Along with astonishing sums of venture capital.They got where they are by being innovative and designing good looking vehicles.
They took what appears to be an outstanding platform and made it into a madmax tonka truck. That is indeed a risk.There are millions of vanilla ICE trucks for you to choose from and I’m sure Ford and GM will both soon come out with vanilla electric truck for you to buy. Tesla Cybertruck is for us who do not want vanilla truck. There’s only one Cybertruck, and I’m glad Tesla didn’t design the truck for you. Tesla didn’t get to where it is today by being boring and not taking risks.
I was looking forward to an electric pickup, couldn't be more disappointed. This thing is an SUV with a small bed, and it's butt ugly.
Why not just build a proper truck that has some utility? I don't work in some post apocalyptic wasteland, I need a truck for the burbs.
Huge is the primary driving force behind pickups these days, and the primary design criteria.
Why do they need to build a truck with "utility"? I agree that it's a butt-ugly design, but you should consider what most people are buying pickups for: https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costumeI was looking forward to an electric pickup, couldn't be more disappointed. This thing is an SUV with a small bed, and it's butt ugly.
Why not just build a proper truck that has some utility? I don't work in some post apocalyptic wasteland, I need a truck for the burbs.
Truck owners might protest that they are slightly less likely than owners of other categories to use their vehicle as primary transport (83% vs. 95%), limiting the miles and gallons. And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
They took what appears to be an outstanding platform and made it into a madmax tonka truck. That is indeed a risk.
I expect it will sell well if it's big enough. Huge is the primary driving force behind pickups these days, and the primary design criteria.
Pickups have become SUV's with a small bed. They come from the factory with mushey suspension and car tires, and have little more utility than a station wagon. I see guy's at the lumber yard every week trying to load material on the stupid things and failing miserably.Why do they need to build a truck with "utility"? I agree that it's a butt-ugly design, but you should consider what most people are buying pickups for: https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
As long as it's huge, it will sell."Mad Max Tonka truck" is probably a good indication of why this will sell (not necessarily in wild numbers, but enough to make Tesla happy). That and I love the mental image of a Cybertruck siting in stop-and-go highway traffic or pulling up to the Starbucks drive-thru... it hardly has to do a thing to be audacious and ridiculous.
As long as it's huge, it will sell.
Safe for the occupants; not so sure how safe it will be for the objects or people this thing collides with.It will also probably be one of the safest vehicles ever while being large. With how well the 3 holds up, this could bring the same thing to a pickup which is something that the traditional ones aren't great at.
If it does a sub 3 second 0-60, weighs a shit ton, and is made from solid 3mm steel I'd like to see the crash test results before I offer an opinion on safety!It will also probably be one of the safest vehicles ever while being large. With how well the 3 holds up, this could bring the same thing to a pickup which is something that the traditional ones aren't great at.
Safe for the occupants; not so sure how safe it will be for the objects or people this thing collides with.
Just stick one of these on the back and ain't no one driving near your Cybertruck
Maybe not even safe for the occupants. With the structural body, does it have crumple zones?Safe for the occupants; not so sure how safe it will be for the objects or people this thing collides with.
Who knows? I wasn't really thinking about it in terms of that aspect, just the rise of monstrous cars that continue to be a danger to anyone not inside of them (in particular, pedestrians in cities).Maybe not even safe for the occupants. With the structural body, does it have crumple zones?
But that’s 146k legitimate sales lead. And good leads at that since people were willing to put in their information to say they wanted to buy it. That’s 146k people who like/love the truck design/function.
I suspect after the initial shock wears down and people get used to the unorthodox design, more people will order the truck. I’m so glad Elon and Tesla went with this crazy design for the truck instead of something boring and the same. This is how you disrupt the pickup truck industry. Same boring design would’ve failed. I want this truck because it’s not like my Tundra and my LX470. People have 2 years to get used to this design and they will. Tesla truck is going to be homerun.
187k orders now and counting. By Monday morning, it should be over 200k orders. Not bad one weekend order for an ugly truck no one wanted or wouldn’t be caught dead in.
and Tesla is going to make their own stainless steel. This is why Tesla is awesome. If they need it, they make it.
Maybe not even safe for the occupants. With the structural body, does it have crumple zones?
Yeah the truck will survive and your corpse will look pretty but the aortic rupture wont be fun.Who needs crumple zones when the truck can probably just drive through anything? It's like a tank!
I interviewed with him back in 2009 at SpaceX. His communication was pretty poor 1 on 1 too. I think he is probably naturally a pretty big introvert that does a good job faking it.Ok. Just had the chance to watch the actual reveal video.
Is he always this terrible in front of a crowd? He's a truly awful public speaker.