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Syd Mead, the artistic director of the Blade Runner movie who did all the production and set design, has said that he loves the truck and that he is very proud that Musk has cited him and his Blade Runner style as an inspiration for the vehicle.

I love that Cybertruck design. It has instantly made all other pick up trucks look dated and stale.

IIRC it was in a Penthouse magazine from the late 70s. I saw an article about that design and the similarity to the Cybertruck. It was on jalopnik com I think. The guy who designed that concept sent an original issue of the magazine to the jalopnik writer.

I dont think we are going to see many order cancellations and deposit refunds. You either really hate this truck (and would never put down a deposit) or you really love it. And this time people KNOW there will be no tax credit unlike with the Model 3 where it ran out in the middle of productiokn.

Do we already know what the actual difference between the normal AWD and the AWD-P will be? I know the P will get motors that have been hand picked off the production line, but assuming those have slightly better efficiency and everything else is the same as standard AWD the power gain would be...

Not sure where exactly I read it, but I do seem to recall some battery expert (from Tesla?) saying that charging higher is always preferable to draining lower. Especially if you do not let the fully charged battery sit for long periods after charging I guess.

Companies may attempt to bring those things to market ... but when people actually experience the reality (constant annoying noise, and the occasional evtol falling out of the sky onto their heads or houses) they will raise such a legal shitstorm those things won't be any more widespread than...

Once they have a grip on production they ought to offer an intermediate battery, with 265-270 miles, for $4500 more. That'd be perfect.

I know what you're talking about ... ca 20 years ago I spent four weeks on vacation in the US, in California, Utah and Arizona. My family and I had rented a pitch black Chrysler Neon. Whenever we opened the doors of that thing after it had been sitting ina parking lot for a few hours it was like...

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but it is perfectly possible he just has a deadly fear of flying ...

Yeah, but this time nobody giggled.

Well, I guess from now on he will NEVER valet his treasured cars again. Looking at the picture it seems like the airbags went off. Maybe the two little punks got a bit of tinnitus as a lifelong reminder not to crash other people's cars out of their "prank".

I wish Tesla would offer a brushed aluminium interior along with the wood and the black lacquer. It would cost them only pennies as they have already got the stamping presses and the aluminium sheets for the other parts of the car. I bet it could be stamped out from the same sheets, wherever...

On a side note, you just know that somewhere, in some office on on some plane, Elon Musk is reading this thread, unable to decide whether to smile or shake his head.

I was so proud that I managed to change the tires on my Fiat without any major hiccups today ... unlike the 4-hour slapstick comedy of mishaps and errors that my last oil-and-filter change was ...

I just hope they can maintain the 100kwh and make the battery MUCH lighter instead - that would also boost range considerably over the range of the current 100kwh battery, and it would do the car and its driving dynamics a world of good. Not to mention the car could be lot cheaper, too. Or allow...

ZERO is doing a great job with regards to electric motorcycles, but I can't think of a reason why they still have no cruiser in their model line-up. Cruisers are like 90% of the motorcycle market in the US and non-faired standards are just a tiny fraction of the market. A cruiser type bike is...

Oh, I dunno. A hatchback is pretty darn practical. I am not even sure if the Model III could accommodate my large R/C airplanes, which even my Fiat Panda can. I can put a solid one-piece 2m/7 foot wing in that car without any problems. I just wish Tesla would offer a station wagon version of the...

Shoulda been "Domo arigato Mr Roboto".

Model S and x are selling like hotcakes and they are raising the prices because they can, that's what's going on.

A couple of days ago I read about a press release from Energica, announcing every single Ego and Eva they have produced so far is sold out and they are scrambling to increase production. Excellent news! Energica Sells Every Electric Motorcycle It Can Build (w/Video) - Gas 2 Hopefully the major...

Oh god, I had almost forgotten that thing! Reading about the Lightning GT car started my fascination with electric vehicles. I had never thought it possible to do what the builders claimed they were going to do with electric power. When I did further research on EVs I even came across a...

I am pretty certain it is. Also, there is very little degradation due to age.

I'd think twice before doing that - unless you have specific permission I'm pretty sure that would count as theft is someone had a bad day and reported you.

Gold trimmings and Lannister Red leather ... with extra cruelty!

