I hope he does come close to his “promises”….
In a [small] way you are right. I have held off on buying a BEV for years waiting for one that could get at least 400 real miles per charge. I have not (and do not intend to) trailered often because my SUV really isn’t designed for it and, while in the workforce, I really didn’t have large amounts of time to do it comfortably. But having taken our MY on the interstate last winter I realized that I don’t ‘want’ to spend an extra 2 hours per day on the road just to charge at every available supercharger. In the summer it would be ok because I wouldn’t feel compelled to reach the next supercharger with at least 20-25% SOC and so I can charge a little less frequently. Driving from SF to LA only takes an extra hour and that is ok.
I think with the Rivians Cd of 0.30 and efficient motors proven with recent data that Tesla will have a hard time beating them by any significant amount.
There is literally nothing amazing about the fact that you and I have different charging requirements and charging experiences. That is completely expected, not amazing.
Huh? Of course I care that what gets delivered matches what I was sold!
If it were ’any’ other car maker I would agree, and if it were ‘any’ other car maker I would not have waited around for almost 4 years because I would know, for sure, that what you are saying is what will come to be.
We agree about that (the nonsense part).
I'm glad that Tesla gives us a 'heads up' as to what they are developing, before it is fully developed. It helps me understand where a company's product roadmap is going at an early stage. If the finished product needs to be changed, in order to adapt it to learnings along the way, I want them to adapt it, not blindly stick to the anticipated product specs so people didn't say "But, you promised!"
This is where you lose me. Are you trying to equate Cybertrucks anticipated EPA mixed drive cycle range, that was announced at the reveal, with the range at a certain highway speed at a certain temperature? Because that's not what the anticipated range ever meant. It's the range in mixed driving, with all the variables defined by the EPA.
It’s all perspective and details. If they do 330 miles at 55 mph in 65 degree weather using 8 rechargeable D cells, I’d be very impressed! I believe most people would be too.
Or it might be a nearly fifteen year old car that's been discontinued and needs a complete pack rebuild and they quoted him a price that's way over market for even the specialty care, because that shop doesn't do that sort of work.
