Tesla Cybertruck Went From Exoskeleton Marvel to Unibody Honda Ridgeline Competitor

[MaskedRacerX]

I think pickup shoppers will overlook the designed by aliens styling if the CT offers a better value.

I actually believe the Musk-ness and design is a much bigger motivator to purchase this vs. any sort of truck value. Since there's talk of a single motor, sub-$50K variant, it even sounds like there's going to be a version that's almost purely so you can be seen in one at Starbucks and C&C cruise-ins.

There's been a lot of discussions about this vehicle "taking traditional trucks sales" from Ford/GM/etc., and I'd say that's going to be a tiny percentage of the sales - I think this is mostly going to be a sort of, I guess I'd call it, a new market segment, sure some people who are in that traditional group, but really it's going to be Tesla fans / something-different people, the question is, how big is that market after the initial surge?

Side note: I asked my buddy who's a long time GM buyer in their fleet space, who owns an X (couple of years old), about whether he'd consider the CT for use in his business, and after he stopped laughing, I guess you can figure out his response ...

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[Count Orlok]

Sandy speculates cybertoy will weigh less than R1T. no I will not post his video.

 

[DuoRivians]

Sandy speculates cybertoy will weigh less than R1T. no I will not post his video.

Sandy has a hard-on for anything Elon + Tesla

 

[Count Orlok]

I wonder if the departure news out of Tesla means this guy zach will be the scapegoat for the CT failure?

 

[scottf200]

I love my Rivian and my R1T but if the Dual Motor Cybertruck starts under $70k it‘s going to put significant pressure on Rivian to lower R1T MSRP’s.

I think pickup shoppers will overlook the designed by aliens styling if the CT offers a better value.

BIW with front and rear aluminum castings attached

Underside of the Cybertruck and castings.

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