We probably have 1/3 of all US Teslas here in the swamp, it don't get cold. My son lives in Colorado, they had one weekday around 10* below zero (F) for the high, dead Teslas all over streets and highways. Joe
I got to take a ride in a cyber truck today
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Hauls more stuff than the 90%+ pristine pickups I see whose tires never touch dirt.
I see a lot of them on the road around OKC, mostly the stainless steel finish but many other colors also. The problem is, most colors are flat not glossy paint which makes them ugly. A few that I've seen have glossy paint and they look pretty good.
DWalt
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I see some of them driving around town but not that many. Interesting to speculate why anyone would want to throw away that much cash.
Fishinfool
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Has anyone dropped a big block chevy motor in one yet..?....
Larry
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How to extend the range! 
I think those might be wraps .
Jon651
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Don't ride a motorcycle then...
Jon651
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The Cybertruck test I saw for mileage showed it getting over 350 miles on a full charge, but less than 100 miles on that same charge while towing 4000#, which is an absurd decrease in efficiency. However, all electric vehicles suffer from this effect, not just the Cybertruck and is a prime reason why I've never purchased an electric truck from ANY manufacturer and not just Tesla.
But there is also the issue of the near-impossibility of recharging the Cybertruck without unhooking your trailer - so there's that...
I honestly believe that if Tesla wanted to get into the electric truck market then they should have bought out Rivian and updated their trucks to Tesla standards and rebranded them with the Tesla nameplate. At least they would have an offering that is built like an actual truck and more closely resembles their current car line aesthetic. I believe that Elon Musk did not fully appreciate that REVOLUTIONARY changes must first be preceded by EVOLUTIONARY changes. There are real reasons why today's pickups are designed and built the way they are - and it's due to the legacy manufacturers having over a century of pickup truck design and development experience. The Cybertruck has about 20 minutes worth - and it shows.
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Haha..... Elon's rockets are stupid too. Sending them up and then having them come back down and land to be reused over and over. He should have stayed with the NASA Evolution of one time use. And don't get me started on his silly Starlink internet service bringing low cost high speed internet to rural areas. Doesn't he know cable companies supply internet to the cities? Stay between the lines....
I have never been in one, but we have one I see around town once in a while. I don't like the look, but to each their own. I will stick with my Taco for now.
I'm seeing a LOT of Tesla cars here in NW Florida, as well as several of the trucks. To me, a vehicle that I can't jump into and take off across the country just doesn't seem practical. Maybe I just don't understand how the ins and outs of charging enroute works, but there must be a system for it because I saw a sedan with Virginia plates the other day. I don't think it would have made the trip without a charge somewhere along the way.
Not a motorcycle. GMC and Chevy pickups. Story here for those who don't know.Don't ride a motorcycle then...
bigggbbruce
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When you can get one with a steel frame and a diesel, I'm in.
bigggbbruce
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Dang electric vehicles. My diesel truck gets better mileage when I'm towing.
Jon651
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In case you didn't realize it, reusing launch vehicles and boosters is not an idea unique to Elon Musk. The space shuttle did both for decades before SpaceX even existed. And Hughes Aerospace was providing internet service via DirecTV and it's satellite network long before he ever came to the US. Yes, Elon took the next step but when you look at the whole picture each step he has taken with SpaceX was evolutionary (the next of many small steps), not revolutionary (one big sudden change).
And oddly enough, building cars ain't rocket science...
Jon651
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I don't think I explained myself very well in my comment. My intent was to say that the people who were worried about the placement of gas tanks outside the frame rails on GM pickups shouldn't ride a motorcycle where the fuel tank is sitting right between your legs...Not a motorcycle. GMC and Chevy pickups. Story here for those who don't know.
Funny thing, however, is that the test that led to the changes in GM fuel tank placement was literally rigged. The NHTSA kept raising the height of the impactor on the side impact test of the GM pickups until they finally got one to explode. If I recall correctly, I think it took them six tries. This only sounds like a conspiracy theory, but based on the overall number of deaths involved with the original design I still think the test was valid and a good thing GM was forced to make the change. My first full-sized truck was a 1988 Chevy C1500 with the new design, so I directly benefited from it.
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The difference is you can get off a flaming motorcycle much easier than you can get out of a burning, crashed pickup. There were 2000 + deaths attributed to the gas tank placement. That's more than 20 times the fatalities of the Ford Pinto. It was a bad and dangerous design. Rigged testing or no, that's a lot of dead people.
Saw one today in kernersville North Carolina and the gentleman was hauling a ladder but the ladder was not in the truck it was on top of the roof strapped on.... So what the hell is the use of that ugly whatever you call it?
They are bullet proof. That is the only positive thing about them. It almost like Elon bet some friends that he could build the ugliest truck imaginable and still sell them. I like my GMC with a Duramax Diesel. I get 22 mph driving 80 on the highway.
