and execution when I see it. And I can tell when someone launches a product I could put to good use.