tradosaurus
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If Tesla wanted to save weight they would have made the battery smaller and not big with half of it empty.
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Cybertruck is a scam.
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TessP100D
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It seems odd that they have the bed extender when they could offer a “max range” option for more $$$ and not take up additional bed space.
Supposedly those are just venting channels. Not room for more batteries.
FastEddieB
Member
That does seem shortsighted. Wanting to carry motorcycles and such in the bed, the range extender makes it a non-starter for our use case. 500 mile range with maybe 250 towing and the full bed available, and we might be back in the market for one.
Musskiah
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zoomer0056
Active Member
Typical media click bait. Read Christisn Agatie's whole article (there's a 14sec Munro teaser video) where he can only speculate what Sandy Munro's will conclude. Better yet, wait for Sandy's full video.
Tesla Cybertruck Battery Pack Teardown Reveals Surprising Details
Sandy Munro's team cracked open the Tesla Cybertruck battery pack, revealing a unique design but also intriguing engineering choices
www.autoevolution.com
But why when the Silverado EV already does all of the things that you appear to want? The bed space, the battery capacity, the charging, not to mention the fit & finish, dealer support and even a lower price, etc.
No thanks.
I’m well aware of dealers. Used them for years. Many dealers know nothing about EVs for even selling them, let alone servicing them.
When Cybertruck was released, they were production constrainted by the availability of 4680 cells. Someone had to make a decision to make more trucks or more range.
Imagine, that over time, options will become available to increase the range of the CyberTruck, without limiting the bed space.
Mostly, only people that often tow heavy loads long distances, will be put off by the current range.
Imagine that in the beginning, they will be able to deliver every truck they can produce, even with current range.
Imagine, that over time, options will become available to increase the range of the CyberTruck, without limiting the bed space.
Mostly, only people that often tow heavy loads long distances, will be put off by the current range.
Imagine that in the beginning, they will be able to deliver every truck they can produce, even with current range.
FastEddieB
Member
It may or may not be justified, but I have a very low opinion of GM quality and reliability. And our new-to-us Toyota Tundra is serving us quite well..
FastEddieB
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tradosaurus
Member
I wouldn't buy any car (besides a Tesla) that wasn't a Toyota, Honda, or Mazda. It's amazing that after 100 years of automobile technology that a car can't be built to last a few 100,000 miles without major issues.
I agree with you for some GM products. But their trucks (especially full sized) tend to be of some of the most reliable vehicles on the road.
I work in trucking in TX and domestic pickup trucks with 300K miles are a dime a dozen when driven by working men. My stepdad has 527K on his Ford F250, and it's a ranch truck. The guy 2 offices down has 380K on his Ram. I've had several over 200K & one over 450K when I was in college.
A few years back now, I was selling some oil field equipment to a large oil field company and the Fleet Manager was there to pick his new Commercial trucks up, and we started discussing this exact topic. He explained to me that they had a program that accounted for purchase price, fuel usage, maintenance costs & finally resale value to determine the lowest lifetime operating costs of the fleet trucks. He told me they had bought dozens of every major brand and even motor. He then told me that it wasn't even close, the GM trucks with a V8 were considerably cheaper to own over their lifetime and they went to only buying GMs. Another thing he told me is that some of the trucks really don't get serviced (as in oil changes) on a regular basis and he knew of one they traded in that had went 70K on the same oil.
pikeman
Member
I couldn’t agree more! If Cybertruck is the answer, what was the question?
It’s a gimmick, and an outrageously expensive and unreliable one to boot.
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