You might want to actually pay attention to just how bad EA is. Not uncommon at all for 3 out of 4 chargers to be out of order. A F150L needing a tow on second road trip is nothing I will sign up for.
Supply Demand period. They will not be able to meet supply for a long time and price is the only mechanism to control. They have never met their pricing goals yet and that is due to the insane demand.
This is actually a huge safety improvement opportunity for Tesla and the human race. RVers are normally older drivers that don’t have great reaction times anyway. Increasing following distance and constantly sampling sensors is a huge safety improvement for this vehicle class. I would think...
Sorry Tesla Auto Pilot did not kill those Motorcyclist, the drivers did? What were they doing sleeping at the wheel? How come they did not see the motorcycle? I am sure autopilot will get much better as we continue down this path, but those idiot owners know 100% they are not level 5...
That list is even crazier when you put the relative actual sales numbers on the chart. ICE car manufacturers are in for a world of financial hurt in the next 3 years and many will not survive.
You are a fool to rely on the EA network of chargers. Just ask the All Electric Family who had to be towed on their second F150L road trip. They have had many other EV’s, so this was not user error, but EA chargers all down. Talk all you want about looks etc, but doesn’t go from point A to...
The truck with reasonable specs (not single motor model) will not be priced less than the Model Y LR. Never going to happen IMHO They will end up pulling significant sales from the Y to the truck. Tesla has so much room now on pricing with Ford, Rivian, and GM raising their truck prices and...
R1T is already getting that mileage with an airstream of similar size and weight. Actually 120 miles stretching it. That is only a 130 kWhr pack. That is why I am hopeful with a 180 - 200 KWhr 4680 pack, we hit the 180 mile 10-80% (70% of the entire pack). Some of the improvement from...
180 miles 10-80% real world range with 30 minutes recharge rate should be easy to obtain with 500 mile EPA range CT. That is perfect for towing an RV for 90% of the use cases. 380 mile range, on one recharge per day of 30 minutes works perfect with only paying for the one Supercharger session...
DFW,
I guess you have not been truck shopping in a while, a decent diesel Duely is $95 to $105K & they are so in demand you can barely find them. Your 85K kills the EV truck market is just not true. But at that price, no one is playing around. Better have the performance to justify the price.
This market would be very easy to estimate based on the sale of Horse Trailers, RV trailers and Trucks overlayed with usage surveys. I am sure this data is not unknown in a general market sense. My only point is that an EV vehicle that can’t compete with a Diesel or Gas truck is a failure...
It will be more than the model Y LR for sure. At least by $4-$5k for the base model. Not to be mean, but Tesla will be trying immediately to separate placeholder orders from real buyers as soon as practical. With ramp up volume comes limited supply pricing. Two go hand in hand.
1. Towing rating 14,000 lbs
2. Range 180 to 200 towing (needs to be confirmed)
3. Best in Class Charging Speed (needs to be confirmed)
4. Electric so no emissions / Def fluid system
5. Auto pilot / FSD
Bonus Reason: Overall financial analysis. Minimal Tesla Depreciation compared to traditional...
Need 180 miles minimum towing 10-80 range with 30 minute charging. If the vehicle can’t make that mark between refills, then it is useless to me. I am hoping between Chemistry improvements and 4680 cell design this is achievable, especially if they use the 900V architecture with V4 chargers...