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    Cyber(nota)truck even more Not a truck than I first thought

    Are you assuming I didn't mean it as good wishes or I leave you in god's hands? Because I absolutely meant to wish everyone the best... If you were willing to read my post why wouldn't I?
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    Cyber(nota)truck even more Not a truck than I first thought

    UGH... You need to stop the rant... You don't NEED anything you state. You NEED to breath, you NEED to be free to make your own choices, You NEED to have certain rights. NONE of the things you NEED have anything to do with Elon of Cyber trucks. What you want is obvious from your crazy...
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    Cyber(nota)truck even more Not a truck than I first thought

    An El Comino is NOT a truck. Subaru Brat was NOT a truck. The Ridgeline is NOT a truck. You can dress things up to make them look like something they are not but just as many people are confused by many things, when you get down to it a truck has to do certain things. If it can't do those...
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    Cyber(nota)truck even more Not a truck than I first thought

    Wow... It's a truck? That can't drive very far, can't haul more than about 100 miles, can't seem to charge, can't seem to make it up a 10% grade in snow, and CAN'T BE COMPETITIVE IN PRICE. Truck does not equal: Just like Wonder Woman does not equal: I wish it were closer to the original...
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    Launch is Imminent

    Yes 250 is a need for many who tow their boats and their toy haulers to locations without power. If you do not tow then perhaps you do not know?
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    Let's talk CT wiper......

    If I'm going to spend my money to purchase something then I am certainly going to look at all the options, list out the plus and minus and figure out if it works for me. The larger the spend then the more I'm going to look at it. I was under the impression that this is where we come to discuss...
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    Let's talk CT wiper......

    You are saying it will be 6 inches from the glass so I can get an ice scraper under it? If there is a way hey kewl...
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    Let's talk CT wiper......

    How? is it out of the way for clearing snow? when I turn it on at 30 degrees out and push snow down to the cold stainless steel what happens to the slush that hits the stainless? how many pounds of force can the blade handle and what torque will it stall out at when pushing inches of snow off?
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    Let's talk CT wiper......

    Heated wiper park is going to eat energy. Too bad we can't plug in to every parking spot. How much range do you loose per hour when it is below 32 degrees and this is running? Um where does the water go? That slope and going from glass to stainless steel is going to make it a mess. Ice...
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    Let's talk CT wiper......

    If the wiper is stored Vertical as in the pic this is going to be a HUGE issue for 60% of the country. I have posted about this multiple times but you cannot clear snow with a big wiper in that configuration. Has no-one ever cleaned off 4-6 inches of ice and snow from their vehicle? Using...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    Well San Fancisco (What I call Frisco) while not southern Cal, doesn't get snow. I know where Alameda is and your weather there is not anything that says you need worry about 6 - 12 inches snow storms. I would say that from Virgina North out to the rockies and yes in the mountains of...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    Great solution to 1" of snow right up till it blows off. Do you get a lot of snow in Frisco? Seriously adding a carport is your solution too, ever seen one of those collapse due to snow load in upstate NY? There is a reason we don't have them. As for fit in my garage. I can pull my mirrors...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    You really think that list is too much to ask for? Yes Tug of war and speed off the line do not matter in any practical use. I think if the CT is going to sell as anything more than as a flash in the pan then it needs to be able to address the basics. Chevy didn't, Ford didn't but might...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    Perhaps so they can get out of the truck and walk into the house without getting rained on, snowed on or to keep the driveway clear? In the winter for the CT if they do not get that wiper out of the way then it will be critical to keep the 6 inches of snow off the truck since having it where we...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    That is a good thing. let's not add cost and opportunities for one more thing to fail. All I want to buy is a solid truck with Electric propulsion. Here is my list selectable 4 wheel drive (May not have selectability) Crew cab Door handles Steering wheel windshiled wipers that take into...
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    I like it and just want to see the specs on range and towing. Got in line for the reservations as soon as the email came in. May have to wait on the range extension but lets see.
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    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    Still vapor with a showing of a CONCEPT. CT is certainly still Vapor too. for me it comes down to specs and price. If Ram creates a solid truck that does truck things then they get my money. If Tesla does it then they get my money. If No-one can produce what I need then in 2 years when my...
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    Cybertruck

