If that's really an F-150 truck body around some Tesla internals, why does it have a tailpipe?
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:25 PM brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-pickup-truck-test-mule-sighting/ > Tesla pickup truck potential test mule spotted on carrier near testing > facility > March 7, 2019 Simon Alvarez > > [image / streff/Reddit) > > https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tesla-pickup-truck-test-mule-camouflage-1.jpg > ] > > An eagle-eyed member of the Tesla community might have just snapped the > first picture of a Tesla pickup truck test mule. The sighting transpired on > Wednesday in Ohio, and it involved a truck car carrier full of Tesla > electric cars, plus one heavily wrapped pickup truck with a Ford F-150 > body. > > Tesla has used the body of other vehicles for its test mules in the past. > Before the company unveiled the Tesla Semi, a test mule of the electric > long-hauler was spotted with what appeared to be a Cascadia truck body. A > video of the vehicle even showcased the now-recognizable acceleration of > the > all-electric truck. Thus, it will not be too surprising if Tesla is > adopting > the same strategy with its pickup truck test mule, using a Ford F-150 body > for the vehicle. > > Also interesting is that the sighting of the camouflaged pickup truck > happened in Eastern Ohio. The area is close to the Transportation Research > Center Inc. (TRC), where Tesla is known to conduct vehicle testing. Back in > 2017, sightings of almost a hundred Model 3 were reported at TRC’s > facilities as the vehicles were undergoing tests. Could the mysterious > pickup truck and its fellow Teslas be headed towards (or perhaps leaving) > the testing facility? Such a scenario is not implausible. > > Together with the mysterious pickup were several Teslas that were covered > in > road dust, grime, and salt. A Model 3 at the rear of the car carrier even > had a long rectangular license plate, suggesting that it was a vehicle > designated for Europe (credit to r/TeslaMotors subreddit member u/streff > for > the photo of the vehicle). > > Elon Musk has stated that the Tesla Pickup Truck will be unveiled sometime > later this year. The Tesla CEO has also mentioned that the vehicle will be > very futuristic to the point where it will not look out of place on the set > of the Blade Runner franchise. Musk has also teased some of the vehicle’s > features, including a range of 400-500 miles per charge, dual motor AWD, > and > a 240-volt connection for heavy-duty tools, and up to 300,000 pounds of > towing capacity. > [© teslarati.com] > > > > http://www.autospies.com/news/Tesla-Pickup-Test-Mule-Caught-In-The-Wild-98653/ > Tesla Pickup Test Mule Caught In The Wild! > The sighting transpired on Wednesday in Ohio, and it involved a truck car > carrier full of Tesla electric cars, plus one heavily wrapped pickup truck > with a Ford F-150 body. Tesla has used the body of ... > > http://www.autospies.com/images/users/Agent009/main/tesla-pickup-truck-test-mule-camouflage-1.jpg > > > + > > https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/9213004-do-i-deserve-my-new-tesla-electric-car-/ > Do I deserve my new Tesla electric car? > 2019-03-08 So, the question still remains: Do I deserve an electric car? > My mind plays tricks on me about this question. Three years ago, I > “downsized my life” and moved to ... > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190311/e641805a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
