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I think this might be a close second in ugliness to the Tesla Truck. Why can't have an electric Toyota Tacoma? Or an F150 or a Chevy Colorado?
by 0wl3x 7y ago
I think this might be a close second in ugliness to the Tesla Truck. Why can't have an electric Toyota Tacoma? Or an F150 or a Chevy Colorado?
- crooked-v 7y agoIf a company makes an electric clone of the F-150, it'll lose all its sales as soon as an actual electric F-150 is released.
- manigandham 7y agoFord is working on an electric F-150 prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXFHgoon7lg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXFHgoon7lg And considering it's the electric drivetrain that adds all the main features (performance, tow capacity, torque, electrical outlets, etc), they could easily close the gap with Tesla. It remains to be seen on how much people care about the styling and hardened steel body though.
- generatorguy 7y agoForgot range. Which depends on weight. Which is saved by the battery enclosure being a structural member of the vehicle. I think to make a decent electric truck it will take more than strapping some batteries under the box and swapping ice for electric.
- roberto8647 7y agoCheck out the Rivian, it's a great looking electric truck in my opinion. https://rivian.com/ https://rivian.com/
- dmix 7y agoGreat looking - everything but the cutesy front headlights. I'd slightly prefer a blacked out Tesla truck to that. The main problem with the front/back of the Cybertruck is the it's very flat and plain where even a licence plate or name decal would make it look better. But I have a feeling it will look better in person than online.
- crooked-v 7y ago> everything but the cutesy front headlights I think I agree. I feel like it'd like it better if the headlights were inset as vertical stripes rather than rounded.
- hinkley 7y agoMy thought process went something like, "Oh come on, how bad can they really be? I bet you could <clicks on link> just put... something... over... No. Nope, those are irredeemable." There's an awful, awful lot of virtue signalling going on in all of these designs. Extra emphasis on the 'awful'.
- xeromal 7y agoWhat's the virtue they're signalling?
- beached_whale 7y agoThat will be the the Tesla F-117 Truck, with radar absorbing vantablack paint
- paranoidrobot 7y agoWhile I did snicker at the thought of a Vantablack'ed Cybertruck, I think it'd be a dangerous vehicle to have on the roads - your visibility would be so low.
- dmix 7y agoIt’d be dangerous for self driving cars because LIDAR has trouble picking up deep black colours since it doesn’t reflect back any light.
- beached_whale 7y agodaytime running lights are required in many places along with other lights and the windows.
- mxcrossb 7y agoI like how they lost the wading depth, I’m all set for the Oregon trail now!
- catalogia 7y agoI think it's a pretty interesting design. It seems to draw inspiration from the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust.