Blade Runner Redux - Tesla Cybertruck!

[RedDevil]

The net weight of the Cybertruck will be around the same as a comparable F150, but it has so much more load capacity that its gross vehicle weight (including max load) puts it in another category.

We don't have many trucks over here because of cost and taxing (less of the preferential tax treatment that they get in the US) so most are bought by those who really need them, like gardeners and builders. They typically buy the cheapest-to-operate truck that has the required load capacity.
I expect a lot of Cybertrucks will find their way to here.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Hersbird. It was Hersbird.

Do you have the $100K up front, or would it be on lease?

I put this in the other thread:

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[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Hersbird

The payloads of the 2500 Ram, F250, and Chevy 2500 are so much higher it doesn't matter if they are stripper models. Even the fully loaded 4wd diesels are going to beat 3500 pounds, if not you still can pay $500 more and get a 3500 version that will have even more cushion.
I'll bet you the 3500 pound Tesla is the 2wd version, I bet the 500 mile 3 motor has the same GVWR as the base and under a 3000 pound payload.
Face it, worst in class payload and towing on the Tesla no matter how you spin it.

The Ram's 2183 Watts-hr/mile, 474.3 miles range,on a 1.0354 MegaWatt-hr battery is off-putting.And at $67,655,for a loaded 2019 version,I'm not registering any value.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

The only vehicle I've ever despised is my Dodge Ram because absolutely everything has been replaced at least once, except the body which is in disarray.

If the Tesla tows 500 pounds less but doesn't take 4 gallons of oil for an oil change, or have a crap transmission, or a finicky fuel pump... or a million other things that suck about full sized trucks, it's a winner.

What if the Tesla was better in every way? What would be the excuse then?

Being opposed to change for changes sake is dumb.

I can spend $67,655 for the 2019,Ram 2500 HD Power Wagon 6.4-L Hemi Crew Cab's BSFC = 0.535-lbs/bhp-hr,or $62,000 for Tesla's BSFC = 0.1872-lbs/bhp-hr.And the Cybertruck may come with free Supercharging,as the Model S P85 does.The Model S saves the owner $4500 for each 5-years on 'fuel'.I think I prefer Tesla's arithmetic.

[redpoint5]

Yes, I think the Tesla truck will make financial sense for those whose needs it fulfills. Don't think there is any chance it will get free Supercharging though. Free charging was a marketing strategy to launch the first large(ish) production model vehicle. Offering it now doesn't make sense because everyone knows about Tesla, and the people that want one won't need "free charging" to put them over the purchasing edge. That, and Tesla doesn't want people using their chargers that don't actually need them, because they don't want to build more chargers than necessary.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Yes, I think the Tesla truck will make financial sense for those whose needs it fulfills. Don't think there is any chance it will get free Supercharging though. Free charging was a marketing strategy to launch the first large(ish) production model vehicle. Offering it now doesn't make sense because everyone knows about Tesla, and the people that want one won't need "free charging" to put them over the purchasing edge. That, and Tesla doesn't want people using their chargers that don't actually need them, because they don't want to build more chargers than necessary.

Sometimes I get to visit with Tesla owners at the local Supercharger station.Some have lifetime-free-charging.Since it's happening here,I presumed (perhaps incorrectly) that it may remain an option in 2021,and beyond.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by aerohead

Sometimes I get to visit with Tesla owners at the local Supercharger station.Some have lifetime-free-charging.Since it's happening here,I presumed (perhaps incorrectly) that it may remain an option in 2021,and beyond.

It was originally set to phase out Jan of 2017, but was extended in several different ways for the Model S and X. The Model 3 only had up to 2 years of free charging.

Tesla reinstated free charging for life for the Model S and X to help offset waning demand. With a new model launch, they won't have a problem with demand, at least initially, so i don't expect this marketing strategy to be applied.

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

The net weight of the Cybertruck will be around the same as a comparable F150, but it has so much more load capacity that its gross vehicle weight (including max load) puts it in another category.

We don't have many trucks over here because of cost and taxing (less of the preferential tax treatment that they get in the US) so most are bought by those who really need them, like gardeners and builders. They typically buy the cheapest-to-operate truck that has the required load capacity.
I expect a lot of Cybertrucks will find their way to here.

No it won't, and there are F150s available with 3270 pounds of payload. I'll bet the GVWR on the Cybertruck is at least 9000 pounds, I actually believe thy will just go straight to 10,000 pounds and not mess around. I bet any 4wd outweighs my 2001 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban that has Cybertruck type payload numbers.

I'm all for making the Cybertruck but just don't get all the fairyland beliefs surrounding it.

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by aerohead

I can spend $67,655 for the 2019,Ram 2500 HD Power Wagon 6.4-L Hemi Crew Cab's BSFC = 0.535-lbs/bhp-hr,or $62,000 for Tesla's BSFC = 0.1872-lbs/bhp-hr.And the Cybertruck may come with free Supercharging,as the Model S P85 does.The Model S saves the owner $4500 for each 5-years on 'fuel'.I think I prefer Tesla's arithmetic.

Dave Smith over here had a new 2019 Power Wagon for $51,000. The Power Wagon is actually a very expensive dedicated off road package with a $2000 warn winch even included. You can get a perfectly nice 4X4 crew cab 2500 Ram in the high $30's, a 1500 the same in the $20's.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Free charging was a marketing strategy to launch the first large(ish) production model vehicle. Offering it now doesn't make sense because everyone knows about Tesla, and the people that want one won't need "free charging" to put them over the purchasing edge. That, and Tesla doesn't want people using their chargers that don't actually need them, because they don't want to build more chargers than necessary.

'First one's free' is a marketing strategy adopted from a different industry, if you get my drift.

But paid fast charging almost anywhere isn't such a bad deal.