TESLA Electric Truck?

[Gale Hawkins]

I'm not sold on TESLA for several reasons. Some to do with their product but mostly to do with their business model and their reliance on government subsidies to stay afloat.
TBS

So you are going to throw Tesla in the same boat with the makers of Dodge and Chevy trucks?

 

[ruffdog]

Apparently, the Tesla truck is hard to see out of or is a bit difficult to steer.

Elon Musk Hits Traffic Pylon With New Cybertruck After Dinner in Malibu

 

[Jstpssng]

Apparently, the Tesla truck is hard to see out of or is a bit difficult to steer.

Elon Musk Hits Traffic Pylon With New Cybertruck After Dinner in Malibu

It could also be that he doesn’t know how to drive, or some other reason.

 

[California]

Maybe it was Musk's equivalent of rolling coal, or blocking a supercharger. He made his left turn ignoring the Right Turn Only sign that he hit at the restaurant exit.

It's a big truck. Stuffs in the way, drive over it.

He knows his target market!

 

[ruffdog]

Maybe it was Musk's equivalent of rolling coal, or blocking a supercharger. He made his left turn ignoring the Right Turn Only sign that he hit at the restaurant exit.

It's a big truck. Stuffs in the way, drive over it.

He knows his target market!

^^:laughing::thumbsup:

Elon Musk'''s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies - Los Angeles Times

 

[Grumpycat]

Yes, lets talk about Musk and the SEC and their lawsuit that led to a $20 million fine, and Musk being removed as chairman of the board. This was done because Musk mislead investors. In my opinion, he had been doing plenty of that all along......

SEC settles charges with Tesla'''s Elon Musk, will remain as CEO

See? You are proving my point the SEC tolerates no fools. The SEC instantly came down hard on Musk.

I reiterate: Where are the subsidies? You made the unsubstantiated claim. Substantiate it.

 

[two_bit_score]

^^:laughing::thumbsup:

Elon Musk'''s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies - Los Angeles Times

See? You are proving my point the SEC tolerates no fools. The SEC instantly came down hard on Musk.

I reiterate: Where are the subsidies? You made the unsubstantiated claim. Substantiate it.

>>>>“He definitely goes where there is government money,” said Dan Dolev, an analyst at Jefferies Equity Research. “That’s a great strategy, but the government will cut you off one day.”<<<

 

[dodge man]

A little off topic but we went from Illinois to Colorado for Thanksgiving. I so a lot of Teslas in Colorado.. I also so charging stations. I saw one at a restaurant in Rifle Colorado. Also at the hotel we stayed at in Kansas. I'm trying to figure out how you drive one across country though with a range of less than 400 miles. I guess short day of driving. As we got near the Eisenhower tunnel the weather got really bad and there was a Tesla next to us in stop and go traffic. I wondered how that cut down on his range.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Short of being in a plane runnning out of fuel, is there a worse feeling than being in a vehicle with an Empty Fuel Gauge? Happens in my Sierra Diesel all to often actually.

Is there any way you could carry a suitcase inverter style generator for long trips, just for an emergency?

 

[California]

Is there any way you could carry a suitcase inverter style generator for long trips, just for an emergency?

I think you need a generator as big as a trailer-mounted welder to charge in a reasonable time.