Tesla Cybertruck - Page 12

Nick M3 · 11-28-2019, 03:14 PM

I don’t get why Tesla is suddenly responsible for building out the charging network for everybody else?

rumatt · 11-28-2019, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by John V

Seems like this would be a reasonable way to increase profits / add revenue at Tesla also. I'm kind of surprised they haven't done it. Maybe because, kind of like Apple, they want to maintain the exclusivity of their "stuff" and don't want to see it distributed among a bunch of plebes?

Sometimes when I need a supercharger they are close to full. In CA I hear stories people sometimes have to wait in line

Opening superchargers to everyone right now and making Tesla owners wait in line would be pretty dumb if you ask me. If they can get to the point that they can have excess and sell it for profit, great. But is this really where they should be spending their money right now? Building charging capacity for other manufacturers?

JST · 11-28-2019, 03:35 PM

Yeah, I really don’t get the position that Tesla is doing something wrong, when every other automaker is doing basically jack shit to build charging capacity.

I’d have some sympathy for the argument if there was an indication that other companies had approached Tesla, offered to invest money in the network, and Tesla said no. But as far as I know that hasn’t happened.

Why aren’t we yelling at all of the other companies that aren’t negotiating deals with Tesla to have their cars use the network?

rumatt · 11-28-2019, 04:58 PM

It doesn't look any better out on the road.

But at the same time there's something "fuck traditional designs, let's drive over everything" intriguing about it.

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybe...ighting-video/

rumatt · 11-28-2019, 07:29 PM

https://cybertruckdecal.com/collecti...lat-ball-decal

rumatt · 11-29-2019, 12:53 PM

Survey of a bunch of 200 Tesla truck fanbois. Still remotely interesting.

They managed to appeal to the market of non-truck owning, non-ev owning people who like to go camping.

rumatt · 11-29-2019, 09:31 PM

rumatt · 11-30-2019, 07:52 AM

equ · 11-30-2019, 01:03 PM

This was on Jalopnik within a day... Especially the lower picture with the integrated ramp... Pretty cool if someone made it - but at a reasonable compact size and without the Prepper/Bulletproof/Hummer-ish nonsense..

I still don't see the truck succeeding. I know one guy who has a deposit - he was laughing about it. He needs nothing f150 sized cannot fit it anywhere. I think Tesla should have started with compact sized one. Their audience is much more urban than rural.

3LOU5 · 11-30-2019, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rumatt

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I never did like sharp, squared-off body lines on cars, so this current Cybertruck doesn't do it for me.

IMO, these design elements look good on cars like the Countach or Esprit, and even then that's kind of stretching it.

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11-28-2019, 03:35 PM	#113
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,611	Yeah, I really don’t get the position that Tesla is doing something wrong, when every other automaker is doing basically jack shit to build charging capacity. I’d have some sympathy for the argument if there was an indication that other companies had approached Tesla, offered to invest money in the network, and Tesla said no. But as far as I know that hasn’t happened. Why aren’t we yelling at all of the other companies that aren’t negotiating deals with Tesla to have their cars use the network?

11-28-2019, 04:58 PM	#114
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	It doesn't look any better out on the road. But at the same time there's something "fuck traditional designs, let's drive over everything" intriguing about it. https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybe...ighting-video/

11-28-2019, 07:29 PM	#115
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	https://cybertruckdecal.com/collecti...lat-ball-decal

11-29-2019, 12:53 PM	#116
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	Survey of a bunch of 200 Tesla truck fanbois. Still remotely interesting. They managed to appeal to the market of non-truck owning, non-ev owning people who like to go camping.

11-29-2019, 09:31 PM	#117
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	.

11-30-2019, 07:52 AM	#118
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	.

11-30-2019, 01:03 PM	#119
equ Alphanumeric Join Date: Aug 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: 981S, 340i Posts: 9,584	This was on Jalopnik within a day... Especially the lower picture with the integrated ramp... Pretty cool if someone made it - but at a reasonable compact size and without the Prepper/Bulletproof/Hummer-ish nonsense.. I still don't see the truck succeeding. I know one guy who has a deposit - he was laughing about it. He needs nothing f150 sized cannot fit it anywhere. I think Tesla should have started with compact sized one. Their audience is much more urban than rural.