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re: Tesla has had 700,000 orders for their Cybertruck
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:09 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:09 pm to GumboPot
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My biggest concern with an electric truck has always been charging the battery. I mean if I tow my boat from Covington down to Venice or Cocodrie where the hell am I going to charge the battery while fishing?
You should be able to make that trip round trip without a recharge in the Rivian....if the 400 mile range is accurate (180 kWh.) Has an 11,000 towing capacity, too. It's a bad arse vehicle. Big fan of the company, their tech and their vehicles.
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Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:11 pm to MardiGrasCajun
Yeah, that 400 mile range is probably a best case scenario. In Louisiana heat, AC going, towing a boat...lucky to get half the range.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:13 pm to mtnhighTiger
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Better view of the Hummer EV
Whoa.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:17 pm to member12
Cyber Truck is ugly as sin. It makes the Aztek look like a Porsche 356. It's so ugly it wouldn't even make the cut as a vehicle in a video game. If I was getting an all electric truck it would be the Rivian all the way.
This post was edited on 5/28/20 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:23 pm to member12
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Kaiyun Pickman (China - 2022)
China. That thing is definitely China.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:26 pm to ItNeverRains
quote:for real 600k of those are just people doing it to say they ordered one. when that 100k bill comes they will be no where to be found.
Its a $100 deposit. Elon fan boys will send $100 just to pump the numbers.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:28 pm to Clames
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Yeah, that 400 mile range is probably a best case scenario. In Louisiana heat, AC going, towing a boat...lucky to get half the range.
The charging infrastructure would have to be 20x what it is now before I'd ever consider an electric vehicle. Also, a truck presents another challenge with charging at home if it won't fit in my garage.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:34 pm to member12
Chinese one is missing the golf ball retrieval attachment
Posted on 5/28/20 at 12:39 pm to member12
I figured COVID 19 would have finished Tesla off.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 1:05 pm to StupidBinder
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Kaiyun Pickman (China - 2022)
If it weren't built in China, I believe it would sell pretty well. It's perfect for light courier, and utility applications.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 1:19 pm to TheNolaClap
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Yea, they are going to need more money than 100 bucks to qualify as a preorder in my book. When the price is due, 90 percent will back out.
...but does that matter? Elon basically did a $70 million kickstarter with a concept vehicle. Not many people can pull that off.
700,000 x $100 = $70,000,000
Probably best for 90% to back out. Even if only 10% go through with the order, Tesla will still have to produced 70,000 Cybertrucks.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 1:24 pm to ItNeverRains
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Its a $100 deposit. Elon fan boys will send $100 just to pump the numbers.
My boss sen the $100 deposit a while back. I believe he told me it's refundable.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 1:26 pm to Clames
What about hills? Traveling for work i could easily put 250 miles on a car, but I’d also have to climb 5000 ft.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:28 pm to The Goon
Tesla has a regen function when coasting. Probably pick up more than it used going back down the hill.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:31 pm to GreatestStory
But the 100 bucks is fully refundable so he didn't. Still good marketing campaign however and yea 70,000 ugly arse trucks is still a win if 10% order.
This post was edited on 5/28/20 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:37 pm to The Goon
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What about hills?
Anything that loads the motors is going to have them pulling more current. More current means more heat and these vehicles use some of the battery power to run the cooling system for the batteries. Just like with ICE vehicles.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:38 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Why do electric vehicles have to look ugly?
Research had proven part of the appeal of buying an electric vehicle is that people want it to look odd so they get the recognition it is an electric vehicle.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:42 pm to josh336
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Does rivian have a good charging network yet? From my research tesla is still far and away superior, as are the charging times
No, that's a huge downside if your going to be traveling. However, I think there will be solutions to that in the near future. If your doing all or mostly local traveling or under 350ish miles 1 way, you're most likely fine.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:43 pm to member12
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First deliveries for two wheel drive models are in late 2021.
First deliveries for the Tesla Semi were supposed to be 2019. They recently moved the date back to 2021 and few believe they will meet that mark.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:47 pm to OSoBad
Rivian looks like something a gay florist would drive.
Cybertruck looks like something Robocop would drive.
I'm going with Robocop on this one.
Cybertruck looks like something Robocop would drive.
I'm going with Robocop on this one.
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