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Tesla used some type of random orbital mild abrasive finish to reduce visible natural graining of the body panels and to make the finish more uniform appearing and, my guess would be, to give buyers a finish that could be sort of reproducible at home to fix minor scratches. Using barkeepers...

I have purchased 20 ea. wall connectors. I believe there is only one universal wall connector from Tesla. It came out just before the CT. Around October 2023. I am almost certain that is the one that supports bidirectional charging.

Seems obvious. He’s been waiting for a CT for 4 years

Bar keepers friend has feldspar in it as a polishing agent. Feldspar is harder than stainless and it will polish it. Be very careful with it. If you try to spot treat you may end up shinier than you started.

Elon is just going to have to accept the fact that trucks are work horses and they can only do that with power. He will have to double up the battery pack like they did on the hummer. Probably get the real range over 500 miles if they did that.

And that was without towing. Man, thats going to be a non starter for folks looking to tow anything substantial. I had a dream of getting an airstream and taking these Environmentally friendly roadtrips but it looks like that may still be a decade off.

When you don't factor cost in this all makes sense. Yes, you can extend the range of the AWD but you will be at about 100% more than the initial price advertised. Anything is possible at a price. So you can't really exclude that from the conversation. And i don't see anywhere on that screenshot...

I get it. That 30% of power from regen braking means that probably about 40% of the battery was depleted to get that 30% back. There is always a net loss. So people stating that somehow this 70 mph long trip and range reduction to 250 miles was somehow caused by the lack of regen are just wrong...

And with my family, that break inevitably lasts an hour so that should be a decent amount of charge.

I know a lot of people in CA that are not happy with range. Our main office is 80 miles from many of our jobsites and often with meetings at multiple sites the range is quickly depleted. One friend lives in oceanside and drives up near LA for windshield repairs and he is constantly charging but...

range anxiety. its a diagnosable illness now.

That B2 is IMO probably the coolest truck ever if they can actually get it to production.

But there is something to be said about a company advertising "estimated" ranges and almost zero percent of their vehicles ever actually get that range. I am an estimator by profession. I have to get within 2-3 percent of my estimates or I basically fail. Tesla has a vast pool of data and really...

But my grandparents drove 5 hours in a blizzard uphill both ways to get to school! without heated seats!

we weren't talking about the aluminum casting of the CT. We were talking about aluminum body trucks. where the truck bed and body are aluminum. I hope the CTs do stand the test of time and show that they are as durable or more durable than a typical steel frame design. I recall Elon discussing...

I dont get why people think regen is the difference. I studied a lot of physics in the process of getting an engineering degree and there is no way you get more energy out of regen than is put in. it would be like saying you should have braked from 70 to 40 on the freeway every few miles to get...

zero headwind, drive on glass and only use premium electrons.

I think you are a little confused by profit. Fords net profit margin is about 3-4% and Teslas is about 11-12%. I imagine that they will work to get the CT in the same profit category as their other vehicles which is reinforced by the high initial price point. Anyone on here can tell you that the...

I imagine painting will be the preferred fix by body shops in the near future.

Having a steel substrate makes a huge difference. Have you owned a linex’d truck bed. I can’t believe how durable they are.