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Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« on: November 14, 2013, 09:43:41 am »


CEO: Pickup "might" be produced in five years

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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2013, 09:49:39 am »
And I might become the Queen of England.

Sounds like a thread topic: Things that might happen in five years.

Lots of shorts on Tesla these days.
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2013, 09:55:10 am »
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2013, 10:22:15 am »
Uhhhh...no...  :rofl:
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2013, 10:15:39 pm »
Sounds like a great idea.  Pickups sell in huge numbers, there's lots of space for the batteries, and short trip usage is very common.  But rather than engineer a pickup from scratch, why not just buy F150's with no powertrain?
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Re: Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2013, 07:40:46 am »
Quote from: X-Traction on November 14, 2013, 10:15:39 pm
Sounds like a great idea.  Pickups sell in huge numbers, there's lots of space for the batteries, and short trip usage is very common.  But rather than engineer a pickup from scratch, why not just buy F150's with no powertrain?

This would be ideal for our company pickup truck as it is short runs in town.  Furthest round trip would be under 100km.
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2013, 08:55:07 pm »
Telsa is DONE. 
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 09:56:14 pm »
Quote from: ArticSteve on November 17, 2013, 08:55:07 pm
Telsa is DONE.

Because Toyota always wins?  ;)
IIRC Tesla is about to build its own battery plant. That should allow them to NOT pay "retail" for Panasonic or other cells. With this move and Li-ion kWh price gradually decreasing they will be on course to the people - mobile.
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Re: Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Tesla Pickup
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2013, 10:57:56 pm »
On Oct. 30, in separate press releases, Tesla and Panasonic each announced a four-year extended supply agreement for automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells. Tesla claims the agreement will "accelerate the market expansion of electric vehicles" on top of its already increasing production. Both companies claim they have worked together to develop a battery that "provides the highest energy density and best performance cells in the market."

So will others.  How long can you go selling 80-100K vehicles for cash that can't be re-charged in condos or in office buildings. 
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