I've always preferred mid-size, Dakota, Colorado, etc. That slightly narrower 2-ish inches is golden offroad. It'll take some getting used to going up to full-size for CT but without side mirrors Im hoping it wont be as noticeable as im thinking
Tesla Shanghai took about 7 months to ramp. I'd bet they've learn from that but not sure how much or how much faster they could improve from what they learned so I'd say 4-6 months?
Wider not necessarily needed IMO but pull trough pretty important as other have mentioned since it would be a major PITA to charge when having a trailer attached
Sure it is. It clearly breaks this up. There is 16% increase is the increase due to simply having more material available. Then because the 4680 has a new Anode material it has an additional 20% increase. Then again because because it has a new Cathode it gets an additional 4% increase. Thats...
Constrained doesnt necessarily mean they cant meet demand. It means they dont have unlimited supply so they likely cant go any faster than demand. I dont foresee delaying CT delivery date due to battery shortage, whether they can make them as fast as they would like may be different.
Key question is this one.
Is there a need? Rarely IMO. Perhaps only in a few rare off road scenarios that I can think of.
Could it be done? Sure. Anything could be done, Id think only if the front has an open differential though.
I dont see any delay. I think you might be mistaking what they said about the new batteries being "fully ramped" vs any being available at all. Fully ramped = they will be able to produce batteries as fast as the battery line is designed to. They will still be able to produce batteries before...
Exactly my point a Class A RV weights 30,000 now with a ~1500lb engine trans. combo. If you delete that you still would have to account for an additional ~12,300 lbs of battery for the OPs 1MWH battery request, lol