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Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#41

What surprised me is the "order with card" choice. I haven't bought a new car in a while, but is it normal to be defaulted to putting a $100,000 purchase on a credit card? Edit: Nevermind, it's a $250 deposit on a later $100,000 purchase.

That’s because it’s for the $250 deposit.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#42

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.…

The tax credit timeframe is already written into law, though? Of course Congress can't constrain itself so it could always cancel (or double!) those credits, but it seems pretty reasonable to rely on what the law currently says.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#43

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

Last I looked it was more of a design company than an actual car manufacturer. They seem to have a prototype, but I have doubts it'll ever arrive. Hope to be wrong.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#45

No $40k truck, but $61k is $51.6k in 2019 dollars, so pretty reasonable price and specs.

That’s the estimated price for delivery in 2025. Things could change by then.

Also, we’re talking about a new industry here because of which a lot of costs are also likely facing downwards pressure (so, for example, batteries are almost certainly cheaper today than they were 4-5 years ago).

Edit: This has caught me by surprise but EV battery prices seem to have started going up in constant dollars. It’s still lower than in 2019, so the nominal dollars are probably slightly lower than 2019, but I haven’t been following this for a few years and assumed battery prices were still going down in constant dollars.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/883118/global-lithium-io...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#46

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.…

> So the $40K CyberTruck is actually more like $57,000

$61k. Click on the tab that says "purchase price".

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#47

> Prices assume ... est. gas savings of $3,600 over 3 years. Seems shady

Oh wow. I missed that. That even feels illegal. FTC might come calling on that practice.

Edit: Other comments say they've been doing that for a while, even with the 3 series. So, I guess it's accepted? Urgh.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#49
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> With the ability to pull near infinite mass and a towing capability of over 14,000 pounds, Cybertruck can perform in almost any extreme situation with ease. This is direct quote from the Tesla site from 3 weeks ago. It’s now 11,000lbs on the linked page. More Musk bullshittery.

OK but nobody takes "pulling infinite mass" as an engineering specification. That's clearly marketing talking, something all car co's do.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

#50

What surprised me is the "order with card" choice. I haven't bought a new car in a while, but is it normal to be defaulted to putting a $100,000 purchase on a credit card? Edit: Nevermind, it's a $250 deposit on a later $100,000 purchase.

That's just the $250 deposit. Car dealers also require deposits when ordering a car, and it is common to put that on a credit card.

I would be surprised if Tesla allows placing the entire order by credit card.

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