I always assumed Tesla was aiming less at people who use a truck for work, and more at people who use a truck as a sort of status symbol.
Well, speaking as a Texan, that is most truck owners. But I dont think most F150 buyers would be caught dead in a cybertruck.
Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'
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#32"I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe. We need some regulation to only allow vehicles over a certain size to be commercial only.
> "I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." "I don't make trucks regular people want... I make trucks for people who want to spend lots of money" – a more accurate statement, I think. Also amusing coming from the CEO of a brand who's electric truck starts at $60,000 for a "work truck" with vinyl seats, and climbs to nearly $10…
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Also amusing coming from the CEO of a brand who's electric truck starts at $60,000 for a "work truck" with vinyl seats, and climbs to nearly $100,000 Agreed, but if anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out at $39K like Elon originally promised, I have a bridge to sell you.
If anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out, I'll sell you the land for that bridge.
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#34"I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe. We need some regulation to only allow vehicles over a certain size to be commercial only.
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#35"I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe. We need some regulation to only allow vehicles over a certain size to be commercial only.
Why not regulate safety instead of size?
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#36"I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe. We need some regulation to only allow vehicles over a certain size to be commercial only.
Why not regulate safety instead of size?
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#37I always assumed Tesla was aiming less at people who use a truck for work, and more at people who use a truck as a sort of status symbol.
Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Also amusing coming from the CEO of a brand who's electric truck starts at $60,000 for a "work truck" with vinyl seats, and climbs to nearly $100,000 Agreed, but if anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out at $39K like Elon originally promised, I have a bridge to sell you.
If anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out, I'll sell you the land for that bridge.
Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'
#39"I don't make trucks like that," Farley said. "I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that's a different kind of truck." You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe. We need some regulation to only allow vehicles over a certain size to be commercial only.
Why not regulate safety instead of size?
In a collision, all else being equal, you always want to be in the bigger car. Its literally grade 10 physics.
But we can have our cake and eat it too. Safer, environmentally sound vehicles and as big as we want them.... by simply lowering and enforcing speed limits.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not regulate safety instead of size?
Physics dictates that mass has a significant impact on safety. Especially for people outside the big-ass truck.