11.2 million RVs in the USA and most are trailers. So lets be conservative and say 6 million. That is a lot of trucks. I have been towing and doing extensive camping now that I am retired for 6+ weeks a year. And there are MILLIONS of us. Don't believe me just try and make a camping reservation at a National Park.
I watch him because he gives a different perspective of a market segment that is meaningful. But the best was the 1hr 20 minute across the table talk done by the Haggerty YouTube host. Not the Haggerty video. that was weak, but the host did a "across the table" talk with his co host(?). He spoke intelligently about the entire vehicle industry, and he was blown away.
Mr. Market has a last name. It is Maker. Having the event on Thursday did not give the market makers much of a field to play on... whether up or down, the Market Makers didn't have much time on the clock to play their game. I expect to watch them do their thing over the coming months. They are pros/shepherds, we are their sheep. They can't make grass grow but they can sheer the flock. and eat the weak ones.
Remember I am the dickhead to the fanbois on here. When I say anything, I am being truthful...Fanbois just can't stand the truth. So when I posted the direction that SuperCharger placement is taking, and it is positive, you can believe it.
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Mr Market will react when an actual average person not under NDA or similar can make an order and take delivery of the truck.
Yeah, I'm not eager to embrace that. Swapping out 50 kWh at a time does not make sense to me, but if you need extra capacity for a week or or month, it can be worth renting it.Thusly do we start down the long slippery slope to roadside BATTERY SWAPPING STATIONS!
Occasionally is at least once a year, and that pairs with the many once a year trips we and many others take. We take those trips seriously and we will cover between 7,000 and 11,000 miles on a trip so they are not short trips. That is 36% of truck owners. The bureau of transportation says we have 48 million pickups on the roads so that is 17 million who tow at least annually. People that have horses and go to horse shows may only do it once or twice a year. But when they go they typically go long distances. While I hate having a gasser, we do have a plug-in hybrid for our towing as that is not yet reasonable for EVs. Assuming you like to camp in National Parks and National Forest as we do.View attachment 995595
View attachment 995596Most Truck Owners Probably Don't Need a Full-Size Pickup
Americans love their full-size pickup trucks, but do they actually use them?
This sounds to me like about 80% of people don't really tow. The 80/20 rule is apt here. 20% of customers account for 80% of your problems and vice versa. Tesla is smart to get the truck out to the 80% who will find it fully capable of addressing all of their needs. The other 20% just need to wait.Study Claims That Most Pickup Truck Owners Don’t Actually Use Them For Truck Stuff
Even when we were kids, many of us have always loved the pickup truck. They’re big, rugged, capable, and tough, and all of those same qualities still resonate with us today as adults. In 2022...
I think the "tent mode" keeps pressure in the air tubes (Nope, I read it again. the tubes are manually inflated, so I have no real hope that "tent mode" does anything) because the page explains that the mesh windows will keep you comfortable... They must be some new technology. I've been in tents for a couple of years of my life total. and mesh windows don't do crap when it is hot outside and the wind isn't blowing, and I mean really blowing. And I've never once had a mesh window warm me up in the winter no matter how hard the wind blew. A total lack of engineering, and just a real capitalistic advertising BS concept and "press release."
I'm not quite so negative about it, but do agree that they screwed up with the narrow (and short) bed. In a conventional pickup it is a common practice to build a simple platform to utilize the full width of the truck bed above the wheelwells, giving you a usable width of nearly 6'. The original specs for the CT were touting a 6.5' (or 6'-5"-I forget which) bed length. All would have been great for camping in it. Granted many new trucks have tiny, 5-5.5' beds that are useless for anything beyond groceries, but not so in the past. I also expected at least some sort of pass-through or mid-gate, allowing AC for camping. And especially for dogs-being able to put them in the bed while traveling and keep them out of the passenger area, while still providing AC would have been great. I've said it before-IMO shortening the truck to make it fit a small suburban garage is a mistake. With all the other cool tech it also would have been nice to have AC vents in the bed area as well. Like you said, I can't imagine anyone paying over $3000 for the flippin tent!.
Or that a CyberTruck was close when a vehicle caught fire after swerving into an emergency vehicle...Hopefully the CT crash is not on FSD near an emergency vehicle.....
I envisioned the camper top to be a wedge instead of a box. Which would make the thousands spent for the tonneau cover a complete waste. (Dreaming, I hoped Elon would offer $X000 off and allow people to order the cyberNOTAtruck without the expensive heavy POS)