Did they really need a second, separate post just for the sign? They could simply have put it on top of the post with the outlets ... hopefully the rest of the company will be run a bit more efficiently ...

The Gatling-type Dillon Minigun can fire at 6.000 rounds per minute.

Not a good decision by BMW, IMHO. If they had built a sleek, stylish carbon fiber runabout along the lines of the Z4, two seats, 4WD, powered by dual i3 motors and at least a 50kwh battery I am sure they would have found customers. They could have kept a horse in tha race that way. And it...

The battery electrolyte becomes unstable and suffers accelerated aging at the very top and at the very bottom of the charge states. Optimum stability (e.g. for long-term storage) is around 40-50% charge. If you do not need all the range there is no need to charge to 90%. It is better to use the...

40k is exactly as much as I have put on my Fiat Panda ... in eight years :D

A Panamera, a teenager or a smartphone with camera?

I'm not expecting much, performancewise. Small ducted fans are notoriously inefficient, especially at low speeds like lifting off and landing. There is a reason a helicopter usually has just one giant rotor. Expect a flight time measured in minutes at 250mph, not hours. With the wings that far...

An old and tired myth. I have driven a Fiat Panda with 34hp and a Lancia Y10 with 45 hp for many years (many thousands of kilometers on the German Autobahn) and I am still driving a Panda with 55hp. I have never had a bad situation that was attributable to lack of horsepower, only to lack of...

That is not necessarily true. You don't know where the reserve is - if it all at the "lower" end of the discharge state (which makes a great deal of sense), charging your "fake" 70kwh battery to 100% all the time will be just as damaging as charging your "real" 70kwh to that SOC all the time.

The whole first page is already full of those useless polls, where nothing except speculation can possibly be posted. Please stop.

Wouldn't working double, and if necessary triple shifts in one service center be a lot more economical and efficient than building more service centers? I can't imagine many other businesses where that would be more easily feasible than here. Take in the cars during normal business hours, then...

Prototype moon buggy saved from junkyard goes to auction

Pretty sure those 120kwh would be achievable even today ... by using large format pouch cells instead of 18650s. But those come with their own set of issues, of course.

A camera that far out would enable you to see your right front tire when pulling up to the curb so you won't scuff your rim ... I doubt it is meant for that, though.

That will be great fun when you have a driver with arachnophobia and a spider starts rapelling into his lap from behind the sun visor while he is doing 80mph on a crowded 8-lane Interstate.

I've been wondering about that, too. I have seen IC engine compartments that were not as full, and also a lot neater.

It's pretty amazing to think that she may very well never drive an ICE vehicle in her whole life. Even some kids who are a good deal older may not ever do that, just like most drivers today don't know how to drive a stick-shifter car. A true paradigm shift.

The Bolt is already dead ... it costs $2000 more, but looks like it'S $10,000 cheaper than the 3.

The James version by Mihai looks amazing. I hope someone has tweeted Elon a link to this picture.

You joined September 2015, so you probably don't really remember the whining when the D and the 90 were introduced and people had just confirmed their orders for the suddenly not-so-top-dog version. And yes, "top dog version" is an actual phrase from one of those posts ...

AFAIK the reservations are non-tranferable WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION by Tesla. I am pretty sure such a permission will be granted at least for family members. At least I can't imagine why it wouldn't.

I'd already be happy to just get the second to last book :rolleyes: That said, better not ask him ...I bet he hears that question from EVERYONE. I am pretty surprised he showed up for a Tesla meeting. The car must have really impressed him. I never had the impression he was much of a gearhead...

Just aimlessly driving around on a field of concrete does indeed get boring fairly quickly. It is the same with me when I drive my RC cars. The trick is to put some minimal effort into it, that makes it a good deal more interesting - build a "track" with lines of chalk and toy pylons, where he...

I also thought the price was actually on the affordable side. Working head lights, swappable and externally chargeable LiIon batteries, an on-board sound system, pretty good quality as far as the vid shows ... 500 bucks is not too much. My 1/8th scale electric RC cars cost that and more, and...

Do we know if the Bolt will be front wheel drive or rear wheel drive? I don't think I have ever heard anything about that. With an electric motor being as small as it is, there is no reason to prefer FWD over RWD for reasons of saved weight, cost or space as is the case with an IC engine.