Tesla Launch of Pick-Up
Elon Musk, mentioned that Tesla is ready to launch a "kick-ass" pick up next year. My son works at Tesla and this is just a confirmation of what he told me in secret a few months ago that their lab...
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Yosemite Sam1 wrote:ShinerBock wrote:Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
Semis are already viable and with advanced orders and future productions sold out.
Elon Musk success is seeing the light, not the clouds eclipsing it.
No, they are not viable. As I explained to time2roll in the other thread about the semis.
The other problem I did not list here is weight. Due to the weight of these trucks, you will need twice as many of them to carry the same weight due to DOT weight regulations. There more to it than just making a truck so no they are not viable in the real world.
These are the companies that put their money where your mouth still is:
Walmart
Anheuser-Busch
Pepsi
City Furniture
As I said and add, others see opportunities, non doers see problems.
And those very same companies(besides city furniture) have preordered trucks from my company was well all they way up until 2020. So what? Back orders on trucks are over a year out for every OE on the market right now.
Okay, how would you solve those problems and still be economically viable compared to other ICE trucks because those are common problems a fleet manager will face when purchasing any fleet of Tesla semi's?
