Quoting Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]>:
"Tesla may find a market for it; but it probably won't be the sort of
people that buy normal pickup trucks."
Calling it an "Armored Personal Vehicle", *us old folks* at some point
might like to step up into it if we are no longer nimble enough and
have to trade in our Model 3. We put down a $1000 deposit on our Model
3 and so far are not sorry. Yes, to the cost, but we are in the a
position similar to many folks who buy expensive pickup trucks, we
write it off on our business.
The 500 mile range battery could serve other purposes like V2G(vehicle
to grid), or an emergency power source. I await the details that are
sure to come.
While I do not care to gamble, depending on your situation, putting
down a refundable $100 looks like good odds in this fast changing
world.
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
I suspect that the typical truck buyer probably WILL want
something that looks more like the traditional pickup, which as you
say, hasn't really changed much in 70+ years.
That's my guess as well. It looks more like a sports car styled to
look like a pickup, rather than a real truck. It reminds me of the
old Chevy El Camino or Ford El Ranchero (cars with a small pickup
bed in the back).
Tesla may find a market for it; but it probably won't be the sort of
people that buy normal pickup trucks.
In a way, it might be a missed opportunity. The automaker pickups
have also strayed away from the traditional "work truck" pickup, in
favor of luxury 4-passenger car-like vehicles that happen to have a
small bed in back. Most of them can't carry a 4x8 sheet of plywood,
either.
Lee
--
ICEs have the same problem as lightbulbs. Why innovate and make
better ones when the current ones burn out often enough to keep
you in business? -- Hunter Cressall
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com[1]
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