Tesla Will Make A Pickup Truck

[Primalzer]

Move over, Chevrolet and Ram. A new challenger has appeared to take on the Ford F-Series in the truck game: Tesla Motors. CEO Elon Musk has officially announced that his electric car company will produce a pickup truck.

Musk made the announcement yesterday afternoon at a Business Insider event in New York. There, he said that the truck — which will likely look like an actual product people will want to buy and not the terrible render I had to cook up myself because Jason isn't in yet — will compete directly with the Ford F-Series and other passenger trucks. He said it won't be a commercial truck.

Here's what BI reported:

Musk's comments about the truck came after he was asked whether Tesla would ever make a fleet truck for the likes of FedEx or UPS. He said that, yes, Tesla was planning to make a truck, but not a commercial one, because the market opportunity for commercial trucks is much smaller. Musk said the Tesla truck would be modeled on Ford's F-Series in part because of that truck's remarkable popularity.

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It's very interesting to hear that Musk wants to take on Ford. This makes it sound like they want to do an actual, honest-to-God pickup with towing and hauling capabilities rather than a Honda Ridgeline-esque crossover truck based on the upcoming Tesla Model X. But Musk offered few other details, so that's just speculation on my part.

The truck game is very different from the luxury sedan game. I have to wonder exactly who this truck will be aimed at. Can an electric truck steal market share from traditional buyers who are deeply committed to their Ford, Chevy and Ram trucks? I think that depends on how good the Tesla truck ends up being.

Let us know what you think a Model S of pickup trucks should be like.

[MENTION=396]Mike K[/MENTION]

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[Bob Kazamakis]

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[Eagle]

Musk said the Tesla truck would be modeled on Ford's F-Series in part because of that truck's remarkable popularity.

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F-Series FTMFW! Can't wait to get back to one...

 

[Yaj Yak]

GOOD

 

[Aircal]

Old news they said this last week on American Top Gear..........

 

[Primalzer]

Old news they said this last week on American Top Gear..........

People watch American Top Gear?!

 

[Mike K]

Packaging the batteries would certainly be easier and the instant torque of the electric motor would be nice but you still run into problems like range, which would be significantly reduced if you... you know... used it like a truck? Then there's the matter of all that extra space for batteries not really being usable because the batteries are still so expensive.

I'm not sold. This must be a very long term thing for them because I can't see how it would currently have any kind of viability.

 

[guspech750]

Junk

F-series FTW.

 

[1MEANGT]

I will stick with my F150!

 

[Ti28]

I'll stick with my 1500

 

[RICH17]

Fleet sales of electic vans and trucks has really picked up over the years. And if Li-ion batteries costs keep going down its a no brainer. They say that li-ion batteries will cost half of what they do now by 2018-2020. Which isnt that far away in reality

 

[RICH17]

He said it won't be a commercial truck.

And I just read this.


Truck owners of today would probally not buy this IMO. Fleets would if they can make it cheaper than conventional powered trucks.


And good concet to think about for consumers would be a truck that had motors inside all four wheels like the electic SLS. That would make a sick 4X4.

 

[Dasfinc]

If it can maintain 2/3rds the range of the model S while towing, and drop some premium content to lower the price, I can see it being competitive.

 

[SRT41320]

im ok with this idea...

 

[Mike K]

I mean think of the torque. Peak torque 100% of the time, almost none of the upkeep of current diesel engines, etc. If you ignore the how and concentrate on the why then it's pretty obvious what the advantages would be and they'd be pretty substantial.

 

[Prevent]

called it


its like comparing an electric forklift to a diesel or propane one, electric wins all the time!!


i can push so much shit with an electric or move it, while a diesel strugges as you use the clutch and give it all the gas

 

[Aircal]

People watch American Top Gear?!

Those that want to know stuff before everyone else do I guess...lol
I thought the electric car one they did was good.

 

[Aircal]

And I just read this.


Truck owners of today would probally not buy this IMO. Fleets would if they can make it cheaper than conventional powered trucks.


And good concet to think about for consumers would be a truck that had motors inside all four wheels like the electic SLS. That would make a sick 4X4.

They bought the Honda truck, which has a trunk Ooooooooo. But on the plus side, that truck area could be filled with battaries.

I still think the best route is a small deisel engine to run a electric generater to run 4 electric motors.

 

[BrianG]

If Elon is gonna do this, he's gonna do it right, or he won't do it at all. I look forward to what he comes up with.

 

[sickmint79]

this will be great for the all electric luxury demographic buyer that can afford it.

 

[Blood on Blood]

 

[Mook]

Couldn't just bump the current thread? Lol

 

[Fish]

Sometimes threads like these should be treated as time capsules. Interesting and see who has changed and who hasn’t. ??

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I miss John and Zack