We all knew the pricing would never hold, but seeing it now it still hurts
The tri-motor 500 mile range was probably the aspect that I found most exciting, seeing that removed hurts as well.
Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
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Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#122Saw one on the street yesterday. It looked enormous and out of place.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every full size pick-up truck defaults to a 6-6.5' foot bed size (in modern times). Some offer 8' beds but it's relatively rare in practice (as in, most people opt for a quad/crew cab without the long bed). All of them can handle 8' plywood with the bed down, just like this 6' bed on the Cybertruck. Even the Ford Maverick can handle an 8' sheet of plywood by using an adjusted-height tailgate and the wheel wells. http…
> Literally every full size pick-up truck defaults to a 6-6.5' foot bed size. Nope > Some offer 8' beds but it's relatively rare in practice. Also nope
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/short-bed-vs-lo...
> The standard bed of a pickup truck is typically 6'5" long
(So... yup.)
I can't find statistics on sales, but I rarely see trucks with 8' beds. Sure there are people that buy regular cab, 8' beds, and even some serious professionals that get an HD crew cab with the 8' bed (which is a monstrously long truck!) But in general that is not what I see. Thus... "rare."
(So... yup.)
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Sharp" as in "low to the ground", not a literal sharp angle. A car with a low, rounded front won't maim as badly as the Cybertruck's sharp angle aimed at your torso. What the article calls "blunt" (the thing that kills peds the most) is pretty much what the Cybertruck maximized.
Sure, but you'd likely fare better being hit by a Cybertruck than an F-150 or a Ranger or a large SUV.
The people who would consider buying an F150 or a sprinter van are not the people who would buy a Cybertruck. Smaller bed, can't tow nearly as much, lower range. The dominant market for this truck is going to be people who may as well buy a Model 3.
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#125Faster quarter mile drag speed than a Porsche 911 _while also towing a 911_ That's incredible marketing. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1730331223992472029
Comparing apple to orange.. still will get 911 any day.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Literally every full size pick-up truck defaults to a 6-6.5' foot bed size. Nope > Some offer 8' beds but it's relatively rare in practice. Also nope
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/short-bed-vs-lo... > The standard bed of a pickup truck is typically 6'5" long (So... yup.) I can't find statistics on sales, but I rarely see trucks with 8' beds. Sure there are people that buy regular cab, 8' beds, and even some serious professionals that get an HD crew cab with the 8' bed (which is a monstrously long truck!) But in general that is not what I see. Thus..…
"Standard" does not mean "the average". That's a marketing term of art. You won't see "Standard" beds on jobsites. You'll see long beds, because you can fit a sheet goods in them.
> I can't find statistics on sales, but I rarely see trucks with 8' beds
You probably aren't around job sites very much
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/short-bed-vs-lo... > The standard bed of a pickup truck is typically 6'5" long (So... yup.) I can't find statistics on sales, but I rarely see trucks with 8' beds. Sure there are people that buy regular cab, 8' beds, and even some serious professionals that get an HD crew cab with the 8' bed (which is a monstrously long truck!) But in general that is not what I see. Thus..…
"Standard" does not mean "the average". That's a marketing term of art. You won't see "Standard" beds on jobsites. You'll see long beds, because you can fit a sheet goods in them. > I can't find statistics on sales, but I rarely see trucks with 8' beds You probably aren't around job sites very much
Sure. And I would agree that the trucks you see on job sites are, by necessity, more "practical" truck buyers than what is typical. That doesn't mean it's what most truck buyers buy though. (Since way more people buy trucks than those driving them to job sites.)
Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
#128I would like to know the range when towing 11,000 lbs. In the full size market, I can only think of the Nissan Titan as having less than 12,000 lb tow rating. A base Ford F150 has a 14,000 rating. When you move up to diesels, you can easily tow 20,000+ lbs and even at 10,000 lbs you take very little hit on range if your load is somewhat aerodynamic. Pulling a full-size Airstream you can still get 20+mpg even in a sma…
The electric F150 weighs 6500 lbs...1,800-pound battery.
Yeah, reading my post, I didn't do a great job making the point I set out to. I was considering the size of the Cybertruck, wondering if Tesla were trying more for the Tacoma & Ranger sized truck market. I started to make that point and then looked up the weight of the Cybertruck and attempted (poorly) to use it as a metric for the size. I should've just used overall length, which would've been more clear and wouldn't have had the weight of the battery involved. Either way, at 223" inches, it is certainly in the full-sized market.
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#129Faster quarter mile drag speed than a Porsche 911 _while also towing a 911_ That's incredible marketing. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1730331223992472029
I am a car enthusiast (although not one who could afford either a 911 nor a Cybertruck) but respectfully, who cares about quarter mile times? Most car people I know want a car with some poke, but care much more about how it handles twisties (and how much fun it is doing so). And I'd bet my bottom dollar the 911 would beat the refrigerator-looking truck all day long.
But what if you need to help your friends move a quarter mile at a time as fast as possible?
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The cheapest F150 Lightning (available today not in 2025) is $50k Can you actually buy it at that price?
I see several listed in my area for around $53k. So approximately yes.
What you see listed and what the dealer will actually give it to you for are not necessarily the same thing, infamously so in the case of in-demand models like this.