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Remind me the last time Tesla didn't over promise and under perform?
Tesla Cybertruck
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the catch 22 is more battery equals more weight.
- Jun 11, 2014
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Yes, but we should be at a technological point where the added power/life should overcome the weight...and of course there are other ways to save weight.
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Yes, that is the sane idea but rocket man went the other way and put 10,000 lbs of cold rolled stainless steel, as an exoskeleton, on the outside so that sledgehammer wielding hordes are impervious to your daily 200 mile commute.
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Well, with those Antifa douchebags roaming around these days, one cannot be too safe
- Jun 9, 2014
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I really haven't paid any attention to this stupidity. does that thing really weigh 10000 pounds?
is it meant to be more like a tractor trailer? I guess very short trip tractor trailer?
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Speaking of weight, I'll bet if you put a 4-6K load on it's hitch it wouldn't be able to tow it more than 50 or so miles before draining it's charge.....
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So much over thought without regards to functionality.....Let me drive around looking for a place to recharge and God forbid I should want to tow my 25ft. Center console offshore boat from Orlando to Port Canaveral without worrying about leaving both on the side of the road somewhere in between.
Donkey nailed it when he said they should have built a small diesel with electric torque assist/hybrid....
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That’s what Dr. Porsche’s original design was for the Tiger I tank... in WW II.
- Jun 5, 2014
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It's absolutely hideous. I agree that it's a missed opportunity.
They simply still aren't practical. Even if you are able to get as many miles on a charge as a full tank of gas (which they can't yet), the difference is in a gas truck you can fill up in less than 10 minutes at a gas station and off you go for another 500+ miles. You are looking at hours of charging to get back to full capacity on an electric vehicle once the battery is depleted.
As of now, hybrids are a much more practical solution that make sense. We are still many years away from plug-in vehicles making sense on a mass scale.
They simply still aren't practical. Even if you are able to get as many miles on a charge as a full tank of gas (which they can't yet), the difference is in a gas truck you can fill up in less than 10 minutes at a gas station and off you go for another 500+ miles. You are looking at hours of charging to get back to full capacity on an electric vehicle once the battery is depleted.
As of now, hybrids are a much more practical solution that make sense. We are still many years away from plug-in vehicles making sense on a mass scale.
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I passed 4 Tesla’s on I-10 yesterday in my Raptor... and I drove right on past the Busy Bee with 170 “miles to empty”
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Load that ecoboost with a 10K trailer and that 22 mpg goes to about 7. Couple of friends have them. But yes they do run well.
My 8.1 gets 9-12 empty or full.
TFL truck did the "Ike Challenge" with the Tesla SUV (not pickup)... It's on youtube.
My 8.1 gets 9-12 empty or full.
TFL truck did the "Ike Challenge" with the Tesla SUV (not pickup)... It's on youtube.
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Don't know if weight matters if performance is there. I read it's 1000lbs heavier than a F-150.
I'm no EV fan. But I've driven a friend's Model 3. Having no transmission, it is weird to not feel any shifting. Which is a good thing. Acceleration is... ludicrous. And charging is less of an issue than you'd think. It's not hours to charge - 20 minutes for a full charge. After 4-5 hours of cross country driving, a 20 minute pit stop isn't that inconvenient.
I'm no EV fan. But I've driven a friend's Model 3. Having no transmission, it is weird to not feel any shifting. Which is a good thing. Acceleration is... ludicrous. And charging is less of an issue than you'd think. It's not hours to charge - 20 minutes for a full charge. After 4-5 hours of cross country driving, a 20 minute pit stop isn't that inconvenient.
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Tesla's are equipped with charging stations identified in the mapping system. There's no searching for a charging station
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That assumes you hit the right charging stations though. They aren't all that fast