    I think this hits the mark. Only possible reason for a single motor is to try and get the "Low cost" option. the issue is every time to change the manufacturing process it adds cost. having 2 battery packs and 2 motor configurations creates 4 solid models. Make a 300 mile range model as...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    50 amp *240V = 12 KW. I would think towing 1.2KW/mile is achievable. At 60MPH in the first 3 hours of driving you gain another 30 miles. That is a 20% increase. I can't think of a more efficient way to gain 20% range. I have an emergency genny and 6 gallon lasts me about 6 hours at 6KW...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    No I have the truck I want and it does just fine. My point is people that do not use a truck as a truck.... Should not be defining what a truck is. Your attitude is the same issue. You know better and you know what I need. You are so stuck in your own little world you want to redefine...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    Don't get out much? How many F150 Limitied, GMC Denali, Silverado High Country, Ram Limited, are being sold and they never see a work site or have a stitch of dirt in the bed? I can go out to the company parking lot and show you 30% of the trucks at a manufacturing facility that have never had...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    I may be disappointed and that is fine. I disagree with your statement that the majority of truck buyers are like you. There are 12 Million pleasure boaters in the USA. Of that about 2/3 have their boats in the yard and trailer them to various lakes. (8 million boaters). 3 million of those...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    Don'tt know one that can't
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    Doesn't matter how efficient it is. This is being sold as a truck. As a truck, it needs to do truck things. If it can't, then it is an SUV with a bigger than average trunk. That is OK, but lets not pretend that an EV that can't perform Truck things is a Truck. 250 miles towing or hauling...
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    When the ACTUAL cybertruck pricing is released…,

    Anyone who drops boats in the lake at 4 AM will understand why a Yoke is impractical and unsafe. If you do not have skin in the game and do not know how to pull into a ramp and back into the lake to drop your boat or pull your boat in less than 2 minutes then not sure a person is qualified to...
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    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    YEP which is why a truck needs more range or some form of range extender.
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    Cybertruck gigapress (9000T Idra Press) being assembled! in Italy.

    in Most cased helmets are not for protecting you from giant pieces falling they are to protect you from smacking your head into things that are NOT usually above you. Also to protect you from the tool or bolt left on the top that someone forgot and IT falls. Just saying.
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    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    I agree 110%, but if your radius to do contacting work (Towing your equipment) is 75 miles, in my neck of the wood that would limit your job prospects.
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    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    I would agree and can make a 500 mile cyber truck as advertised work and that is why I reserved one. If they are not going to produce as advertised then I have to adjust what I purchase not my expectations. I have a need and if this can't meet the need then there are 4 brands of ICE powered...
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    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    You don't own and use a boat much do you? You get up at 3 am drive to the lake, drop in park and fish the day and then drive home in the afternoon. I'm not talking about a weekend trip. Even in your hopefull situation you assume there is an RV place close to the ramp? Needs to be walking...
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    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    If the Cyber truck doesn't have 500 mile range +/- then it will be a failure. A truck is a tool built for a specific purpose. What GM and ford are making are SUVs with big trunks. Those of us who use a truck as a truck, to tow and haul, need to have a reasonable range when towing and...
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    So Am I reading this correctly CT is Cancelled? Is this just a late april fools joke?

    Yes it is a JOKE.... You responded faster than I could log back in and type it...
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    So Am I reading this correctly CT is Cancelled? Is this just a late april fools joke?

    If this is true then I will be ordering my new ICE truck as we hit the recession....
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    Image if CT actually launches at advertised prices: What will other EV trucks do?!

    TB, Nahhh. What really happens is most of us who actually use a truck as a truck look at the actual specs and the actual price and turn around and by an ICE truck. If you can't compete and be reasonably close on price (+10-15%) then you go back to the technology that does work... Not sure...
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    Is 350 miles enough for towing 10k pounds?

    Alex, Don't look at the ICE and let that cloud the discussion. it doesn't matter how much is lost to heat that is a constant Towing doesn't change those losses... I fully understand electric cars are ABSOLUTELY more efficient in turning energy into motion. I DO NOT disagree here. What you...
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    Is 350 miles enough for towing 10k pounds?

    Cole Wasted energy in the form of HEAT has nothing to do with this You should only use the 18-20% turned into motion. Look at it after you have turned Fuel to motion. How much of my gas is turned into heat energy has NOTHING to do with the calculations. There is energy to move how efficient...
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    Is 350 miles enough for towing 10k pounds?

    I'm not sure where everyone is getting their "numbers" and info but conservation of energy/momentum, is the situation where towing is concerned. For those of us that have tow vehicles and tow regularly, whatever we are towing now and our Fuel millage change is what we are going to see in the...
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    Towing may require differing regenerative braking profile.

    As a truck person this will need to be a significant consideration. There is NO way that regenerative braking on trailers is a viable option. What is going to be needed is a good trailer brake control system that can mitigate handle 80-90% of the trailer braking. I'm not sure where some of...
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    Extending the range of the truck.

    Wait a minute.... You want to drive 100 miles there and back to charge. Remember towing a boat in the green mountains of Vermont... So Drive 3 hours plus an hour to charge...… Before you say it isn't 3 hours... in VT you can't go 40 miles as the crow flies without it taking at least an hour...
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    Extending the range of the truck.

    Cybergus. I do t disagree that having a super charger around might solve the issue but super chargers are in very limited supply in the mountains of VT or in the Adirondacks. Believe me I want a truck and in 2023 I will be InThe market for one but I need it to do what every truck should do...
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    Extending the range of the truck.

    I utilize my truck as a truck, I tow a boat, bring home tons of material (Literally tons). I am extremely interested in the cyber truck in the longest range possible. Currently towing my bass boat on a 300 mile trip I'm getting roughly 12.5 MPG. about 2/3 of my normal millage. You have to...