Tesla Cybertruck

[gorobei]

Hey Frank. You're taking the CT today.

GODAMMIT!

i beg to differ

 

[Kaido]

 

[Red Squirrel]

Whoever installed that guy wire needs a raise. That's a lot of weight on it and that pole doesn't even look like it budged lol.

 

[Kaido]

 

[iRONic]

I hope this isn’t a repost…

Vegas PD has fleet of up fitted wankpanzers:

How Las Vegas police ended up with a fleet of free Tesla Cybertrucks

Mysterious donors gave a fleet of 10 of the vehicles – which have had a number of recalls – to the police earlier this year

www.theguardian.com

 

[sdifox]

Someone is planning to kill some popos

 

[gorobei]

i would be very curious about the viability of a police conversion.

most cruisers burn thru tons of gasoline running the engine at high idle to power all the electrical draw(lights,radio,dataterminal). add in the the extra weight of gear and equipment and the effective battery time vs charging time will be questionable.

changeover between shifts needs to be fast so losing an hour to fast charging would require you to have 2x or 3x number of cars vs number of officers in a shift since they cant just hand over the same cruiser to the next shift.

10 wanktanks is at best a test trial.

 

[Brainonska511]

i would be very curious about the viability of a police conversion.

most cruisers burn thru tons of gasoline running the engine at high idle to power all the electrical draw(lights,radio,dataterminal). add in the the extra weight of gear and equipment and the effective battery time vs charging time will be questionable.

changeover between shifts needs to be fast so losing an hour to fast charging would require you to have 2x or 3x number of cars vs number of officers in a shift since they cant just hand over the same cruiser to the next shift.

10 wanktanks is at best a test trial.

Just install chargers at locations they like to pull over and crush candies for an hour or two.

 

[lxskllr]

They're gonna start giving them away with ten Raisin Bran boxtops. Can't get people to spend money on them anymore.

 

[Kaido]

I like the green. #PS1gfx lol

 

[misuspita]

I like the rust

 

[BudAshes]

Haven't quite made it in life to "get my dumpster wrapped" level money.

 

[lxskllr]

The term "polishing a turd" has never been more relevant. Do the wraps make the ct look better? Yes, but it still looks like shit. *Paying more money on top of the steep entry price to make it slightly less offensive to look at.

*Never mind the uncountable functional problems it has.

 

[Kaido]

Haven't quite made it in life to "get my dumpster wrapped" level money.

 

[Kaido]

 

[BudAshes]

Yeah no.

As someone that actually uses their vehicles for what they are made for i am actually intrigued by the Scout vehicles. Plus they actually look good unlike these monstrosities.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Why is it so hard for a company to just make a NORMAL pickup that's electric. Nobody who wants a truck cares about all this fancy tech they just want a basic work truck that's actually affordable. The F150 Lightning was the closest thing, except the small bed and price tag was not very attractive. Make something equivalent to the old square bodies, but electric. Would sell like hotcakes.

As a side note they might have some litigation issues calling their company Edison. Edison Motors is already a thing.

Edison Motors | Diesel-Electric Trucks Redefined

Edison Motors - Electric Hybrid Trucks. Power without compromise. Built for loggers, heavy haulers, and the toughest jobs on earth.

www.edisonmotors.ca

Although they focus more on semi trucks. They have hinted at conversion kits for heavy duty pickup trucks though, and might expand to regular trucks too. I'd love if they actually built their own pickup as if a company is going to make a proper pickup it would be them. They believe in right to repair too so they make sure to build their stuff to be serviceable and actually usable.

Right now they are doing standard diesel though, they have the tech for diesel-electric hybrid but government won't approve it for road use so they're pivoting to regular diesel for now while they try to get approval for their hybrid tech. The way they are doing hybrid is how it should have been done from the get go honestly.

 

[Kaido]

Yeah no.

As someone that actually uses their vehicles for what they are made for i am actually intrigued by the Scout vehicles. Plus they actually look good unlike these monstrosities.

