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Millennials are piling into Tesla following the announcement of its $35k Model 3
- ratling 8y agoI really want them to come out with a pickup. Electric vehicles are massive torque monsters, make a vehicle that outclasses every POS in an F150 rolling coal and you will see them sell. You can do this now in a Tesla but it doesn’t look like you can do it in a Tesla. And looks matter.
- yingw787 8y agoIt will be cool to see how they evolve the design language as the product lineup widens. I wonder if they will still go for "sleek", or if "boxy" will be in.
- x2f10 8y agoHow many people purchase trucks for the simple fact that it's "rolling coal"? I wonder if Tesla trucks would have a not-man-enough stigma (e.g. the stigma Prius' have).
- ratling 8y agoHaving grown up with it, truck culture is just... cancer. I love the idea of subverting it by making a straight up better product in every way except price (and you can market around the price issue, "What you're too poor to afford a real truck? phh").
- thecynicc 8y agoRemember this is US you are talking about. You guys have really weird idea of HAS TO TOW WITH A PICKUP, even though a lot of typical EU sedans have better ratings for it. If you ever had to haul any kind of a trailer you know your fuel economy gets destroyed. Once, in my gas car I nearly ran out of fuel, because in a hilly terrain typically 100km reserve came on and the estimated range was instantly below 20 km And even if you are not towing a trailer, pretty much anything you put in the bed will wreck your (usually very low for EVs) air resistance coefficients and also murder your range. While the EV pickup could sell to city-dwelling hipsters, in US culture real-use it will fail badly. It's even more dumb than the Tesla Semi lul
- leesec 8y agoThey are working on it! Elon says it's the product he's most excited about, but it's going to be Model Y -> Semi -> Pickup as priority.
- brad0 8y agoI can’t be the only one who feels this is some kind of bull shit sponsored article right? - write a pseudo news article about Tesla doing a change to their business strategy - say how “millennials” are being bold and brave by buying Tesla stock even though other people are selling - providing a convenient way for you too to buy Tesla shares using a cool app called Robin Hood It stinks of manipulation. Afaik robin hoods business model is to sell the trade data from its users to day traders who can manipulate the stock price by releasing articles like this.
- benj111 8y ago"Afaik robin hoods business model is to sell the trade data from its users to day traders who can manipulate the stock" They sell access to their book to market makers, if that's what you mean. They benefit from the extra liquidity, and Robin Hood customers benefit from better than market rates. Plus trades are publicly available data. And it isn't clear how having that data would be beneficial to manipulating the stock price. Edit: Here's a decent write up of how it works https://medium.com/automation-generation/commission-free-trading-is-it-helping-or-hurting-you-dc5fdc22ca6a https://medium.com/automation-generation/commission-free-tra...
- tfolbrecht 8y agoIt might be an ad for Tesla, but don't attack Robinhood. They make money by selling order routing access.
- Fuckyourself 8y agoEverything a a damn conspiracy with you idiots. BusinessInsider is notorious for shitting on Tesla, doubt they would advertise with these people.
- DeonPenny 8y agoI want one so bad. I don't really want a car, but I'd take one of these. Plus the more you here like how cheap power is makes it feel like a good deal.