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Ford is not going anywhere anytime soon. They are one of the oldest US auto makers, have wildly popular vehicles, are financially sound, did not take bailout money the last financial debacle, and generally adapt well to circumstances. They may however drag their feet as long as possible to milk...

Point of order. Fires travel uphill mostly and most destructively, due to convection. Fires creep slowly downhill. +90% of fire fighters ever killed in a forest fire were overrun by fires moving uphill faster than they could run.

yes, as realized by legislation and government intervention. Same as it ever was.

good points. Tesla is the only one with experience at ramping up EV production to scale. So my bet would be on them to deliver more trucks in 2023/24.

He is correct. Only government legislation is going to reduce the impacts of climate change. There are already huge changes happening now, and baked into the system coming your way. The greater the delay and protestations of the status quo, the bigger the government intervention will be...

you didn’t really “order a vehicle”, you put a deposit down for the right to order a vehicle when they became available.

Here is some more info about commutes. Its a bit old, and I’ve also seen that the average work commute was increasing, but I’m sure the pandemic and shift to telework has vastly decreased the miles driven. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1006/ML100621425.pdf My commute is exactly 50 feet to my...

Thanks for your opinion. Like I said most people commute about 6 miles a day. And “road trips” are the exception. Also being a plug-in, that helps keep you away from the gas station. The success of hybrids has been a large part of the bridge to full up EVs, and they have their place. For...

Completely different markets. Do yuppie suburbanites look at price differences between the family hauling SUV and a pickup truck? Probably not (except maybe here in Texas ?). Model Y is an upscale SUV, which is probably compared to other upscale SUVs of similar price range. Also, Teslas sell...

I was just looking at an Audi Q5 plugin hybrid. Not a truck but a pretty darn nice SUV. Rated at 19 miles all electric, but supposedly actually has a 29 mile range. And considering that 95% of most people’s daily commutes are under 6 miles, I could conceivably operate electric most of the time...

And ironically, you are reducing your emissions in the process. Another win for the EPA! Hooray! (I am totally serious ?).

Well said. If @Pappy is so discouraged, they should give up their reservation. ? Tesla has a proven track record of delivering EVs, though sometimes late. Ford has a track record of doing the bare minimum to make it appear they are actually doing something. In any event, Ford and other big...

wow! we need this emoji under the like button… ?‍? And an archive/thread for detailed posts with lots of info and refs! thank you.

When off-roading you are going slow and inputs to the wheel are small, so a yoke might actually be better in that circumstance.

FSD will be the default mode for all vehicles at some point in the near future. Also, if CT has steering-by-wire then a big wheel is not needed because there is less wheel/yoke rotation for the same net vehicle turning, I’m guessing. So not a big issue in my mind. Tho we shall see when I...

“Society-destructive casinos”? Is that like society destroying subjugation of native Americans? ? In any event, points well taken. Mr. Musk likes to get sh*t done. Sounds like a win-win-win for Tesla, the tribes, and EV owners. The only losers are the ICE dealers and their paid off...

Well said. The real solution is massive, worldwide, electrified public transit (among with many other measures). If everyone gets an EV, that is still unsupportable in the long run from an environmental perspective. I would hope that Mr Musk will be tackling that problem soon, and I dont mean...

As well as every other EV truck maker. Batteries are the rate-limiting factor right now...

You gloss over the fact that he has *delivered* on most of the revolutionary tech that he has proposed. Sure there are delays along the way, but these things are not easy. And it's pretty simplistic to ascribe delays to him as an individual. There are literal armies of the best and brightest...

All of those vehicles are vaporware until one actually hits the street and is available to buy. Hasn't happened yet for any of them. They are all constrained by battery supply issues. This may actually work to Tesla's advantage. Establishing a production line for a completely new vehicle is...