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Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by bioemerl »

wilg wrote: post #8
binarymax wrote: post #6

"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?

The two are roughly the same.

A big truck is more deadly to smaller vehicles and we shouldn't make it unsafe to drive a regular sized car instead of one of these monstrously large trucks.

You could regulate things like requiring stop gates on trucks like semi trucks have though, which would at least help.

Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by binarymax »

wilg wrote: post #8
binarymax wrote: post #6

"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?

Dimensions are easier to quantify than safety.

Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by timeagain »

alemanek wrote: post #4
EA-3167 wrote: post #2

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.

Which to be fair is the majority of the current US pickup truck market.

Yes modern pickup trucks are not useful for most work, or would be more useful in other forms. I note near me that most landscapers use older smaller Toyota trucks which are easier to reach into the bed without getting in it. Most work vehicles printed with a logo are vans, which don’t expose their cargo to the elements (or theft).

These trucks do have utility for hauling trailers, but as far as I am concerned most modern pick-up trucks are emotional support vehicles.

Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by jlmn »

binarymax wrote: post #6

"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 $100,000.

Sounds pretty "Silicon Valley" to me, at least as far as price is concerned.

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Post by alistairSH »

wilg wrote: post #8
binarymax wrote: post #6

"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?

Physics dictates that mass has a significant impact on safety. Especially for people outside the big-ass truck.

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Post by [deleted] »

binarymax wrote: post #6

"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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Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by CoolGuySteve »

Yeah people who do real work need a 6000 pound vehicle with terrible sight lines that can 0-60 in 3.8 seconds.

You know, just in case your work involves obliterating someone in a parking lot with an amount of force that should probably be illegal.

Re: Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'

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Post by subsubzero »

binarymax wrote: post #6

"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.

before the Obama administrations emissions rules[1] trucks and suv's were quite small, blame the rules put out in that ruling for why trucks and suvs are so gigantic, I too am frustrated with how big they are and I own a new truck!

[1] - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions-suvs-size...

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