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My mistake! That's what I get for reading the comment but not putting it into the context of the post. It isn't that people want EVs they want truck form facto
by GreedClarifies 4y ago
My mistake! That's what I get for reading the comment but not putting it into the context of the post.
It isn't that people want EVs they want truck form factor EVs. And yes, Tesla has failed on providing that.
- dsr_ 4y agoPretty sure people would also like an electric Honda Civic (they don't even have a plugin-hybrid, just a efficient Accord and CR-V) or anything else that feels reliable and is priced similarly to ICE.
- brewdad 4y agoThat's exactly what I want. A runabout town car with enough range that I don't have to think about charging it on a cold winter Saturday where I might go 125+ miles running errands all over the metro area. I'll keep my ICE vehicle for road trips, at least until the charging network gets more reliable, but I'd love to never burn a drop of gasoline unless we are headed out of town.
- DannyBee 4y agoI live in Georgia, a place where everyone owns trucks. I honestly don't think it would matter what Tesla released, because it's Tesla. It will have a rough general acceptance curve in Georgia and I'm not sure that would change a ton based on vehicle form. Personally, I don't care if it can do what I need. But it is fair to say that acceptance often has a very significant social component (and most engineers ignore this). It's often impossible to gain acceptance of a very new thing in one step (to different), but possible by producing multiple in between points. This is true even if the end thing is much better. So for other vehicle makers, I would expect them to be smart enough to get to amazing end state in steps instead of trying it all at once