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Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Pickup Truck Coming 'After Model Y' (electrek.co)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a Tesla pickup truck is coming "right after Model Y." He said that he already has "the core design/engineering elements" in his mind and wants to bring it to market right after Model Y. Musk later added that the Tesla pickup will be "similar in size" or "slightly bigger" than a Ford F150 "to account for a really gamechanging (I think) feature I'd like to add." Electrek reports: Musk had previously confirmed that Model Y, a small SUV or crossover built on the Model 3 platform, would be Tesla's priority once Model 3 production is ramped up. That's why it was surprising for Tesla to unveil the next generation Roadster at the Tesla Semi event since the vehicle was expected to come out after Model Y, which has yet to be unveiled. At the same event, Musk also released the first image of a Tesla electric pickup truck, but some people still think it's a joke. He claimed that it was a smaller version of Tesla Semi and "a pickup truck that can carry a pickup truck." While it sounded like a joke, Musk had previously mentioned his intention to leverage work on the Tesla Semi to create a Tesla pickup truck.
Well fuck, I tried to mod this overrated, and hit underrated instead, So here's my comment to undo that mod.
Who cares?
I mean really, who cares?
Musk has over-promised by about 40% on everything. Everything. But what was his promise? Disrupt everything. Change the world.
Yeah, he doesn't nail it every time. But he gets so close to world-shaking that I'm not worried at all. My current car does 0-60 in about 12 seconds. For $40k I can buy a number of cars that can cut that down to 6s. All sucking down a ton of fuel. But the Model 3? 4 seconds. Maybe less. For the same money or less.
Yes, production is lagging, but so what? Your world-changing technology is delayed 6 months. Are you really going to throw a fit about that?
If Musk never produced anything he claimed to have made, I'd throw him in the bin of scammers and charlatans. But he fucking does what he says! On schedule? Nope. But not that far later, and not that much less.
There aren't many futurists who have a record anything near what Musk has for delivering world-changing technology.
Velociraptor = Distiraptor / Timeraptor
Torque is EVERYTHING. If you aren't making the torque, you aren't pulling the load. IC engines don't make significant torque until they're well into the power band. Electric motors make 100% of their torque at 0 rpm, and it tapers off linearly until max rpm. Imagine being able to control a truck pulling a heavy load as if you were pulling feathers. Acceleration responsiveness you could dream about at 0 or 65 mph. It's not all about raw available power, but the ability to apply power quickly and accurately. If you've ever operated a truck with a sloppy pedal and slow spooling big diesel engine you know the pedal/brake dance when backing up, and the agony of smashing the pedal and waiting 3-4 seconds for actual power to start. Electric motors are going to replace the final drive mechanism of every land vehicle. It just makes sense.