General vehicle thread

[Gman]

[QUOTE=Irving;2246090]

Uh...this thing is supposed to be a truck, right?

Is this comment about the 0-60 time, or the shape?

All of the above. Fast and high center of gravity with 4-wheel independent suspension leads to some fun unintentional maneuvering. 0-60 in less than 3 seconds is just not really important as to why someone would need a truck. Rear visibility and headroom must suck with that roof line.

The design looks like a F-117 from the '80s. The truck looks like what someone in the '80s thought the future would look like (but never did). I liked one of the comments I read that said it looks like a set piece from a Robocop movie with a $1500 budget.

Being a truck owner, one of the things that truck owners seem to like to do is customize their trucks with a nearly endless number of aftermarket mods. The aftermarket will likely be very limited on these things due to their low production numbers.

[Irving]

Being fast just comes with the territory of electric vehicles. I'm pretty sure no one has ever said, nor will ever say, "This truck would be better if it were slower." If it can still tow and haul like it's supposed to, it doesn't matter at all if it's also fast. Just seems like you're going out of your way to nitpick.

I'm not a super fan boi about it, but if it still holds stuff in the bed, then the design doesn't matter much either. A Uhaul is more truck than what most people drive and has zero rear visibility. With all the cameras on Teslas, I'm sure rear visibility will hardly be an issue. Is there even an argument that independent suspension handles worse than a solid axle?

[buffalobo]

Looks like a Prius would haul a sheet of plywood just as well.

[Irving]

I went and looked for more pictures. This article has some showing the bed open, and one with a kind of topper. Anyway, I don't like the design. For no other reason than that it does not appeal to me aesthetically. I really have to wonder if that tear drop shape wasn't chosen for aerodynamics though.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...-photos-specs/

[Gman]

You gotta' get on-board with the nomenclature. It's not a "bed", it's a "vault".

As to aero, having the wind blowing under the truck won't help and if you're towing a box trailer, does it really matter?

At least there are 4 Supercharging stations at the Best Western Plus Canyonlands in Moab, UT.

[MrPrena]

Stealth truck.

[Gman]

Stealth truck.

1980's stealth truck, as in F-117 (which came to mind when I saw the shape). Current stealth aircraft don't look like that.

[Irving]

We didn't know about soft curves in the 1980's.

[Gman]

We didn't know about soft curves in the 1980's.

Apparently Elon Musk still doesn't know.

[ray1970]

We didn't know about soft curves in the 1980's.

Oh, I knew all about soft curves in the 80?s.

Nothing vehicle related though.