Anyone else getting a tesla truck for trapping?

After seeing the debut of the tesla truck, and its shatter proof windows, and ability to carry 300,000 lbs of cargo, and 500 miles on a charge----who wouldn't want to lay down 80 thou for a really good trapping truck.

My wallet

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If I could afford it it would be a possibility

From what I heard today the ship date is two years away...

I saw the video! Lol

I don't think a regular window would break that easy!

300,000 pounds of cargo... I think not. It would take multiple tractor trailers to haul a load like that.

300,000 pounds of cargo would be truly amazing. It actually carries 3500 pounds, which is still respectable.

"The most expensive version of the truck, the Tri Motor All-Wheel-Drive, will be able to carry 3,500 pounds, tow up to 14,000 pounds and go from zero to 60 in 2.9 seconds. It will also be able to drive up to 500 miles on a full charge. Base models will have a range of 250 miles."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/cars/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-truck/index.html

I would like to have one, but can't afford it.

I have a friend who bought a Tesla car last Summer. He has electric producing solar panels. It would not surprise me if he bought one.

Keith

No 4 wheel drive no thanks as far as the price they are not far off from what some of the new trucks are priced at.

....ahhhh , Dont Think So!

I'll stick with my Dodge

Thats what ya get when the design department only have a table saw to make the model.

Funny thing, when I was in the states this fall I spent a few days in the SF area. I walked out of a store someplace and saw what I told my wife was the ugliest vehicle I've ever seen. Then I saw the Tesla logo on the front. Must have been a prototype or a test model. It was painted an ugly flat olive color.

Now I know what it was. We learn so much on Tman.

Pete

Haven't seen it

How big is the cargo compartment?

You can eat that 3500 up real quick putting a body/cargo compartment on it.

Vehicle in pic doesn't look like it could haul a canoe?

Can't be any worse than the crappy Ford F 150's, may as well be trapping out of a car.

(The truck should be able to drive itself once the software for that becomes available.)

I like this. I can think of nothing I'd rather do than ride in a self driving vehicle that SHOULD be able to drive itself!

I like our town and country mini van!

Looks more like a moon rover than a truck, stupid looking.

Looks are terrible for sure but concepts usually are. Electric trucks are for city slickers.

I wouldn't trust the self driving feature at all especially in the mountains

Might as well get you a diesel, since thats what all those electric vehicles run on.

One thing that none of these electric vehicle advocate's mention is what happens to the range as soon as you turn the heater on.
I suppose if you live on the west coast for the southern part of the US one of these trucks might be good for hauling around tofu or something similar.

Wish I could afford one.
just

This ^^^

I have no qualms with Tesla or any other producer trying to roll out alternative fuel vehicles. However.....I'm going to wait 20 years before I buy one just to help determine if they are long term.

Many of the arguments against them are the same for internal combustion engines v horses little more than a hundred years ago.

Which is cheaper to run?

LOL! But seems an accurate assessment.

What do you do if your batteries die away from home? Are there electric-vehicle filling stations down in the Lower 48 now? How long do you have to wait to re-charge?

Jim

What easier to get in the bush? Petro or solar/hydro/wind generated energy?

I'm not certain but I feel that in the coming decades the tech will be there that will favor these types of sources of energy over petro in remote locations.

I've seen a few charging stations down here in GA

Deliveries 2 years away because they don't actually exist yet!
mt

Have to wonder how they do off road as well as mud or snow. That thing makes a Hummer look purdy.

200k pre-orders already

If they can ever build an electric truck that will let me haul a rick of wood while running the heater and blasting AC/DC ( :D) and has the same range as my Tacoma... I'll buy one.

But I don't buy brand new vehicles... I'll have to wait until there's a used market.

I bet I have a little time to see how things pan out.

Mike

Maybe coon will be up to 5 bucks by then

I would say the armored glass was not all it was cracked up to be.