Buyer's Remorse?

[Gene]

I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I have seen first hand on what happens to kids when they grow up in air polluted environment. A close friend of mine has so many breathing issues because there was so much smoke and air pollution in the city he grew up in. Whenever someone talks about how EVs are still not that green and clean, I tell them to go live in a city filled with air pollution, they'll know what it feels like to breathe clean air.



It's great to see you are getting 349 wh/mi. That's 350 miles!! This is the first time I'm hearing a real owner share good promising numbers for CT range. It gives me hope that it's not as bad as they say in YouTube. This is why I have stopped believing in some of the Youtube content for CT. Somehow they feel that they have to say controversial things about CT to get more clicks! So not fair for CT.

I have added more miles. I am at 357 wh/mile. Still damn good! I have to go out of town a few days in my Model Y. But later next week, I will have more miles on the Cybertruck. I do not have Aero covers on the truck, also my PSI was 45 rather than the recommended 50 PSI. So maybe I can do better next week. Aero covers not to arrive until March.

Thank you for the kind words about my wife.

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[Gene]

Gene, 349 wh/mi is great and better than epa! Would you please post a screen shot of your trip computer?

Later, next week when I return from a trip that I have to be gone almost a week. Sorry, the trip is not in the Cybertruck.

 

[Cyber Man]

I have added more miles. I am at 357 wh/mile. Still damn good! I have to go out of town a few days in my Model Y. But later next week, I will have more miles on the Cybertruck. I do not have Aero covers on the truck, also my PSI was 45 rather than the recommended 50 PSI. So maybe I can do better next week. Aero covers not to arrive until March.

Thank you for the kind words about my wife.

Awesome! Once you have done all the range testing, it'll be great to have a new thread from you to share your stats and debunk this myth we all are having on CT range.

You made my day, brother!

 

[Gene]

Awesome! Once you have done all the range testing, it'll be great to have a new thread from you to share your stats and debunk this myth we all are having on CT range.

You made my day, brother!

Thank you. Fingers crossed that next week I can still have such great results. I had many apprehensions about the truck but they are all falling away. Delivery condition was pristine, no defects at all!! Fingerprints wipe off easily with Windex. Already, we are getting some updates. I will feel much better yet when the locking diffs become available by update.

 

[Crissa]

I'm likely going a different direction as the cybertruck is more of a beta version luxury SUV than a work truck. Needs more refinement. I have high hopes for the Cybertruck 2.0 in 2045.

In the meantime I'm going to get a Diesel 3/4 ton, and look to replace my car with a Model 2 or a model Y Juniper when the prices are good.

3/4 ton is a 2500, and the RWD cybertruck tows less than a jeep gladiator

If you were looking to replace that truck with a F150 competitor you were what they were calling it, delusional.

But lots of people were too excited by the truck, too. You weren't the only one.

But that doesn't make the Cybertruck less of a 'work' truck. It gets a crew to a site, with their tools. It makes runs to get fittings and pick up short runs of material. It can do fairly hefty in-town or in-county towing.

And it seems to be pretty durable.

So in what way is it not a work truck? That it doesn't do that 5% of work? What about the other 95%?

-Crissa

 

[Gene]

Someone asked me to post this:

 

[DumpsterFire]

Yup you could get two right now since there are Lightnings sitting unsold on dealer lots across the country.

I wonder why that is?

 

[HaulingAss]

Not trucks that are even remotely comparable.

Also, I'm looking forward, past the Foundation Edition pricing.

 

[HaulingAss]

News Flash!

Even with trailers having their own battery and electric motors, EV's can't break the laws of physics. In fact, no vehicle can break the laws of physics when it comes to towing over long distances. The obvious solution to EV towing is to have Level 2 charging wherever vehicles are idle (in addition to having open road pull-through Supercharging).

 

[Cyber Man]

Not if charging curve reduces to 20 mins, and Tesla adds pull through chargers every 120 miles on major freeways. For a company that has built the largest charging network and reusable rockets, this is not a rocket science. I’m confident Tesla will pull this through!

I hope one day we see V4 superchargers at all pull through rest areas. This combined with battery drivetrain RV trailers will make EV towing a breeze, and I don’t think this will take a decade.

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