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Originally Posted by RedDevil
A pickup truck can be structurally much simpler to make.
The Model 3 floorpan f.i. consists of 70 or so parts; Tesla wants the Y to use just 4 parts for that and ultimately 1. But it requires a lot of effort to get to that.
A Pickup truck is much larger so it would be way easier to design it out of large parts and still retain crash safety. It should therefore be cheaper to build than a car, even if it takes more material.
$49,000 does not sound unreasonable.
More practical than a F150, faster than a 911... Bring it on. The unveiling will be 'later this year'.
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The problem I see is that my F150 is mostly used to pull a 6,000 lb camper (which is admittedly about the most aerodynamically horrible abomination I've ever seen) 300-400 miles at a time. Unless the entire bed is filled with battery packs that's not going to happen on an EV. Also, many people pull camper
Much further than that.