The Scout SUV with range-extender is high on my wishlist:

 

[Kaido]

Why is it so hard for a company to just make a NORMAL pickup that's electric. Nobody who wants a truck cares about all this fancy tech they just want a basic work truck that's actually affordable. The F150 Lightning was the closest thing, except the small bed and price tag was not very attractive. Make something equivalent to the old square bodies, but electric. Would sell like hotcakes.

As a side note they might have some litigation issues calling their company Edison. Edison Motors is already a thing.

Edison Motors | Diesel-Electric Trucks Redefined

Edison Motors - Electric Hybrid Trucks. Power without compromise. Built for loggers, heavy haulers, and the toughest jobs on earth.

www.edisonmotors.ca

Although they focus more on semi trucks. They have hinted at conversion kits for heavy duty pickup trucks though, and might expand to regular trucks too. I'd love if they actually built their own pickup as if a company is going to make a proper pickup it would be them. They believe in right to repair too so they make sure to build their stuff to be serviceable and actually usable.

Right now they are doing standard diesel though, they have the tech for diesel-electric hybrid but government won't approve it for road use so they're pivoting to regular diesel for now while they try to get approval for their hybrid tech. The way they are doing hybrid is how it should have been done from the get go honestly.

I think everyone is waiting to see how the Slate will do!

 

[Fenixgoon]

Why is it so hard for a company to just make a NORMAL pickup that's electric.

Because its incredibly capital intensive, the total adressable market is small, and the chicken tax (at least fornthe US) exists.

The single best selling model in the US for nearly the last 50 years has been the F150. Thay should say everything.

 

[Brainonska511]

Because its incredibly capital intensive, the total adressable market is small, and the chicken tax (at least fornthe US) exists.

The single best selling model in the US for nearly the last 50 years has been the F150. Thay should say everything.

Also, I would bet people are buying pickups as status symbols more than for genuine work reasons.

 

[Kaido]

Ford F-150 Lightning outsold Tesla Cybertruck and was then canceled for not selling enough



Wonder what the play is here...they are selling less than 1,500 units a month:

 

[mikeymikec]

I like the green. #PS1gfx lol

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That blocky pattern on the tyres really doesn't help the "it's totally a real car!" argument 😛

 

[K1052]

Wonder what the play is here

Lie to make the stock go up, as per usual.

 

[Kaido]

Lie to make the stock go up, as per usual.

This is what I was talking about in the P&N thread: separating out personality & politics from business, Elon's core skill is as a Hype Marketer. He is also very skilled at investing in long-term money-making business systems, and because everyone playing the game wins (board, shareholders, etc.), the hype machine continues to roll, similar to Bitcoin, and the business has a short memory for personal & political fumbles when money is involved (note that this isn't a for-or-against statement; just an observational judgement). They key cash cows for never-ending revenue really being:

1. Satellite Internet (Starlink Internet for home, Roam, boats, etc. & T-Mobile cell phones)
2. Charging network for cars (pretty much everyone uses NACS at this point)
3. AI for government (getting integrated everywhere)

The hype-forward cycle:

1. Electric cars (RIP S & X)
2. Full self-driving (TBD...)
3. Roadster (TBA..._
4. Cybertruck (incredible technically, but a design & politics flop)
5. Robo-taxis (ish) ~2026
6. AI (...issues) ~2026
7. Robotics (neat Youtube demos??) ~2026

What I'm curious about:

1. Will people really adopt Grok over ChatGPT? The government is already doing so
2. Can Tesla really compete with China on robotics? I just got into business robotics last year (which is SO COOL!!) & China is 🔥🔥🔥
3. imo FSD needs LIDAR. But they do have 500 Robotaxis out...
4. What are they going to do with the CT? Middle Eastern sales? Government & Elon company business vehicles? I love the CT, but to me, the current version is marred to the point where it's not worth owning one (cost too high, fell short on features, public & political branding, etc.)