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I don't know about the car market in the US enough but Tesla seems to be in the premium segment - are the trucks people buy for this kind of work in the price r

I don't know about the car market in the US enough but Tesla seems to be in the premium segment - are the trucks people buy for this kind of work in the price range of this thing ?

pizzaparty2 7y ago
Have you seen the work trucks some guys have? $40,000 doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
mdorazio 7y ago
100% absolutely. See [1]. People spend an absolutely stupid amount on trucks - basically no one gets the base model and the average sale price for an F150 is north of $45k. It's one of the reasons Ford is focusing on the truck segment - the margins are way higher than for mass market sedans. [1] https://www.kbb.com/car-news/pricing-your-next-ford-f-150-it-could-cost-60000-or-more/2100005698/ https://www.kbb.com/car-news/pricing-your-next-ford-f-150-it...
- CelestialTeapot 7y ago
  Yes, people foolishly gravitate toward trucks and SUVs, fattening the wallets of the car manufacturers and fueling the insanely stupid 7 year auto loan industry [1]. Of course, this is also disastrous for mitigating carbon emissions [2]. Additionally, they are a menace on the roadway through increasing pedestrian accidents and death [3] and likely increasing cyclist deaths [4]. They should be much more heavily regulated, for commercial use only, and require special licensing requiring regular accident avoidance training/testing. 1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s-truck-love-means-long-term-auto-loans-are-here-to-stay https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/... 3. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-suvs-to-the-pedestrian-safety-crisis/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-s... 4. https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-popularity-gentrification-behind-cyclist-deaths/ https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-...

I don't know about the car market in the US enough but Tesla seems to be in the premium segment - are the trucks people buy for this kind of work in the price range of this thing ?

pizzaparty2 7y ago

Have you seen the work trucks some guys have? $40,000 doesn't sound unreasonable to me.

mdorazio 7y ago

100% absolutely. See [1]. People spend an absolutely stupid amount on trucks - basically no one gets the base model and the average sale price for an F150 is north of $45k. It's one of the reasons Ford is focusing on the truck segment - the margins are way higher than for mass market sedans. [1] https://www.kbb.com/car-news/pricing-your-next-ford-f-150-it-could-cost-60000-or-more/2100005698/ https://www.kbb.com/car-news/pricing-your-next-ford-f-150-it...

CelestialTeapot 7y ago
Yes, people foolishly gravitate toward trucks and SUVs, fattening the wallets of the car manufacturers and fueling the insanely stupid 7 year auto loan industry [1]. Of course, this is also disastrous for mitigating carbon emissions [2]. Additionally, they are a menace on the roadway through increasing pedestrian accidents and death [3] and likely increasing cyclist deaths [4]. They should be much more heavily regulated, for commercial use only, and require special licensing requiring regular accident avoidance training/testing. 1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s-truck-love-means-long-term-auto-loans-are-here-to-stay https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/... 3. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-suvs-to-the-pedestrian-safety-crisis/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-s... 4. https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-popularity-gentrification-behind-cyclist-deaths/ https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-...