Challeco
Well-known member
- First Name
- Christopher
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2021
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- 298
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- Location
- Oregon
- Vehicles
- 23ModelY,71F250,14Fusion,66Galaxie
- Occupation
- Medical Technologist
$85K for a truck is pretty close to the market where I live. Farmers, ranchers, contractors, and people like me who need a truck for DIY projects to keep our sanity and hands busy. Joking aside, the purchase price is not the whole calculation, there is the maintenance, the fuel costs, the economy and practicality. Truck owners are not stupid, nor do any of us want to waste our money. So, if we can afford the price of entry, and I have seen some $100K rigs rolling coal around my area, then the market will bear the purchase price of all levels of the cybertruck. The bottom line is there are close to 1.5M preorders, which even if half of the orders disappear before the production ramp, is still enough to keep the lines at full production for years! That will be enough cybertrucks to make people realize how stupid clinging to I.C.E. really is. One last thing, I still think that E.M. is set on competing directly with the I.C.E. truck market only, so the pricing will be competitive with the cost of ownership of an I.C.E. truck.How much of the population do you think has 85k to spend on a truck?
If 85k is the going rate to get an EV truck, then i don't see them selling millions of trucks. Do you know another vehicle on the road that sells for 85k and are numbered in the millions.
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