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Most likely, these cars are in varying states of completeness and are being prepped for shipment to a testing facility. Well, some of them, anyway. NHTSA will need to test the cats with front and rear castings and structural battery packs as all that affects crash stuff. I suppose.

Watching Joe Tegtmeyer's video or Maybe Jeff Roberts' video, I was wondering why they had to have guys push the car into place. Is it possible they are lacking drivetrain? Batteries? I know it's a structural pack but still... Why would they have to push one? And car covers... Why car covers...

Okay... I'm not a fan of the Hummers but, dang, I want four wheel steering sooo bad! Check it out: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/3/22362072/hummer-suv-electric-price-specs-release-date

You are kidding, I hope. Having driven F-350s for many years, I would LOVE to have that crab walk feature! The same mechanism that allows the crab walk allows for a MUCH tighter turning radius. Small parking lots are the bane to long trucks...

I know I await. But, when the dust clears, the only two questions that I hope get answered are: How does this affect my Cybertruck? and How does this affect my stock? Yeah, selfish me. I should wonder how this will affect the electric vs. gas proposition... will electrics finally be cheaper...

Well, if you bought Tesla stock, you may earn enough on it to get your Cybertruck without having to put out any more money... Or, since you already have all the money you'll need, you could donate to some charity or research effort...

Pretty close to what I was referring to. Lucid did the study and were simply comparing the official test range of the battery (using the standard EPA-like test) to how well the car would perform at 70 mph. They simply divided the tested range by the range they actually got driving 70 to see...

Their "efficiency" is merely how close the numbers are when traveling 70mph compared to the tested numbers. In reality, the Model 3 went further on a smaller battery.

Physics is physics but surely there could be a more efficient motor/battery/circuit than Tesla has made. But, in this instance, Lucid is saying their range at 70 mph is closer to their rated range than Tesla's range at 70 mpg is to their rated range... Thus, they are more efficient. Truth is...

I'll bet someone else will get there first but they'll use a crap-ton of batteries and won't be competitive. The telling thing here is that Lucid is getting their 500 mile range with a battery that is under 110 KWH in size. If Tesla was that efficient, the CT would be getting 1,000 miles.

Well said. It would seem that getting hydrogen set up along long-haul routes for big trucks would be an easier sell and fast fuel-ups would be a bigger deal. I'm all for cleaner air but I don't think I would bother with a hydrogen vehicle. I mean, we "fuel" up the MY at our house almost...

Yeah! Also, when you put a 50 gallon tank in the bed of your truck, it can be a little heavy AND takes up cargo space.

... and could be why Tesla chose right now to do a 5 for 1 stock split...

True. I mean, Tesla vehicles do have supercar acceleration or at least really close to it. I'd like to point out that my last truck was of the $80k+ variety and while it was a gorgeous Ruby Red Pearl color, it wasn't exactly super styling or fast. High-end vehicles are expensive, that's for...

It's got to be ajdelange for the most technical answers, for sure.

Hmm... makes sense but I'm not going to put 1/4 gallon of gas in my Prius every day.

I agree that you can like the product without liking the man. Outside of maybe Mr. Toyoda, Mr. (Bill) Ford, and Mr. Musk, it is difficult to even name the CEOs of other manufacturers. Not that you cant, just that it is difficult. Never has there been a manufacturing CEO that has been as...

The Teslas's playbook looks like they care about their workers. Tesla isn't the only company going back to work. Most are back at it now.

You bring up a point. Earnings get split up in quite a few ways. How much of every vehicle price paid goes into advertising, you reckon?

The truck literally uses gravity to charge the batteries and uses that stored energy to go back up the hill. It works because the truck is loaded when coming down and empty when going back up. It literally never has to be connected to an external power source in order to be able to do it's...