How are you people getting a fully charged vehicle to the top of the mountain to start with? Air dropped? Mule team hauling it up there?
Like I've said each time, it would be very rare, not really much of a concern for almost any potential buyer. I think the only reason it's getting dragged out, is that some (one?) poster seems to be claiming that there is no difference in engine braking an ICE car downhill, and driving a fully charged EV downhill. But there is a difference. The ICE can use engine braking,and is not reliant on friction brakes. The fully charged EV has to rely entirely on friction brakes. It's as simple as that.
But I did mention, a Tesla owner lived at the top of a hill, and it was an issue for him. Rare, but the discussion was more about the technology behind this effect - you can't regen (or fast charge) into a 90% charged battery. At those levels, charge must be tapered off.
Some people point out that the built-in air compressor and the inverter are useful features for a work truck.
I read that they claim the rolling shutter over the truck bed is strong enough to stand on. It occurs to me that it is also great to protect the content, and tools carried in a work truck.
On the other hand, how that rolling shutter stands up to rain, and how it can be opened when covered with snow and ice in its tracks and folds remains to be seen.
I wonder how much capability that air compressor has? I have not seen any specs. I have a small air compressor (little 3G Harbor Freight cheapie) that is great for running my nail gun, or topping up tires. I do a few shots, pause, then a few shots, pause. I'm not doing production work. A nail gun doesn't use much volume of air, just that little piston per shot. But other air tools really use a large volume, and would require a much larger compressor.
I also wonder about that rolling shutter with ice/snow. Based on some issues I've read about with other Tesla models in cold weather, the California design center doesn't seem to always have ice/snow renditions on their mind.
Thread hijacking is often an issue, unfortunately more so with this thread about the Tesla pickup intro...
I didn't understand the earlier thread-jacking comment. What here isn't about the Tesla truck?
BTW, I usually have no problem with thread drift, it's usually interesting/entertaining. It can be a bit annoying if the subject is specific and objective, and people go off on subjective things.
-ERD50