Tesla Cybertruck
One pugly bad boy! But it might grow in me to like it -- so I ordered one. Tesla Pugly SOB!
Forum Discussion
Bird Freak wrote:afidel wrote:I think you will need to rethink your range when towing.
I think they are sandbagging on the tow rating, with a 3,500lb payload on the base truck and electric drive they can pull a hell of a lot more than 7k pounds. I think I might change my next purchase from a 5er to a travel trailer so I can pull with the tri-motor, ~250 miles of towing range without using any gas is going to be great. The only interesting thing would be that I'd need 2x 50A spots reserved, one for the TT and one for the truck to refill (that or a splitter and a smart device that limits the truck to whatever the TT isn't using).
That's the killer for electric trucks. It takes a lot of energy to tow something so your range would suck, and recharges are slow - if even available. Most of our camping is primitive or in no service campgrounds, so we'd show up and then have to kick the genny on to recharge the truck? I think EV's can make a lot of sense in some vehicles such as commuters, but we are a long way off from them making sense in this role.
That said lots of F150s do nothing but commute and I guess there's nothing wrong with an electric pickup if that's all you do with it. This particular version is awfully ugly but concepts are often far different looking than the final product.
