Electric Vehicles - Models Discussion

[Fermion]

I don't think solar on the vehicle would ever make sense money-wise. You'd be better off just charging from a 110v/15a socket.

Also a 100kwh battery is a heavy (and expensive) thing to lug around for 2 to 8 mile trips.

The problem is, once in awhile, maybe 4 times a year, we take a 200 mile round trip to the larger city. That would get quite annoying with a tiny battery that could not even make 1 way.

We can do the math on the solar. Assume you get 5kwh a day from the 1600 watts of panels, which are $0.50 a watt, or $800. At our rate of $0.12 per kwh, that is $0.60 a day. In a year, that is $219. Aside from opportunity costs of the $800, sounds like it would pay for itself in under 5 years.

 

[Car-Guy]

Looks like the cheapest CT will now be a 100k.

Tesla stops taking orders for cheapest Cybertruck, offers $100,000 version now

Tesla has stopped taking orders for the least expensive version of its Cybertruck, which is priced at $61,000, while making the $100,000 version available for immediate order and delivery as soon as this month, its website showed. Demand and supply for the Cybertruck are closely monitored by...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Midpack]

Looks like the cheapest CT will now be a 100k.

Tesla stops taking orders for cheapest Cybertruck, offers $100,000 version now

Tesla has stopped taking orders for the least expensive version of its Cybertruck, which is priced at $61,000, while making the $100,000 version available for immediate order and delivery as soon as this month, its website showed. Demand and supply for the Cybertruck are closely monitored by...

finance.yahoo.com

Thats been the cheapest model since they started deliveries. The Cyberbeast and the Foundation series were about $100K and $120K. The base model won’t be available until 2025 as noted in your link, and that was published from the start. All that’s actually changed is they’re not taking more reservations for the base model - they already have enough to keep production going for months/years. As you must know (Car-Guy), most legacy automakers only offer higher trim versions when new models roll out, not unique to Tesla. They all withhold lower trim, less profitable new models if they can.

 

[Fermion]

$100,00 Cybertruck outperformed in towing range by a 1971 Ford...sigh.

 

[Texas Proud]

Well, saw a Cyber truck in the wild on a side street in the neighborhood today... it was going the opposite direction so it was quick... still looks really weird..

 

[audreyh1]

Cybertruck looks pretty cool wrapped in black!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823445592183324908

 

[Car-Guy]

New Cyber Truck option?

 

[Texas Proud]

OHH, forgot to post... saw my 2nd one a couple of days ago...

BRIGHT BLUE!!! Must have had it wrapped... actually looked better than the silver..