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If you really want to be environmentally friendly or economical then you won't be driving your CT by yourself for commuting long distances without a load or need for a truck. While relatively efficient and potentially clean, the energy used by the CT on a per single passenger mile basis is...

If we get the solar vault cover or fold out solar array can we get a sun worshiper mode? Basically have the CT check for obstacles every hour and move a couple feet to get the best angle. This might work in large driveways or deserted parking lots.

This is just a theory, but I think Tesla must be further along on the battery production than some give them credit OR they have a back up plan. With Berlin and Austin geared up to spit out model Y in the fall/early with 4860 structural packs Tesla has a plan to make things come together...

It is camper day. I have been dreaming about my ideal Cybertruck camper for a while now. Would you consider this? The ROCC (roll over cab camper) is a pop up camper for Cybertruckers that want maximum internal volume, sleeping comfort and functionality with the least impact to vehicle...

I have been adamant about a few of my predications. Several have gone against the grain. I will likely eat crow. The design is done and we have another month before we know what we are going to get. What are some of your final predictions? What will surprise us? These are a couple of...

I don't know how may of Fords 200,000 tax credits are available for the F150 lightning, but the first people that ordered the F150 are going to get a great deal. I think the tax credit was a success, it incentivized the first 10 years of development. In some respects for fairness each...

Elon, for the love of God - knock it off on the bitcoin/dogecoin tweets. Focus your genius on Tesla and Tesla energy and maybe SpaceX. It is embarrassing that you didn't correlate blockchain mining with energy consumption earlier. You are making unnecessary enemies and tanking TSLA stock...

After looking at the Tasmanian article about Tesla adding tent space for production I looked at Tesla Fremont on Google Earth. What an absolute cluster! Yet; they have the capacity to produce over 400,000 units per year. To top that off they started as an ICE factory and they have 4 plus...

It appears to me if a CT is totaled, but the battery is not damaged you will have between 90 and 180 Kwhrs of high quality battery energy storage. Based on Powerwall pricing of roughly $650 per Kwhr that would equate to $58,500 to $117,000 worth of storage. Granted some other hardware...

I know it was mentioned in the reveal over 2 years ago that the CT3 would have a double stacked battery. I guessing they were planning on many battery day upgrades at the reveal but I doubt they built it all in. I am really struggling with the double stacked design for the following: 1.)...

I thought it foretelling that Rivian is proceeding with standard Lithium Ion batteries, yet holding off on actual battery plant investment until the bugs on solid state batteries are worked out. Volkswagen and Toyota appear to be doing the same for the next couple of years. Tesla probably...

If Tesla has 4 years of backlog and the inflation rate is 2.5% for the next 4 years then a CT produced in 2025 would cost more than 10% more to build than the same one in 2022. I would imagine some cost would come down with equipment being spread over more units, but probably not materials...

As of today 2/22/21 there have been 1802972 reservations placed for Tesla products since the Nov 21 2019 release date. Supposedly after backing out S3XY, powerwalls and any other Tesla products the reservation # will tell you where you are at in line for the CT. Now hats off to the google...

It Tesla were to announce a cyber van available in the next 18 months. How many of you would switch your reservation? Assume 1200ish watt solar roof.... 10 miles per day, similar construction but not bullet resistant, same motor choices, 15% less range per model, less off road capabilities...

First I am going to call it. Elon is going to put the E in SXY for his car line up with the Eco-hatchback (Model 2). Crap I forgot the model 3 backwards was supposed to be the E. Hmm, Maybe they will drop the 3. I would love to have a 2 to 4 seat hatch back as my daily driver when I...

Any engineering type want to comment on the galvanic protection between the SS and aluminum? How much energy would active protection consume? Is it possible to isolate the 2 materials enough? Sacrificial anodes?

Say there is a massive improvement in battery tech in the next 6 years and some 3rd party could make a battery with 2x the density of current Tesla tech at sat $50 per kWh at the cell level Can anybody else envision grinding out /removing their existing Lion batteries and swapping in new...

What would you pay for a rwd or dual motor with a trimotor battery pack?

1.) This is from the Crowdsource Camper forum. I scaled the photo from Tesla's website using a 231.7" as the overall length using Bluebeam software. I am assuming the advertised 6.5" vault would be an interior dimension. I guessed that the thickness of the tail gate at 2.3" The problem is ...

While the majority of the CT visible body might be easy to bend, how about all the transitions around the door frames etc. Does anybody have an idea how they will be made and how they will be connected to the flat/bent plate shell? Supposedly the exoskeleton was going to be cheap to...