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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

With the Musk fandom moving further and further to the right in recent years, it seems this truck probably has a lot more commercial potential now than when it was first announced a hundred or so years ago. People are going to be driving around in overpriced electric trucks in order to "own the liberals".

[–] Slwh47696 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah dude electric vehicles are turning the kids into gay Muslims so they would never drive one of those. Oil for life!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just need to add a rolling coal option and they'll lap it up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's a giant generator running constantly in the back.

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies 4 points 1 year ago

They’re apparently not getting to drive around all that much.

Like Musk himself, they pull hard to the right, run off the path, and have a breakdown.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way rednecks will be switching to this stupid thing. It's not "manly" looking enough for those types.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are crypto bros if not the rednecks of the internet?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Rednecks are smarter

[–] Spacebar 2 points 1 year ago

I hate Musk, but I am not against Tesla. The benefits of electric cars outweigh a vocal billionaire.

Climate change is a bigger concern of mine than Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can't swap the bed, cant tow, cant get to bed from the side, cant get repair parts. its a terrible work vehicle.

[–] Num10ck 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With what range? Not useful if you cant even get across the city.

[–] Num10ck 1 points 1 year ago

great question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's interesting because it's got great features for a range of uses however each of those uses it has major flaws that make it a horrible option.

Electric work vehicle would be great but the bed is super awkward and the general layout looks awkward

As an off-road sleeper it's extra solar panel option is great but it's so big the energy consumption makes it worthless

For general multi-,use it's storage isn't big enough to fill half the jobs and it's physically too large to be useful in half the jobs

Of course it will sell because people seem obsessed by buying the worst vehicle on the market but what can you do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most trucks aren't used as work vehicles, so it's not as if that's relevant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the guy I replied to was talking as potential for commercial work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I suspect that by 'commercial potential' they meant sales.