anionic1
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Look, aside from the 4 wheel steering, Tesla seems to be reducing weight. They reduced the size of the truck and changed the bed to plastic as two examples. They removed the 6th seat, but i am thinking that will be an option still. They also havent shown the tailgate ramp again, which also could be an option. With the now well defined casting and body frame system leaning less toward an exoskeleton and some of the oil canning we have seen, i am willing to bet the body panels other than the doors and possibly some on the front are not going to be 3mm. But obviously thats a guess, but they are at least 3x heavier and more costly than a thinner panel.
All this to say, Tesla seems to be trying to keep things simple and my bet would be to keep cost and weight down to hopefully hit their range targets. A 350 mile dual motor is and has been the target. A 500 mile tri motor or quad motor was and is a target. I think tesla gets the need for trucks to tow. And Tesla can definitely figure out where to put additional batteries as needed. So both are very feasible still regardless of whether us internet engineers think we have it figured out.
All this to say, Tesla seems to be trying to keep things simple and my bet would be to keep cost and weight down to hopefully hit their range targets. A 350 mile dual motor is and has been the target. A 500 mile tri motor or quad motor was and is a target. I think tesla gets the need for trucks to tow. And Tesla can definitely figure out where to put additional batteries as needed. So both are very feasible still regardless of whether us internet engineers think we have it figured out.
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