What were Tesla thinking?

It wouldn't be much use in the central U.S. due to lack of charging stations at least for now. Ugly as sin but not a ridiculous price. The link is to Autotrader, a vehicle market place.

I have seen videos such as these driving a Tesla cross country:

Not seeing an EV in my future with the possible exception of an eBike, I only skimmed the article but the takeaway was the charging costs were higher the equivalent gasoline costs.

Found it:

Article from 9/2019 here talking about Ebikes. HD makes one.

I would expect it to be higher than home. They are providing a service and have to recoup expenses to pay for the stations, possibly rent.

I'd consider an EV if I had two cars but so far, it does not quite suit my needs. Great acceleration though.

Here's the Cybertruck.

"It uses unusually thick 3 mm (1?8 in) 30x-series[a] cold-rolled stainless steel body panels, which cannot be stamped like conventional automobile parts."

The glass in the vehicle was supposed to be shatterproof, but the prototype at the original news conference seemed to have the wrong glass in it. The video in the above page, from TMZ, shows Musk driving his test vehicle to and from a restaurant.

Who knows what it will look like, when delivered.

It looks like it's mainly built for gangsters, considering the physical toughness touted. I thought the idea was that the bed would be suited to hauling plywood sheets, but... maybe not. The bed is 6.5 feet and the load can extend further if a seat is folded down. So maybe a sheet of plywood would fit.

Paul

If you your registered purchase address is where charging stations are not available, there is an 84% discount on the price of a 100 mile extension cord, along with rights to an innovative software program that prevents your cord from being tangled with other trucks' cords.

Ugly as sin but not a ridiculous

Back in the early eighties I had a 1975 Fiat L 128 Sport I converted to electric Back then a quarter of a dollar recharged it in about 6 hours for a 30 mile range at 50 MPH and 50 miles at 30 MPH using 8 GC2H golf cart batteries (6 volt 225 amp hour) Gas was maybe a buck and a half a gallon, so the charge cost the equivalent of roughly a sixth of a gallon of gasoline. Thats 300MPG equivalent at 30 MPH, and about 180 MPG at 50. At today's electricity rates it would be closer to a buck and a half to recharge, and gas is currently between 4 and 5 bux a gallon. Say $4.50 - the charge costs about the same as 1/3 gallon of gasoline so still 150MPG equivalency at 30mph and 90 at 50.

Sadly it was a FIAT and you could sit and watch it rust

get with the program you must not resist

HD will be making one of those too. They'll supposedly be available next spring.

I like the language options for their site, English or German English.

Your gas tax in Canada is considerably higher than USA where cost per gallon is half.

Governments will not tolerate lose of gas tax revenue and probably be like Ohio where annual car registration cost is $35 plus $100 more for a hybrid and $200 more for all electric.

For 5 grand I want something with an engine...

They ship to mainland USA and Germany. Why? What about the other 26 countries of the EU, or even the UK?

In the southern US, we have a station with a price of $1.83 (I don't remember the ethanol-free price).

Then use other companies stations. They're all free in the UK anyway!

And if you're not going far, you just charge it at work and home.

Not meaning to turn it into a contest, but every so often I use the Gas Buddy app to check the price in Houston, home of multiple refineries. I see $1.45 today. Over here in my neighborhood, $1.65 is today's price.

Free electricity? If so you pay for it with your horrendous taxes.