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Originally Posted by botsapper
The first adopters would not be the dirt-under-the-nails trades; regular plumbers, carpenters, contractors, etc. but most likely by high-end real estate brokers in their designer heels and socially-minded celebrities. Owing some halo effect for their fashionable eco-conscious and faux-hardworking image.
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What a buyer does with it is irrelevant... if the specs of the Tesla truck are intended to compete with the Ford F-series (per Musk's comment:
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Musk said the Tesla truck would be modeled on Ford's F-Series in part because of that truck's remarkable popularity.
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), then it will need to be able to tow up a grade without the thermal trips cutting the power part way up.
Now if what Musk meant was that it will
look like the F-series but not have the capability (for towing, hauling, etc), then I agree that it would be "faux-hardworking image" folks that'll buy it... though if it is known that the truck can't work hard, then maybe not...
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Basically it would have to be more targetted at the Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator.
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Maybe, but both of those still have the
ability to tow the same as their less fancy counterparts. Whether they are used to do so doesn't matter.