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Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by martythemaniak »

FireBeyond wrote: post #14

So the $40K CyberTruck is actually $61,000 and works on the assumption of tax credits being available at the end of 2025, 2 years from now... oh, and we've gone back to the bullshit of "subtracting gas costs from the "probable price"." Another Elon lie. Four, nearly five years after initial claims - meant to be available in 2021, and 52% more expensive. "Range: 250 - 500 miles". Another lie. Try 250 - 340. 33% less.…

Inflation exists independently of Musk or Tesla. $61k is $51.6k in 2019 dollars.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by mholm »

mminer237 wrote: post #27

> Prices assume IRA Federal Tax Credits up to $7,500 for Rear-Wheel Drive and All-Wheel Drive and est. gas savings of $3,600 over 3 years. This seems like a new low in scammy marketing. I can't wait for everything to have wildly undermarked prices with small asterisks saying it's when you subtract all the ways it will save you money in the long term.

They've been doing this for many years now. The 3 was released with the prices calculated in this way on the website.

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Post by xeromal »

ugh123 wrote: post #8

How come the "Cyberbeast" model has the same 11k lbs Towing Capacity as the "All Wheel Drive" version ($30k cheaper)? The Cyberbeast has significantly more Torque at 10,296 lb-ft vs. "All Wheel Drive" at 7,435

Probably limitation of the battery pack structure.

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Post by xeromal »

ajross wrote: post #12
ugh123 wrote: post #8

How come the "Cyberbeast" model has the same 11k lbs Towing Capacity as the "All Wheel Drive" version ($30k cheaper)? The Cyberbeast has significantly more Torque at 10,296 lb-ft vs. "All Wheel Drive" at 7,435

Presumably the limit is the hitch, not the drive train. You can put only so much force on a standard-sized chunk of steel.

Yeah, you'd need a goosneck at some point

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Post by blcknight »

ugh123 wrote: post #8

How come the "Cyberbeast" model has the same 11k lbs Towing Capacity as the "All Wheel Drive" version ($30k cheaper)? The Cyberbeast has significantly more Torque at 10,296 lb-ft vs. "All Wheel Drive" at 7,435

11kish is usually ther upper limit of most half ton pickups. Probably a function of what the frame can handle.

But Towing 11k on that thing is already going to tank your range to ~100 miles. I couldn’t imagine towing our camper with this thing (and the design is stupid enough that you probably can’t tow a fifth wheel right the cybertruck anyway)

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Post by Aurornis »

ugh123 wrote: post #8

How come the "Cyberbeast" model has the same 11k lbs Towing Capacity as the "All Wheel Drive" version ($30k cheaper)? The Cyberbeast has significantly more Torque at 10,296 lb-ft vs. "All Wheel Drive" at 7,435

Towing capacity is generally limited by things like the frame, braking capacity, and cooling capacity.

If you hook any automatic transmission truck up to a really heavy trailer (100,000 pounds) you can probably move it around, but if you try to actually tow it anywhere the truck will either overheat or crash into something when you can't stop it going down a hill.

Torque really only determines how fast you can accelerate the load, not how much you can tow on the road.

Also, EV "torque" specs are not comparable to traditional car torque specs because they're measured differently (ICE measured at the engine before the transmission multiplies torque to the wheels, EV measured directly at the wheels)

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Post by jessehattabaugh »

photonbeam wrote: post #10
jessehattabaugh wrote: post #5

No thanks, I'm reserving an Alpha Wolf https://www.alphamotorinc.com/vehiclereservation

Thats a big list of models for a company Ive never heard of

Probably the same platform with different bodies. Might end up being vaporware, but I'm voting for the design language.
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