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I appreciate Tesla for taking the pick up truck use cases and building something from scratch. This is the first pick up truck I’ve ever thought to myself “make

by fumar 7y ago

I appreciate Tesla for taking the pick up truck use cases and building something from scratch. This is the first pick up truck I’ve ever thought to myself “makes sense and I want it.” The ICE trucks have needy engines and most of the time the power is unused. The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. I would love to take the Cybertruck off-roading. I’m also excited to see these on the road. It will make my inner kid feel like we finally made it to the future.

vvanders 7y ago
Depends on the truck, our Ram EcoDiesel gets better mileage(30mpg) than any of our Subarus ever did. That said you see a lot of 3/4 ton daily drivers that only see a tow hitch one or two weekends out of the year.
- davidgay 7y ago
  Don't forget to adjust those mpg figures by ~13% for the higher energy density (and CO2 emissions) for diesel vs gasoline. So 30mpg diesel is ~ like 26.5 mpg gasoline.
tw04 7y ago
>The ICE trucks have needy engines and most of the time the power is unused. Can you explain...? You have so many options with ICE trucks, most of which now include turbo's... which only produce "unused power" when you put the pedal to the floor. Otherwise they sip gas (relatively speaking). >The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. Literally an option if not standard feature on all new trucks... have you actually looked at anything else or just making uneducated comments? You and your friends can feel free to downvote away, but have the guts to at least attempt to refute my statements...
notatoad 7y ago
>The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. IIRC this was a thing on land rovers back in the day, and was notoriously unreliable. It's a great idea in theory, but much more difficult to get right than a bunch of steel springs.
- kmlx 7y ago
  the new defender is back, and looks pretty good: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-land-rover-defender-2019 https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-land-rover-d...

by fumar 7y ago

vvanders 7y ago

Depends on the truck, our Ram EcoDiesel gets better mileage(30mpg) than any of our Subarus ever did. That said you see a lot of 3/4 ton daily drivers that only see a tow hitch one or two weekends out of the year.

davidgay 7y ago
Don't forget to adjust those mpg figures by ~13% for the higher energy density (and CO2 emissions) for diesel vs gasoline. So 30mpg diesel is ~ like 26.5 mpg gasoline.

tw04 7y ago

>The ICE trucks have needy engines and most of the time the power is unused. Can you explain...? You have so many options with ICE trucks, most of which now include turbo's... which only produce "unused power" when you put the pedal to the floor. Otherwise they sip gas (relatively speaking). >The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. Literally an option if not standard feature on all new trucks... have you actually looked at anything else or just making uneducated comments? You and your friends can feel free to downvote away, but have the guts to at least attempt to refute my statements...

notatoad 7y ago

>The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. IIRC this was a thing on land rovers back in the day, and was notoriously unreliable. It's a great idea in theory, but much more difficult to get right than a bunch of steel springs.

kmlx 7y ago
the new defender is back, and looks pretty good: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-land-rover-defender-2019 https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-land-rover-d...