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Tesla Cybertruck

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ponyo said:
There are millions of vanilla ICE trucks for you to choose from and I’m sure Ford and GM will both soon come out with vanilla electric truck for you to buy. Tesla Cybertruck is for us who do not want vanilla truck. There’s only one Cybertruck, and I’m glad Tesla didn’t design the truck for you. Tesla didn’t get to where it is today by being boring and not taking risks.
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They took what appears to be an outstanding platform and made it into a madmax tonka truck. That is indeed a risk.
I expect it will sell well if it's big enough. Huge is the primary driving force behind pickups these days, and the primary design criteria.
 
Greenman said:
I was looking forward to an electric pickup, couldn't be more disappointed. This thing is an SUV with a small bed, and it's butt ugly.
Why not just build a proper truck that has some utility? I don't work in some post apocalyptic wasteland, I need a truck for the burbs.
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Rivian, Ford, and GM are already. I think competing with a less comparable product isn't a bad choice. I can easily see a million of these things in big box parking lots instead of more SUV or Trucks which are never used to haul anything more than a few bags of groceries. Suburbia is full of mid and high end full size trucks with toppers that are never removed and trailer hitches that are never used.
 
Greenman said:
I was looking forward to an electric pickup, couldn't be more disappointed. This thing is an SUV with a small bed, and it's butt ugly.
Why not just build a proper truck that has some utility? I don't work in some post apocalyptic wasteland, I need a truck for the burbs.
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Why do they need to build a truck with "utility"? I agree that it's a butt-ugly design, but you should consider what most people are buying pickups for: https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume

Truck owners might protest that they are slightly less likely than owners of other categories to use their vehicle as primary transport (83% vs. 95%), limiting the miles and gallons. And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
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Greenman said:
They took what appears to be an outstanding platform and made it into a madmax tonka truck. That is indeed a risk.
I expect it will sell well if it's big enough. Huge is the primary driving force behind pickups these days, and the primary design criteria.
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"Mad Max Tonka truck" is probably a good indication of why this will sell (not necessarily in wild numbers, but enough to make Tesla happy). That and I love the mental image of a Cybertruck siting in stop-and-go highway traffic or pulling up to the Starbucks drive-thru... it hardly has to do a thing to be audacious and ridiculous.
 
Brainonska511 said:
Why do they need to build a truck with "utility"? I agree that it's a butt-ugly design, but you should consider what most people are buying pickups for: https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
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Pickups have become SUV's with a small bed. They come from the factory with mushey suspension and car tires, and have little more utility than a station wagon. I see guy's at the lumber yard every week trying to load material on the stupid things and failing miserably.
The last time I went shopping for a new truck there wasn't one with an 8' bed in the state.
 
Commodus said:
"Mad Max Tonka truck" is probably a good indication of why this will sell (not necessarily in wild numbers, but enough to make Tesla happy). That and I love the mental image of a Cybertruck siting in stop-and-go highway traffic or pulling up to the Starbucks drive-thru... it hardly has to do a thing to be audacious and ridiculous.
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As long as it's huge, it will sell.
 
Greenman said:
As long as it's huge, it will sell.
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It will also probably be one of the safest vehicles ever while being large. With how well the 3 holds up, this could bring the same thing to a pickup which is something that the traditional ones aren't great at.
 
KentState said:
It will also probably be one of the safest vehicles ever while being large. With how well the 3 holds up, this could bring the same thing to a pickup which is something that the traditional ones aren't great at.
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Safe for the occupants; not so sure how safe it will be for the objects or people this thing collides with.
 
KentState said:
It will also probably be one of the safest vehicles ever while being large. With how well the 3 holds up, this could bring the same thing to a pickup which is something that the traditional ones aren't great at.
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If it does a sub 3 second 0-60, weighs a shit ton, and is made from solid 3mm steel I'd like to see the crash test results before I offer an opinion on safety!
 
Brainonska511 said:
Safe for the occupants; not so sure how safe it will be for the objects or people this thing collides with.
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Just stick one of these on the back and ain't no one driving near your Cybertruck

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187k orders now and counting. By Monday morning, it should be over 200k orders. Not bad one weekend order for an ugly truck no one wanted or wouldn’t be caught dead in. 🙂

and Tesla is going to make their own stainless steel. This is why Tesla is awesome. If they need it, they make it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1198704127439560705
 
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Ichinisan said:
Maybe not even safe for the occupants. With the structural body, does it have crumple zones?
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Who knows? I wasn't really thinking about it in terms of that aspect, just the rise of monstrous cars that continue to be a danger to anyone not inside of them (in particular, pedestrians in cities).
 
My take-my retirement vehicle with the camper body. Will head out to drive the Alaska Highway. This plan is precedated upon a powerball winning.

Even the base model (250 mile range, 39k) is pretty amazing. I drive a lot, and that would fill my needs.

The design? To date IMO all Tesla designs have ranged from beautiful to good. This looks like an unfinished prototype. I've owned many butt ugly cars (including a Pacer and three Prius') but this makes even me gag a bit. Well Musk has multiple years to fix that.
 
ponyo said:
But that’s 146k legitimate sales lead. And good leads at that since people were willing to put in their information to say they wanted to buy it. That’s 146k people who like/love the truck design/function.

I suspect after the initial shock wears down and people get used to the unorthodox design, more people will order the truck. I’m so glad Elon and Tesla went with this crazy design for the truck instead of something boring and the same. This is how you disrupt the pickup truck industry. Same boring design would’ve failed. I want this truck because it’s not like my Tundra and my LX470. People have 2 years to get used to this design and they will. Tesla truck is going to be homerun.
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tbh, the design has grown on me. It's still mega-ugly, but in a charming, beastly way. Cognitive dissonance has dissipated & rationalization has set in.

Can't wait to get one with the camper kit...A/C camping, plug in at R/V parks, electric griddle, Instant Pot 120V hookup, whoohoo!
 
ponyo said:
187k orders now and counting. By Monday morning, it should be over 200k orders. Not bad one weekend order for an ugly truck no one wanted or wouldn’t be caught dead in. 🙂

and Tesla is going to make their own stainless steel. This is why Tesla is awesome. If they need it, they make it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1198704127439560705
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I'd definitely agree that at minimum 30% of those $100, refundable pre-orders, and upwards of 60% are just garbage orders so that people can brag, lol. "Look babe, I'm getting me a Tesla, and it will roll over them motorscooters"

...that being said: yeah, the free advertising that this thing has already generated is absolutely legit. I remain doubtful that the final truck will look like what was revealed (I'm guessing way more rounded)...$100 refundable doesn't inspire much confidence in terms of Tesla knowing what the final design will be, and what the performance or supply will be. But the pricing range seems like a decent bet, and that alone is a big win.

$100 pre-order seems like a cheap, stealth way to generate all this free advertising that you are talking about--it's like cooking the numbers by letting the internet do the actual dirty work.
 
WelshBloke said:
Ok. Just had the chance to watch the actual reveal video.
Is he always this terrible in front of a crowd? He's a truly awful public speaker.
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I interviewed with him back in 2009 at SpaceX. His communication was pretty poor 1 on 1 too. I think he is probably naturally a pretty big introvert that does a good job faking it.
 
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